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The ministries of Argentina, which form the cabinet, currently consist of eight ministries under a ministerial chief of staff. [1] The ministers are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the president. [1] The current organization derives from the constitutional revision of 1994. [1]
Prior to independence, the administration of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was organized under the Royal Ordinance of Administrators (Spanish: Real Ordenanza de Intendentes) issued on 28 January 1782, [2] under which there were eight intendencias, [a] each with a governor reporting to the viceroy. The governor had the police, finance, and the military under his direct control, and his lieutenant administered the courts. [2] At first the revolutionaries retained the same system, only gradually dispersing the executive authority over a larger body of men. [2] The first true cabinet posts in Argentina emerged in the early to mid-19th century first under the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and later under the Argentine Confederation and the State of Buenos Aires. For example, the Department of Governance and War (Departamento de Gobierno y Guerra) was created on 28 May 1810 by the First Junta with Mariano Moreno as secretary, [4] and although the First Junta sent out diplomates as early as 1810, it was not until 27 February 1813 that the Department of Foreign Business (Departamento de Negocios Extranjeros) was created under the supervision of the Secretary of State. [5]
| Logo | Ministry | Date formed | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Territorial Development and Habitat | 2019 | Transformed into a secretariat | |
| Ministry of Tourism and Sports | 2001 | Transformed into a secretariat | |
| Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development | 2015 | Fully dissolved | |
| Ministry of Culture | 1973 | Transformed into a secretariat | |
| Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation | 2007 | Fully dissolved | |
| Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security | 1943 | Transformed into a secretariat | |
| Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity | 2019 | Transformed into a provisional undersecretary until dissolving in June 2024 | |
| Ministry of Education | 1949 | Transformed into a secretariat | |
| Ministry of Public Works | 1898 | Transformed into a secretariat | |
| Ministry of Security | No changes | ||
| Ministry of Health | No changes | ||
| Ministry of Social Development | 1955 | Fully dissolved | |
| Ministry of Economy | No changes | ||
| Ministry of Transport | 1949 | Transformed into a secretariat | |
| Ministry of Justice and Human Rights | No changes | ||
| Ministry of the Interior | No changes | ||
| Ministry of Defense | No changes | ||
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship | No changes |
As of October 2024 [update] [7]
| Portfolio | Logo | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Since | Party | Coalition | ||||
| Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers |  |  | Guillermo Francos | 27 May 2024 | Independent | Freedom Advances | ||
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship |  |  | Gerardo Werthein | 30 October 2024 | Independent | Freedom Advances | ||
| Ministry of Defense |  |  | Luis Petri | 10 December 2023 | Radical Civic Union | Together for Change | ||
| Ministry of Economy |  |  | Luis Caputo | 10 December 2023 | Republican Proposal | Together for Change | ||
| Ministry of Justice |  |  | Mariano Cúneo Libarona | 10 December 2023 | Independent | |||
| Ministry of Security |  |  | Patricia Bullrich | 10 December 2023 | Republican Proposal | Together for Change | ||
| Ministry of Health |  |  | Mario Lugones | 26 September 2024 | Independent | |||
| Ministry of Human Capital |  |  | Sandra Pettovello | 10 December 2023 | Union of the Democratic Centre | Freedom Advances | ||
| Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation |  |  | Federico Sturzenegger | 5 July 2024 | Union of the Democratic Centre | Freedom Advances | ||
The 1983 Law on Ministries passed by then-president Raúl Alfonsín set the precedent for secretariats of state with ministerial rank. [8] These secretaries respond directly to the presidency. As of the latest version of the Law on Ministries, these are the existing secretariats of the presidency counting with ministerial rank in the Argentine government. [9]
| Portfolio | Incumbent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Since | Party | Coalition | |||
| General Secretariat |  | Karina Milei | 10 December 2023 | Libertarian Party | Freedom Advances | ||
| Legal and Technical Secretariat | Javier Herrera Bravo | 10 December 2023 | Republican Proposal | Together for Change | |||
| Communications and Press Secretariat | Eduardo Serenellini [10] | 29 December 2023 | Independent | ||||
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