Ministry Of Economy And Public Finances (Argentina)
The Ministry of Economy is one of the oldest ministries in the Argentine government, having existed continuously since the formation of the first Argentine executive in 1854, in the presidency of Justo José de Urquiza – albeit under the name of Ministry of the Treasury. The current minister responsible is Luis Caputo, who has served since 2023 in the cabinet of Javier Milei.
Headquarters
The Argentine Ministry of the Treasury has, since the building's 1939 inaugural, been based in a 14-story Rationalist office building designed by local architect Carlos Pibernat. The Economy Ministry building was built on a 0.57 ha (1.4 ac) Montserrat neighborhood lot facing the Casa Rosada presidential office building to the north, and the Defense Ministry (Libertador Building) to the east – a government building also designed by Pibernat.
The building's lobby was decorated with murals painted by the architect's brother, Antonio Pibernat, a Post-Impressionist painter influenced by the naturalist Barbizon School.
The post has existed on a formal basis since the 1826 inaugural of Bernardino Rivadavia, who named lawmaker Salvador María del Carril as the nation's first official Ministro de Hacienda. The office became among the most powerful in Argentine Government during the generation after 1880, when English Argentine investment, foreign trade, and immigration spurred development. Customs collections (source of over half of public revenues at the time) and the Central Bank were among the responsibilities placed under the Economy Ministry's aegis, and successive ministers' policies were often enacted through presidential decrees.
Its influence grew further when it absorbed the cabinet post of Minister of Public Works in 1991, to help facilitate Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo's privatizations initiative, and, in turn, divested oversight over the nation's goods-producing sectors with the 2008 designation of the Production Ministry by President Cristina Kirchner, in a bid to improve strained relations with the country's agrarian sector following the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector over export tariffs.
The Ministry of the Treasury was appropriated a US$1.7 billion operational budget in 2009, and employed over 4,000 staffers.
List of ministers
No. | Minister | Party | Term | President | ||
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Ministry of the Treasury (1854–1958) | ||||||
1 | Mariano Fragueiro | Unitarian Party | 6 March 1854 – 10 October 1854 | Justo José de Urquiza | ||
2 | Juan del Campillo | Independent | 10 October 1854 – 2 June 1856 | |||
3 | Agustín Justo de la Vega | Independent | 2 June 1856 – 16 April 1857 | |||
4 | Elías Bedoya | Independent | 18 April 1857 – 16 December 1859 | |||
5 | Pedro Lucas Funes | Independent | 16 December 1859 – 5 March 1860 | |||
6 | Tomás Arias | Independent | 14 March 1860 – 11 August 1860 | Santiago Derqui | ||
7 | Norberto de la Riestra | Unitarian Party | 11 August 1860 – 6 February 1861 | |||
8 | Vicente del Castillo | Independent | 6 February 1861 – 5 November 1861 | |||
9 | Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield | Unitarian Party | 12 October 1862 – 29 February 1864 | Bartolomé Mitre | ||
10 | Lucas González | Independent | 29 February 1864 – 12 October 1868 | |||
11 | José Benjamín Gorostiaga | Nationalist Party | 12 October 1868 – 13 October 1870 | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento | ||
12 | Luis Lorenzo Domínguez | Independent | 13 October 1870 – 13 February 1874 | |||
13 | Santiago Cortínez | Independent | 13 February 1870 – 12 October 1874 | |||
12 October 1874 – 2 August 1875 | Nicolás Avellaneda | |||||
14 | Lucas González | Independent | 2 August 1875 – 20 May 1876 | |||
15 | Norberto de la Riestra | Independent | 20 May 1876 – 26 August 1876 | |||
16 | Victorino de la Plaza | Independent | 31 August 1876 – 7 May 1880 | |||
17 | Santiago Cortínez | National Autonomist Party | 7 May 1880 – 12 October 1880 | |||
18 | Juan José Romero | Independent | 12 October 1880 – 12 October 1883 | Julio Argentino Roca | ||
19 | Victorino de la Plaza | National Autonomist Party | 25 October 1883 – 9 March 1885 | |||
20 | Wenceslao Pacheco | National Autonomist Party | 9 March 1885 – 12 October 1886 | |||
12 October 1886 – 28 February 1889 | Miguel Ángel Juárez | |||||
21 | Rufino Varela | National Autonomist Party | 28 February 1889 – 24 August 1889 | |||
22 | Wenceslao Pacheco | National Autonomist Party | 27 August 1889 – 14 April 1890 | |||
23 | Francisco Uriburu | National Autonomist Party | 18 April 1890 – 7 June 1890 | |||
24 | Juan A. García Seoane | Independent | 9 June 1890 – 6 August 1890 | |||
25 | Vicente Fidel López | National Autonomist Party | 7 August 1890 – 22 October 1891 | Carlos Pellegrini | ||
26 | Emilio Hansen | Independent | 22 October 1891 – 12 October 1892 | |||
27 | Juan José Romero | Independent | 12 October 1892 – 7 June 1893 | Luis Sáenz Peña | ||
28 | Marco Aurelio Avellaneda | National Autonomist Party | 7 June 1893 – 5 July 1893 | |||
29 | Mariano Demaría | Independent | 5 July 1893 – 12 August 1893 | |||
30 | José A. Terry | National Autonomist Party | 12 August 1893 – 23 January 1895 | |||
31 | Juan José Romero | National Autonomist Party | 23 January 1895 – 21 October 1897 | José Evaristo Uriburu | ||
32 | Wenceslao Escalante | National Autonomist Party | 21 October 1897 – 12 October 1898 | |||
33 | José María Rosa | National Autonomist Party | 12 October 1898 – 2 May 1900 | Julio Argentino Roca | ||
34 | Enrique Berduc | National Autonomist Party | 2 May 1900 – 5 July 1901 | |||
35 | Marco Aurelio Avellaneda | National Autonomist Party | 11 July 1901 – 12 October 1904 | |||
36 | José A. Terry | National Autonomist Party | 12 October 1904 – 15 March 1906 | Manuel Quintana | ||
37 | Norberto Piñero | Independent | 15 March 1906 – 21 September 1906 | José Figueroa Alcorta | ||
38 | Eleodoro Lobos | Independent | 21 September 1906 – 20 September 1907 | |||
39 | Manuel María de Iriondo | Radical Civic Union | 20 September 1907 – 12 October 1910 | |||
40 | José María Rosa | National Autonomist Party | 12 October 1910 – 5 August 1912 | Roque Sáenz Peña | ||
41 | Enrique Simón Pérez | Independent | 5 August 1912 – 28 March 1913 | |||
42 | Norberto Piñero | Independent | 28 March 1913 – 16 July 1913 | |||
43 | Lorenzo Anadón | Independent | 21 July 1913 – 16 February 1914 | |||
44 | Enrique Carbó Ortiz | Independent | 16 February 1914 – 9 August 1914 | |||
9 August 1914 – 16 August 1915 | Victorino de la Plaza | |||||
45 | Francisco J. Oliver | Independent | 16 August 1915 – 12 October 1916 | |||
46 | Domingo Salaberry | Radical Civic Union | 12 October 1916 – 12 October 1922 | Hipólito Yrigoyen | ||
47 | Rafael Herrera Vegas | Radical Civic Union | 12 October 1922 – 8 October 1923 | Marcelo T. de Alvear | ||
48 | Víctor M. Molina | Radical Civic Union | 9 October 1923 – 12 October 1928 | |||
49 | Enrique Pérez Colman | Radical Civic Union | 12 October 1928 – 6 September 1930 | Hipólito Yrigoyen | ||
50 | Enrique Simón Pérez | Independent | 6 September 1930 – 16 April 1931 | José Félix Uriburu | ||
51 | Enrique Uriburu | Independent | 17 April 1931 – 20 February 1932 | |||
52 | Alberto Hueyo | Independent | 20 February 1932 – 20 August 1933 | Agustín Pedro Justo | ||
53 | Federico Pinedo | PSI | 24 August 1933 – 30 December 1935 | |||
54 | Roberto M. Ortiz | Radical Civic Union | 30 December 1935 – 21 June 1937 | |||
55 | Carlos Alberto Acevedo | National Democratic Party | 21 June 1973 – 20 February 1938 | |||
56 | Pedro Groppo | Independent | 20 February 1938 – 2 September 1940 | Roberto M. Ortiz | ||
57 | Federico Pinedo | PSI | 2 September 1940 – 13 March 1941 | |||
58 | Carlos Alberto Acevedo | National Democratic Party | 17 March 1941 – 27 June 1942 | |||
27 June 1942 – 4 June 1943 | Ramón Castillo | |||||
59 | Jorge A. Santamarina | Independent | 4 June 1943 – 7 June 1943 | Arturo Rawson | ||
7 June 1943 – 14 October 1943 | Pedro Pablo Ramírez | |||||
60 | César Ameghino | Independent | 15 October 1943 – 11 March 1944 | |||
11 March 1944 – 7 May 1945 | Edelmiro Farrell | |||||
61 | Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen | Independent | 7 May 1945 – 23 August 1945 | |||
62 | Armando Antille | Radical Civic Union | 23 August 1945 – 20 October 1945 | |||
63 | Amaro Ávalos | Independent | 20 October 1945 – 4 June 1946 | |||
64 | Ramón Cereijo | Peronist Party | 4 June 1946 – 4 June 1952 | Juan Perón | ||
65 | Pedro Bonanni | Peronist Party | 4 June 1952 – 20 September 1955 | |||
66 | Eugenio Folcini | Independent | 20 September 1955 – 13 November 1955 | Eduardo Lonardi | ||
67 | Eugenio Blanco | Radical Civic Union | 14 November 1955 – 25 January 1957 | Pedro Aramburu | ||
68 | Roberto Verrier | Independent | 26 January 1957 – 26 March 1957 | |||
69 | Adalberto Krieger Vasena | Independent | 26 March 1957 – 1 May 1958 | |||
Ministry of Economy (1958–1966) | ||||||
70 | Emilio Donato del Carril | Radical Civic Union | 17 June 1958 – 24 June 1959 | Arturo Frondizi | ||
71 | Álvaro Alsogaray | Independent Civic Party | 25 June 1959 – 26 April 1961 | |||
72 | Roberto Alemann | Independent | 26 April 1961 – 12 January 1962 | |||
73 | Carlos Coll Benegas | Independent | 15 January 1962 – 26 March 1962 | |||
74 | Jorge Wehbe | Independent | 26 March 1962 – 29 March 1962 | |||
29 March 1962 – 6 April 1962 | José María Guido | |||||
75 | Federico Pinedo | Independent | 6 April 1962 – 25 April 1962 | |||
76 | Álvaro Alsogaray | Independent Civic Party | 30 June 1962 – 10 December 1962 | |||
77 | Eustaquio Méndez Delfino | Independent | 10 December 1962 – 13 May 1963 | |||
78 | José A. Martínez de Hoz | Independent | 21 May 1963 – 12 October 1963 | |||
79 | Eugenio Blanco | Radical Civic Union | 12 October 1963 – 5 August 1964 | Arturo Illia | ||
80 | Juan Carlos Pugliese | Radical Civic Union | 19 August 1964 – 28 June 1966 | |||
Ministry of Economy and Labour (1966–1971) | ||||||
81 | Jorge Salimei | Christian Democratic Party | 4 October 1966 – 3 January 1967 | Juan Carlos Onganía | ||
82 | Adalbert Krieger Vasena | Independent | 3 January 1967 – 11 June 1969 | |||
83 | José Dagnino Pastore | Independent | 11 June 1969 – 17 June 1970 | |||
84 | Carlos Moyano Llerena | Independent | 18 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Roberto M. Levingston | ||
85 | Aldo Ferrer | Radical Civic Union | 26 October 1970 – 21 May 1971 | |||
Ministry of the Treasury and Finances (1966–1971) | ||||||
86 | Juan A. Quilici | Independent | 1 June 1971 – 11 October 1971 | Alejandro Lanusse | ||
87 | Cayetano Antonio Licciardo | Independent | 11 October 1971 – 13 October 1972 | |||
88 | Jorge Wehbe | Independent | 13 October 1972 – 25 May 1973 | |||
Ministry of Economy (1973–1991) | ||||||
89 | José Ber Gelbard | Communist Party | 25 May 1973 – 13 July 1973 | Héctor Cámpora | ||
13 July 1973 – 12 October 1973 | Raúl Lastiri | |||||
12 October 1973 – 1 July 1974 | Juan Perón | |||||
1 July 1974 – 21 October 1974 | Isabel Perón | |||||
90 | Alfredo Gómez Morales | Justicialist Party | 21 October 1974 – 2 June 1975 | |||
91 | Celestino Rodrigo | Justicialist Party | 2 June 1975 – 17 July 1975 | |||
92 | Ernesto Corvalán Nanclares | Justicialist Party | 17 July 1975 – 22 July 1975 | |||
93 | Pedro Bonanni | Justicialist Party | 22 July 1975 – 11 August 1975 | |||
94 | Ernesto Corvalán Nanclares | Justicialist Party | 11 August 1975 – 14 August 1975 | |||
95 | Antonio Cafiero | Justicialist Party | 14 August 1975 – 3 February 1976 | |||
96 | Emilio Mondelli | Justicialist Party | 3 February 1976 – 24 March 1976 | |||
97 | José A. Martínez de Hoz | Independent | 29 March 1976 – 31 March 1981 | Jorge Rafael Videla | ||
98 | Lorenzo Sigaut | Independent | 1 April 1981 – 20 December 1981 | Roberto Viola | ||
99 | Roberto Alemann | Independent | 22 December 1981 – 30 June 1982 | Leopoldo Galtieri | ||
100 | José Dagnino Pastore | Independent | 2 July 1982 – 24 August 1982 | Reynaldo Bignone | ||
101 | Jorge Wehbe | Independent | 25 August 1982 – 9 December 1983 | |||
102 | Bernardo Grinspun | Radical Civic Union | 10 December 1983 – 18 February 1985 | Raúl Alfonsín | ||
103 | Juan Vital Sourrouille | Independent | 18 February 1985 – 31 March 1989 | |||
104 | Juan Carlos Pugliese | Radical Civic Union | 31 March 1989 – 14 May 1989 | |||
105 | Jesús Rodríguez | Radical Civic Union | 14 May 1989 – 8 July 1989 | |||
106 | Miguel Ángel Roig | Independent | 9 July 1989 – 14 July 1989 | Carlos Menem | ||
107 | Néstor Mario Rapanelli | Independent | 14 July 1989 – 18 December 1989 | |||
108 | Antonio Erman González | Justicialist Party | 18 December 1989 – 4 February 1991 | |||
Ministry of Economy, Public Works and Services (1991-1999) | ||||||
109 | Domingo Cavallo | Justicialist Party | 1 March 1991 – 6 August 1996 | Carlos Menem | ||
110 | Roque Fernández | Justicialist Party | 6 August 1996 – 10 December 1999 | |||
Ministry of Economy (1999–2001) | ||||||
111 | José Luis Machinea | Radical Civic Union | 10 December 1999 – 2 March 2001 | Fernando de la Rúa | ||
112 | Ricardo López Murphy | Radical Civic Union | 5 March 2001 – 19 March 2001 | |||
113 | Domingo Cavallo | Action for the Republic | 20 March 2001 – 20 December 2001 | |||
Secretary of the Treasury, Public Finances and Income (2001–2002) | ||||||
114 | Rodolfo Frigeri | Justicialist Party | 23 December 2001 – 30 December 2001 | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá | ||
Ministry of Economy (2002) | ||||||
115 | Jorge Remes Lenicov | Justicialist Party | 3 January 2002 – 27 April 2002 | Eduardo Duhalde | ||
Ministry of Economy and Production (2002–2008) | ||||||
116 | Roberto Lavagna | Justicialist Party | 27 April 2002 – 25 May 2003 | Eduardo Duhalde | ||
25 May 2003 – 27 November 2005 | Néstor Kirchner | |||||
117 | Felisa Miceli | Independent | 28 November 2005 – 16 July 2007 | |||
118 | Miguel Gustavo Peirano | Independent | 17 July 2007 – 10 December 2007 | |||
119 | Martín Lousteau | Independent | 10 December 2007 – 24 April 2008 | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ||
Ministry of Economy and Public Finances (2002–2008) | ||||||
120 | Carlos Rafael Fernández | Justicialist Party | 25 April 2008 – 7 July 2009 | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ||
121 | Amado Boudou | Independent | 7 July 2009 – 10 December 2011 | |||
122 | Hernán Lorenzino | Independent | 10 December 2011 – 20 November 2013 | |||
123 | Axel Kicillof | Independent | 20 November 2013 – 9 December 2015 | |||
Ministry of the Treasury and Public Finances (2015–2016) | ||||||
124 | Alfonso Prat-Gay | Civic Coalition ARI | 10 December 2015 – 31 December 2016 | Mauricio Macri | ||
Ministry of the Treasury (2016–2019) | ||||||
125 | Nicolás Dujovne | Radical Civic Union | 1 January 2017 – 17 August 2019 | Mauricio Macri | ||
126 | Hernán Lacunza | Republican Proposal | 17 August 2019 – 10 December 2019 | |||
Ministry of Economy (2019–Present) | ||||||
127 | Martín Guzmán | Independent | 10 December 2019 – 2 July 2022 | Alberto Fernández | ||
128 | Silvina Batakis | Justicialist Party | 4 July 2022 – 3 August 2022 | |||
129 | Sergio Massa | Renewal Front | 3 August 2022 – 10 December 2023 | |||
130 | Luis Caputo | Republican Proposal/La Libertad Avanza | 10 December 2023 – Present | Javier Milei |
Notes
See also
References
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Presupuesto, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Públicas. June 6, 2009. (in Spanish)
- ^ "Presupuesto 2021". Ministerio de Economía (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- ^ Ministry of Economy: Cultural patrimony Archived 2009-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Levene, Ricardo.A History of Argentina. University of North Carolina Press, 1937.
- ^ Rock, David. Argentina: 1516–1982. University of California Press, 1987.
- ^ El Litoral: Ministerio de la Producción (in Spanish)
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Presupuesto, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Públicas. June 6, 2009. (in Spanish)
External links
- Official website
- Gobierno Electrónico website (archived)