Ministry of Infrastructure
Ministerio de Infraestructura
Ministry overview
Formed10 December 2023 (2023-12-10)
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionGovernment of Argentina
Minister responsible
  • Guillermo Ferraro

The Ministry of Infrastructure (Spanish: Ministerio de Infraestructura) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power responsible for public works, housing, communication and transport.

The incumbent minister is Guillermo Ferraro, who has served since 10 December 2023 in the cabinet of Javier Milei, who created the ministry through a presidential decree.

History

Before the election of Javier Milei, the areas of public works, transport and housing each had their own ministry within the Government of Argentina. Communications were already the responsibility of a secretariat. During his campaign, Milei promised to reduce the number of existing ministries and create two new ministries which would bring together several areas of public life: Human Capital and Infrastructure. The latter can be considered as the merging of the ministries of Public Works, Transport, and Territorial Development and Habitat.[1]

On 10 December 2023, on his very first day as President of Argentina, he modified the law through a Necessity and Urgency Decree and reduced the previous 19 government ministries to nine.[2] As stipulated in the presidential decree, the Ministry of Infrastructure must enable the government "to optimize public works, housing, communications and transport policies".[2] The same day, Guillermo Ferraro was then appointed head of the ministry.[3] An accountant and a former executive for KPMG Argentina, he was part of the libertarian president's campaign team and comes from the private sector like other members of the cabinet led by Nicolás Posse.[4]

Organisation

List of ministers

No. Minister Party Coalition Term President
1 Guillermo Ferraro Independent LLA 10 December 2023 – present Javier Milei

References

  1. ↑ Amaya, Sol (19 November 2023). "¿Qué ministerios quiere eliminar Milei y por qué? ¿de qué se encargan esos?". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Boletín Oficial República Argentina – LEY DE MINISTERIOS – Decreto 8/2023". BoletinOficial.gob.ar (in Spanish). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Boletín Oficial República Argentina – MINISTERIO DE INFRAESTRUCTURA – Decreto 10/2023". BoletinOficial.gob.ar (in Spanish). 10 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Quién es Guillermo Ferraro, el empresario que estará al frente del Ministerio de Infraestructura de Milei". CNN (in Spanish). 6 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
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