Mauricio Macri

Also known as: Macri

Jurisdiction: Argentina

President of Argentina 2015–2019; publicly appealed to Messi during the 2016 return campaign.

Roles

  • President of Argentina — from 2015 to 2019

Timeline appearances

  1. 2016-06-27Retirement & return (2016)Classification: Not independently verified
    Argentine President Mauricio Macri publicly appeals to Messi and reportedly telephones him

    Role at the time: President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019

  2. 2016-07-18Retirement & return (2016)Classification: Confirmed fact
    FIFA and CONMEBOL install a Normalising Committee (Comité de Regularización) over AFA led by Armando Pérez

    Role at the time: President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019

Explicit limitations

  • Exact wording and timing of the call; whether a call occurred at all versus only the public appeal.
  • Precise internal date each member formally took office (~21 July per Télam "el jueves asumirá").