The chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Argentine Nation (; JGM), more commonly known simply as the Cabinet chief () is a ministerial office within the government of Argentina tasked with overseeing the government's general administration and acting as a link between the national executive and the Argentine National Congress. The position was created by the 1994 amendment to the Argentine Constitution.

The Cabinet chief is not a prime minister, as in Argentina's presidential democracy the role of head of government is still bestowed upon the president. However, the Cabinet chief is still constitutionally obligated to give account of the general course of the government's policies before Congress, and may be removed through a vote of no confidence (moción de censura) with an absolute majority in both chambers of Congress.

The Cabinet chief office is currently held by Diego Santilli, succeeding Manuel Adorni, who resigned following an ongoing investigation on corruption.

History The office of the chief of the Cabinet of Ministers was established by the 1994 amendment to the Argentine Constitution. It was part of the agreements brokered by the two largest parties in Argentina at the time, the Justicialist Party (PJ) and the Radical Civic Union (UCR), in what is now known as the Pact of Olivos; the UCR, then led by former president Raúl Alfonsin, sought to reduce the significant political powers of the presidency and shift towards a parliamentary system. In the end, however, the overarching nature of Argentina's political system following the reform remained decidedly presidential, as the chief of the Cabinet of Ministers acts more as an extension of the president to whom the head of state may delegate a certain number of responsibilities, while also being constitutionally obligated to report to the National Congress.

The first Cabinet chief was Eduardo Bauzá, who was appointed on 8 July 1995 by President Carlos Saúl Menem.

Attributes

The attributes of the chief of the Cabinet of Ministers are established by the articles 100 and 101 of the Constitution of Argentina. Most of the Cabinet chief's duties are related to the organization of the cabinet's work agenda and the general course of the government's performance, as well as acting as an intermediary between the executive power and the Argentine National Congress.

Specifically, articles 100 and 101 state:

Headquarters The office of the Cabinet chief has two seats, one of them is located at the Somisa Building (officially known as the "Teniente General Castiñeiras" building), former headquarters of the Sociedad Mixta Siderúrgica Argentina (SOMISA), a state-owned metallurgy company created in 1972. Following the privatization of Somisa in 1993, the building was acquired by the national government to be used as the headquarters of the newly created Cabinet Chief's office. The building, designed in the modernist style by Mario Roberto Álvarez, was built from 1966 to 1977 and was the first building in Argentina to be made entirely out of 3 mm steel sheets and to be fully welded. It is located on Julio Argentino Roca Avenue in the Monserrat barrio of Buenos Aires.

The second seat is the Secretariat of Management and Public Employment Building (former "Banco Argentino-Uruguayo"), located on Diagonal Norte and San Martín streets in Buenos Aires. The building was designed by French architect Eduardo Le Monnier, and was seat of defunct Ministry of Modernization,Restauraron el edificio del ex Banco Argentino Uruguayo, una joya de Diagonal Norte by Victor Pombinho on La Nación, 7 Feb 2019 created during the administration of Mauricio Macri in 2015.¿Para qué sirve el ministerio de Modernización?. La Nación (archived) The ministry was then dissolved and became part of the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers three years later.Oficial: cómo quedó conformado el nuevo gabinete nacional con 10 ministerios, Infobae, 3 Sep 2018

List of chiefs of the Cabinet of Ministers #PortraitNameTerm of office Political partyPresident 1 Eduardo Bauzá 8 July 1995 5 June 1996 Justicialist PartyCarlos Menem 2 Jorge Rodríguez 5 June 1996 10 December 1999 Justicialist Party 3 Rodolfo Terragno 10 December 1999 6 October 2000 Radical Civic UnionFernando de la Rúa 4 Chrystian Colombo 6 October 2000 20 December 2001 Radical Civic Union 5 Humberto Schiavoni 20 December 2001 23 December 2001 Justicialist PartyRamón Puerta 6 Jorge Obeid 23 December 2001 30 December 2001 Justicialist PartyAdolfo Rodríguez Saá 7 Antonio Cafiero 30 December 2001 2 January 2002 Justicialist PartyEduardo Camaño 8 Jorge Capitanich 2 January 2002 3 May 2002 Justicialist PartyEduardo Duhalde 9 Alfredo Atanasof 3 May 2002 25 May 2003 Justicialist Party 10Alberto Fernández25 May 200323 July 2008Justicialist PartyNéstor KirchnerCristina Fernández de Kirchner 11 Sergio Massa 23 July 2008 7 July 2009 Justicialist Party 12 Aníbal Fernández 7 July 2009 10 December 2011 Justicialist Party 13 Juan Manuel Abal Medina 10 December 2011 20 December 2013 Justicialist Party 14 Jorge Capitanich 20 December 2013 26 February 2015 Justicialist Party 15 Aníbal Fernández 26 February 2015 10 December 2015 Justicialist Party 16 Marcos Peña 10 December 2015 10 December 2019 Republican Proposal Mauricio Macri 17 Santiago Cafiero 10 December 2019 20 September 2021 Justicialist Party Alberto Fernández 18 Juan Luis Manzur 20 September 2021 15 February 2023 Justicialist Party 19 Agustín Rossi 15 February 2023 10 December 2023 Justicialist Party 20 Nicolás Posse 10 December 2023 27 May 2024 Independent Javier Milei 21 Guillermo Francos 27 May 2024 31 October 2025 Independent 21 Manuel Adorni 31 October 2025 27 June 2026 La Libertad Avanza 21 Diego Santilli 28 June 2026 Present Republican Proposal

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