The Ministry of Economy ( es, Ministerio de Economía) of
Argentina
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is the country's
state treasury and a
ministry of the
national executive power that manages economic policy.
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
Justo José de Urquiza y García (; October 18, 1801 – April 11, 1870) was an Argentine general and politician who served as president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.
Life
Justo José de Urquiza y García was bo ...
– albeit under the name of Ministry of the Treasury. The current minister responsible is
Sergio Massa
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* Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found
* ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass
* ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film
* ''Se ...
, who has served since 2022 in the cabinet of
Alberto Fernández
Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer and professor, serving as president of Argentina since 2019.
Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his law ...
.
Headquarters
![Palacio de Hacienda (1940)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Palacio_de_Hacienda_%281940%29.JPG)
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
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neighborhood lot facing the
Casa Rosada
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presidential office building to the north, and the Defense Ministry (
Libertador Building) to the easta 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
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painter influenced by the naturalist
Barbizon School
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.
The post has existed on a formal basis since the 1826 inaugural of
Bernardino Rivadavia
Bernardino de la Trinidad González Rivadavia (May 20, 1780 – September 2, 1845) was the first President of Argentina, then called the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, from February 8, 1826 to June 27, 1827.
He was educated at ...
, who named lawmaker
Salvador María del Carril
Salvador María del Carril (August 5, 1798January 10, 1883) was a prominent Argentine jurist and policy-maker, as well as his country's first Vice President.
Life and times
Early life
Born in the Andes-range city of San Juan, Argentina, del Carr ...
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
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investment,
foreign trade
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In most countries, such trade represents a significant ...
, and
immigration
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spurred development.
Customs
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collections (source of over half of public revenues at the time) and the
Central Bank
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and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
were among the responsibilities placed under the Economy Ministry's aegis, and successive ministers' policies were often enacted through
presidential decree
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s.
Its influence grew further when it absorbed the cabinet post of Minister of Public Works in 1991, to help facilitate Economy Minister
Domingo Cavallo
Domingo Felipe Cavallo (born July 21, 1946) is an Argentine economist and politician. Between 1991 and 1996 he was Economic Ministry of Argentina during Carlos Menem presidency. He is known for implementing the ''Convertibility plan'', which es ...
's
privatization
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s 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
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, in a bid to improve strained relations with the country's
agrarian sector following the
2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector
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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.
Oficina Nacional de Presupuesto, Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Públicas. June 6, 2009.
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List of ministers
Notes
See also
*Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
*Economy of Argentina
The economy of Argentina is the second-largest national economy in South America, behind Brazil. Argentina is a developing country with a highly literate population, an export-oriented agricultural sector, and a diversified industrial base.
A ...
References
External links
*
Gobierno Electrónico website
(archived)
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Argentina
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Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...