Ministries of the Argentine Republic

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The Ministries of the Argentine Republic, which form the cabinet, currently consist of sixteen 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] and is governed by "The Law on Ministries".[2]

History

Prior to independence, the administration of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was organized under the Royal Ordinance of Administrators issued 28 January 1782 (la Real Ordenanza de Intendentes),[3] under which there were eight intendencias[4] 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.[3] At first the revolutionaries retained the same system, only gradually dispersing the executive authority over a larger body of men.[3] The first true cabinet posts in Argentina emerged in the mid 1800s first under various caudillos such as Saavedra and de Rosas and then 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,[5] 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.[6]

Argentine Confederation (1831 to 1852)[7]
  • Ministry of War and the Navy
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Ministry of Interior
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministry of Justice, Religion and Public Education
State of Buenos Aires (1852 to 1861)[7]
  • Ministry of Governance
  • Ministry of War
  • Ministry of Finance
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Prosecutor's Office

Current ministries

Ministry Logo Website Incumbent Since
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers www.jefatura.gob.ar Marcos Peña 10 December 2015
Ministry of the Interior, Public Works and Housing www.mininterior.gob.ar Rogelio Frigerio 10 December 2015
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship www.cancilleria.gob.ar Susana Malcorra 10 December 2015
Ministry of Defense www.mindef.gob.ar Julio Martínez 10 December 2015
Ministry of the Treasury www.minhacienda.gob.ar Nicolás Dujovne 10 January 2017
Ministry of Finance www.minfinanzas.gob.ar Luis Caputo 10 January 2017
Ministry of Production www.produccion.gob.ar Francisco Cabrera 10 December 2015
Ministry of Agro-industry www.agroindustria.gob.ar Ricardo Buryaile 10 December 2015
Ministry of Tourism www.turismo.gob.ar Gustavo Santos 10 December 2015
Ministry of Transport www.transporte.gob.ar Guillermo Dietrich 10 December 2015
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights www.jus.gob.ar Germán Garavano 10 December 2015
Ministry of Security www.minseg.gob.ar Patricia Bullrich 10 December 2015
Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security www.trabajo.gob.ar Jorge Triaca 10 December 2015
Ministry of Social Development www.desarrollosocial.gob.ar Carolina Stanley 10 December 2015
Ministry of Health www.msal.gob.ar Jorge Lemus 10 December 2015
Ministry of Education and Sports www.educacion.gob.ar Esteban Bullrich 10 December 2015
Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation

www.mincyt.gob.ar Lino Barañao 10 December 2007
Ministry of Culture www.cultura.gob.ar Pablo Avelluto 10 December 2015
Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development www.ambiente.gob.ar Sergio Bergman 10 December 2015
Ministry of Modernization www.argentina.gob.ar/modernizacion Andrés Ibarra 10 December 2015
Ministry of Energy and Mining www.minem.gob.ar Juan José Aranguren 10 December 2015
Ministry of Communications www.argentina.gob.ar/comunicaciones Oscar Aguad 10 December 2015

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c "Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros". Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros. Archived from the original on 10 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ La Ley de Ministerios, The Law on Ministries was established by Decree 438 of 1992, and amended by Law 26638, promulgated on 6 December 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Zabala, Juan Pablo; Departamento Documentos Escritos, División Nacional (2012). Fondos documentales del Departamento Documentos Escritos, División Nacional: Programa de Descripción Normalizada: secciones gobierno, Sala X y contaduría, Sala III, tribunales y protocolos de escribanos: volumen 2 (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Archivo General de la Nación, Ministerio del Interior. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2015. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ The intendencia were Buenos Aires, San Miguel de Tucumán, Cuyo, Paraguay, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Potosí, La Paz and Chuquisaca. Kermenic, Jan M. (1993). Pueblos, lenguas e instituciones de América meridional, Tomo I: AA–MM (in Spanish). Lima, Peru: [s.n.] p. 149. OCLC 30746236.
  5. ^ Zabala 2012, p. 218
  6. ^ Zabala 2012, p. 166
  7. ^ a b Zabala 2012, p. 26
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