Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation ( es, Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación; MINCYT) of

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 second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

is a ministry of the national executive power that oversees the government's scientific and technological policy. It oversees decentralized research and development dependencies such as the

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(CONICET), the National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation (Agencia I+D+i), the National Space Activities Commission (CONAE) and the National Genetic Data Bank. The Ministry was created in 2007 by decree of then-President

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; matters of science and technological development had previously been part of the

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's portfolio. The current minister of science and technology is

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, who assumed office in 2021 under President

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List of ministers

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* Government ministries of Argentina Science and technology ministries Scientific organisations based in Argentina Government agencies established in 2007 2007 establishments in Argentina {{argentina-poli-stub