Ministry of Security
Ministerio de Seguridad de la República Argentina
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Formed2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Preceding Ministry
JurisdictionGovernment of Argentina
HeadquartersAv. Gen. Gelly y Obes 2289, Buenos Aires
Annual budget$ 247,654,488,209 (2021)[1]
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The Ministry of Security (Spanish: Ministerio de Seguridad; MINSEG) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversees public safety and security. It co-ordinates the country's national security policy and oversees the Federal Police, the Airport Security Police, the Naval Prefecture and the National Gendarmerie, as well as the newly created Federal Council for Interior Security.

The Ministry was created in 2010 by decree of then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; matters of national security had previously been part of the Ministry of Justice's portfolio.[2] The current minister of security is Patricia Bullrich, who assumed office in 2023 under President Javier Milei.[3]

Responsibilities

The responsibilities and attributions of the Ministry of Security are outlined in article 22 bis of the Ley de Ministerios, which states that it is the ministry's goal to assist the President of the Nation and the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers in all matters pertaining to national security, the preservation of liberties, life and the patrimony of Argentina's inhabitants, as well as their rights, within the Argentine Republic's democratic framework.[4]

List of ministers

No. Minister Party Term President
1 Nilda Garré Broad Front 15 December 2010 – 3 June 2013 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
2 Arturo Puricelli Justicialist Party 3 June 2013 – 2 December 2013
3 María Cecilia Rodríguez New Encounter 2 December 2013 – 10 December 2015
4 Patricia Bullrich Republican Proposal 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 Mauricio Macri
5 Sabina Frederic Independent 10 December 2019 – 20 September 2021 Alberto Fernández
6 Aníbal Fernández Justicialist Party 20 September 2021 – 10 December 2023
7 Patricia Bullrich Republican Proposal 10 December 2023 – Present Javier Milei

See also

References

  1. ^ "Presupuesto 2021". Ministerio de Economía (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ "La Presidenta anunció que Nilda Garré conducirá el nuevo ministerio de Seguridad". La Prensa (in Spanish). 10 December 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Cambio de gabinete: Quien es Aníbal Fernández, el nuevo ministro de Seguridad". Página/12 (in Spanish). 18 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Texto de la Ley de Ministerios (con sus modificaciones)". infoleg.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 April 2020.

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