Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (Argentina)

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Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible
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Ministry overview
Formed2015;8 years ago (2015)
Preceding Ministry
  • Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Jurisdiction Government of Argentina
HeadquartersSan Martín 451, Buenos Aires
Annual budget $ 5,882,000 (2018) [1]
Minister responsible
Website argentina.gob.ar/ambiente

The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (Spanish : Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible; MAyDS) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversees the government's policy on environmental issues and promotes sustainable development.

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It was formed in 2015, having previously existed as a Secretariat under different parent agencies. Its current minister, since 10 December 2019, is Juan Cabandié.

History

The first governmental agency to deal exclusively with environmental issues in Argentina was the Secretariat of Natural Resources and Human Environment (Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente Humano), created in 1991 during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa, which answered to the Office of the Chief of Cabinet. [2] The first secretariat responsible was María Julia Alsogaray. Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s the Secretariat was moved from the Chief of Cabinet's office to the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Health, and then the Chief of Cabinet's office again.

In 2015, President Mauricio Macri elevated the secretariat to ministerial level in his first cabinet, appointing Sergio Bergman as minister. [3] In 2018 Macri would reverse this decision, placing the now secretariat under the General Secretariat of the Presidency; Bergman retained the portfolio as Secretary. [4] [5]

Since 2019, under President Alberto Fernández, the Ministry has regained its status in the cabinet, this time with Juan Cabandié as minister responsible. [6]

Structure and dependencies

The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development counts with a number of centralized and decentralized dependencies. The centralized dependencies, as in other government ministers, are known as secretariats (secretarías) and undersecretariats (subsecretarías), as well as a number of other centralized agencies: [7] [8]

The Administración de Parques Nacionales ("National Parks Administration", APN) also reports to the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development as a decentralized agency. [9]

Headquarters

The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development is headquartered at San Martín 451, located in the barrio of Monserrat, in Buenos Aires. The office building had previously housed the Secretariat of the Environment since its formation in 1991. [10]

List of ministers

No.MinisterPartyTermPresident
1 Sergio Bergman Republican Proposal 10 December 2015 – 5 September 2018 Mauricio Macri
2 Juan Cabandié Justicialist Party 10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023 Alberto Fernández

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