- Minister of Economy of Argentina
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The Minister of Economy is the head of the Ministry of Economy and Production of Argentina, concerned with finance and monetary matters. The position within the Government of Argentina is analogous to the finance ministers of some countries and the United States Treasury Secretary. The Minister is a member of the President's Cabinet.
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Headquarters
The Economy Ministry in 1940
The Argentine Minister of the Economy 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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
The Ministry of the Economy was appropriated a US$1.7 billion operational budget in 2009, and employed over 4,000 staffers.[5]
List of Ministers since 1946
Minister Period President Amado Boudou 07.07.09 - incumbent Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Carlos Fernández 25.04.08 - 07.07.09 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Martín Lousteau 10.12.07 - 24.04.08 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Miguel Gustavo Peirano 16.07.07 - 10.12.07 Néstor Kirchner Felisa Miceli 28.11.05 - 16.07.07 Néstor Kirchner Roberto Lavagna 25.05.03 - 27.11.05 Néstor Kirchner Roberto Lavagna 27.04.02 - 25.05.03 Eduardo Duhalde Jorge Remes Lenicov 01.03.02 - 27.04.02 Eduardo Duhalde Rodolfo Frigeri 23.12.01 - 30.12.01 Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Jorge Capitanich 21.12.01 - 23.12.01 Ramón Puerta Domingo Cavallo 20.03.01 - 19.12.01 Fernando de la Rúa Ricardo López Murphy 05.03.01 - 19.03.01 Fernando de la Rúa José Luis Machinea 10.12.99 - 02.03.01 Fernando de la Rúa Roque Fernández 06.08.96 - 10.12.99 Carlos Saúl Menem Domingo Cavallo 01.03.91 - 06.08.96 Carlos Saúl Menem Antonio Erman González 19.12.89 - 04.02.91 Carlos Saúl Menem Néstor Rapanelli 18.07.89 - 18.12.89 Carlos Saúl Menem Miguel Roig 09.07.89 - 17.07.89 Carlos Saúl Menem Jesús Rodríguez 14.05.89 - 08.07.89 Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Juan Carlos Pugliese 31.03.89 - 14.05.89 Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Juan Vital Sourrouille 19.02.85 - 31.03.89 Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Bernardo Grinspun 10.12.83 - 18.02.85 Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Jorge Wehbe 25.08.82 - 09.12.83 Reynaldo Bignone José María Dagnino Pastore 02.07.82 - 24.08.82 Reynaldo Bignone Roberto Alemann 22.12.81 - 30.06.82 Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Lorenzo Sigaut 01.04.81 - 20.12.81 Roberto Viola José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz 29.03.76 - 31.03.81 Jorge Rafael Videla Juan Las Heras 24.03.76 - 29.03.76 Junta Militar Emilio Mondelli 03.02.76 - 24.03.76 María Estela Martínez de Perón Antonio Cafiero 14.08.75 - 03.02.76 Ernesto Corvalán Nanclares 11.08.75 - 14.08.75 Pedro Bonanni 22.07.75 - 11.08.75 Ernesto Corvalán Nanclares 17.07.75 - 22.07.75 Celestino Rodrigo 02.06.75 - 17.07.75 Alfredo Gomez Morales 21.10.74 - 02.06.75 José Ber Gelbard 1.07.74 - 21.10.74 12.10.73 - 1.07.74 Juan Domingo Perón 13.07.73 - 12.10.73 Raúl Lastiri 25.05.73 - 13.07.73 Héctor José Cámpora Jorge Wehbe 13.10.72 - 25.05.73 Alejandro Agustín Lanusse Cayetano Antonio Licciardo 11.10.71 - 13.10.72 Juan A. Quilici 01.06.71- 11.10.71 Aldo Ferrer 26.10.70 - 28.05.71 Roberto Marcelo Levingston Carlos Moyano Llerena 18.06.70 - 15.10.70 José Dagnino Pastore 11.06.69 - 17.06.70 Juan Carlos Onganía Adalbert Krieger Vasena 03.01.67- 11.06.69 Jorge Salimei 04.10.66 - 03.01.67 Juan Carlos Pugliese 19.08.64 - 28.06.66 Arturo Umberto Illia Eugenio Blanco 12.10.63 - 05.08.64 José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz 21.05.63 - 12.10.63 José María Guido Eustaquio Méndez Delfino 10.12.62 - 13.05.63 Álvaro Alsogaray 30.06.62 - 10.12.62 Federico Pinedo 06.04.62 - 25.04.62 Jorge Wehbe 29.03.62 - 06.04.62 26.03.62 - 06.04.62 Arturo Frondizi Carlos Coll Benegas 15.01.62- 26.03.62 Roberto Alemann 26.04.61 - 12.01.62 Álvaro Alsogaray 25.06.59 - 26.04.61 Emilio Donato del Carril 17.06.58 - 24.06.59 Adalberto Krieger Vasena 26.03.57 - 01.05.58 Pedro Aramburu Roberto Verrier 26.01.57 - 26.03.57 Eugenio Blanco 14.11.55 - 25.01.57 Eugenio Folcini 24.09.55 - 13.11.55 Eduardo Lonardi Pedro Bonanni 04.06.52 - 20.09.55 Juan Domingo Perón Ramón Cereijo 04.06.46 - 04.06.52 See also
References
- ^ Ministry of Economy: Cultural patrimony
- ^ 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 (Spanish)
- ^ Oficina Nacional de Presupuesto, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Públicas. June 6, 2009. (Spanish)
External links
- (Spanish) Ministry of Economy - Official ministry portal
- (Spanish) Argentina.gov.ar - Official national portal
- (Spanish) Gobierno Electrónico - Official government website
- (Spanish) Presidencia de la Nación - Official presidential website
Government of Argentina President 
Vice President Chief of the
Cabinet of MinistersMinisters Florencio Randazzo (Interior) · Héctor Timerman (Foreign Relations) · Arturo Puricelli (Defense) · Amado Boudou (Economy) · Julio de Vido (Federal Planning and Public Utilities) · Julio Alak (Justice and Human Rights) · Nilda Garré (Security) · Alberto Sileoni (Education) · Lino Barañao (Science, Technology and Innovative Production) · Carlos Tomada (Labor, Employment and Social Security) · Juan Luis Manzur (Health) · Alicia Kirchner (Social Development) · Débora Giorgi (Industry) · Julián Domínguez (Agriculture) · Carlos Enrique Meyer (Tourism)Economy of Argentina History Agricultural colonies · Railway nationalization · Five-Year Plans · Rodrigazo · Railway privatisation · 1999-2002 crisis · 2007–10 recession · 2008 farmers' strike · Historical exchange ratesAgriculture Other sectors Energy · Mining · Defence industry · Foreign trade · Tourism · Telecommunications · Banking (Central Bank of Argentina)Other Argentine peso · Provincial economies · Provinces by HDI · Companies · Infrastructure · Ministry of Economy · Trade unions · Stock exchangeCoordinates: 34°36′34″S 58°22′13″W / 34.60944°S 58.37028°W
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