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Ministry of Defense (Argentina)

Government ministry of Argentina

Summary

Government ministry of Argentina

Field	Value
agency_name	Ministry of Defense
type	Ministry
nativename	Ministerio de Defensa
logo	Sello Ministerio de Defensa - Argentina.png
logo_width	175
picture	Edificio Libertador 2023.jpg
picture_caption	Libertador Building, headquarters
formed
preceding1	Ministry of War (Argentine Confederation; first creation)
preceding2
jurisdiction	Government of Argentina
headquarters	Libertador Building,
Buenos Aires
coordinates
budget	$ 1,277,651,274,000 (2024) (USD 1.5 billion)
minister1_name	Carlos Presti
minister2_pfo
deputyminister2_pfo
chief2_position
child2_agency	{{plainlist
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website

Buenos Aires

CITEDEF
National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence
SMN The **Ministry of Defense ** (; abbrevriated MINDEF) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversees and advises on matters of national defense, including overseeing the Argentine Armed Forces.

The Ministry of Defense 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 (then known as the Ministry of War). The incumbent minister since 10 December 2025 is Lieutenant General Carlos Presti, who had until then served as chief of the general staff of the Army and was appointed by president Javier Milei, becoming the first defense minister to come from a military background since the end of military rule in the country in 1983.

History

Traditionally the minister of Defense, as the Joint chiefs of Staff (Spanish: Estado Mayor Conjunto) which traces back its origin to 1948 had a minor role in all armed forces activities, relegating key decisions to the respectives chiefs of staff.

A major change came into effect on 12 June 2006 when President Néstor Kirchner brought into effect the Defense Law, which had been passed in 1988 as a means to modernize the doctrine of the armed forces and define their role, although successive governments had failed to put it into effect.

The law states that the armed forces will only be used against foreign aggression, and reduces the powers of the heads of the armed services, centralizing whole operational and acquisitions decisions under the authority of the minister of Defense through the Armed Forces Joint General Staff emphasizing Jointness

Structure

Estado Mayor Conjunto de las Fuerzas Armadas (EMC): Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces
Secretaría de Estrategia y Asuntos Militares: Strategy and Military Affairs Secretary
Secretaría de Planeamiento: Planning Secretary
Secretaría de Asuntos Internacionales de la Defensa: Defense Foreign Affairs Secretary
Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar: National Directory for Military Intelligence
Dirección Nacional de Derechos Humanos y el Derecho Internacional Humanitario: National Directory for Human Rights
CITEDEF (former CITEFA)
Industrial Complex: (FadeA, Fabricaciones Militares, Tandanor/Domecq Garcia)

List of ministers

No.	Minister	Party	Term	President	Ministry of War and the Navy (1854–1898)	1	2
Rudecindo Alvarado		Unitarian Party	5 March 1854 – 7 November 1854		Justo José de Urquiza
José Miguel Galán		Federalist Party	7 November 1854 – 5 March 1860
Benjamín Victorica		Federalist Party	5 March 1860 – 5 November 1861		Santiago Derqui
Pastor Obligado		Nationalist Party	December 1851 – 12 October 1862		Bartolomé Mitre
Juan Andrés Gelly y Obes		Nationalist Party	12 October 1862 – November 1867
Wenceslao Paunero		Nationalist Party	1 February 1868 – 12 October 1868
Martín de Gainza		Nationalist Party	12 October 1868 – 12 October 1874	Independent}}		Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Adolfo Alsina	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1874 – 29 December 1877	National Autonomist Party}}		Nicolás Avellaneda
Julio Argentino Roca	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	4 January 1878 – 9 October 1879
Carlos Pellegrini	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	9 October 1879 – 12 October 1880
Benjamín Victorica	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1880 – 11 July 1885	National Autonomist Party}}		Julio Argentino Roca
Carlos Pellegrini	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	11 July 1885 – 12 October 1886
Nicolás Levalle	Military}}		Independent (Military)	12 October 1886 – 15 January 1887	National Autonomist Party}}		Miguel Juárez Celman
Eduardo Racedo	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	15 January 1887 – 12 April 1890
Nicolás Levalle	Military}}		Independent (Military)	18 April 1890 – 6 August 1890
6 August 1890 – 12 October 1892	National Autonomist Party}}		Carlos Pellegrini
Benjamín Victorica	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1892 – 7 June 1893	National Autonomist Party}}		Luis Sáenz Peña
Joaquín Viejobueno	Military}}		Independent (Military)	7 June 1893 – 27 June 1893
Eudoro Balsa	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	27 June 1893 – 5 July 1893
Aristóbulo del Valle	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	5 July 1893 – 12 August 1893
Luis María Campos	Military}}		Independent (Military)	12 August 1893 – 7 November 1894
Eudoro Balsa	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	7 November 1894 – 23 January 1895
23 January 1895 – 29 August 1895	National Autonomist Party}}		José Evaristo Uriburu
Guillermo Villanueva	Independent}}		Independent	29 August 1895 – 19 May 1897
Nicolás Levalle	Military}}		Independent (Military)	19 May 1897 – 12 October 1898
Luis María Campos	Military}}		Independent (Military)	12 October 1898 – 8 August 1899	National Autonomist Party}}		Julio Argentino Roca
Rosendo Fraga	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	8 August 1899 – 13 July 1900
Pablo Ricchieri	Military}}		Independent (Military)	13 July 1900 – 12 October 1904
Enrique Godoy	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1904 – 12 March 1906	National Autonomist Party}}		Manuel Quintana
Luis María Campos	Military}}		Independent (Military)	14 March 1906 – 5 July 1906	National Autonomist Party}}		José Figueroa Alcorta
Rosendo Fraga	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	5 July 1906 – 11 July 1907
Rafael María Aguirre	Military}}		Independent (Military)	11 July 1907 – 2 March 1910
Eduardo Racedo	National Autonomist Party}}		National Autonomist Party	2 March 1910 – 12 October 1910
Gregorio Vélez	Military}}		Independent (Military)	12 October 1910 – 12 February 1914	National Autonomist Party}}		Roque Sáenz Peña
Ángel Allaria	Military}}		Independent (Military)	16 February 1914 – 9 August 1914
9 August 1914 – 12 October 1916	National Autonomist Party}}		Victorino de la Plaza
Elpidio González	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1916 – 14 September 1918	Radical Civic Union}}		Hipólito Yrigoyen
Julio Moreno	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	14 September 1918 – 12 October 1922
Agustín Pedro Justo	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1922 – 12 October 1928	Radical Civic Union}}		Marcelo T. de Alvear
Luis Dellepiane	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1928 – 6 September 1930	Radical Civic Union}}		Hipólito Yrigoyen
Francisco Medina	Military}}		Independent (Military)	6 September 1930 – 20 February 1932	Military}}		José Félix Uriburu
Manuel A. Rodríguez	Military}}		Independent (Military)	20 February 1932 – 24 February 1936	Independent}}		Agustín Pedro Justo
Basilio Pertiné	Military}}		Independent (Military)	30 March 1936 – 20 February 1938
Carlos Márquez	Military}}		Independent (Military)	20 February 1938 – 27 June 1942	Radical Civic Union}}		Roberto M. Ortiz
Juan Nerón Tonazzi	Military}}		Independent (Military)	27 June 1942 – 16 November 1942	National Democratic Party (Argentina)}}		Ramón S. Castillo
Pedro Pablo Ramírez	Military}}		Independent (Military)	16 November 1942 – 4 June 1943
Edelmiro Farrell	Military}}		Independent (Military)	7 June 1943 – 24 February 1944	Military}}		Pedro Pablo Ramírez
Juan Domingo Perón	Military}}		Independent (Military)	24 February 1944 – 9 March 1944
9 March 1944 – 8 October 1945	Military}}		Edelmiro Farrell
Eduardo Ávalos	Military}}		Independent (Military)	8 October 1945 – 17 October 1945
Humberto Sosa Molina	Military}}		Independent (Military)	18 October 1945 – 4 June 1946
4 June 1946 – 11 March 1949	Justicialist Party}}		Juan Domingo Perón
Humberto Sosa Molina	Military}}		Independent (Military)	11 March 1949 – 21 September 1955	Justicialist Party}}		Juan Domingo Perón
Héctor Solanas Pacheco	Military}}		Independent (Military)	1 May 1958 – 18 June 1958	Radical Civic Union}}		Arturo Frondizi
Gabriel del Mazo	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	18 June 1958 – 24 June 1959	Radical Civic Union}}		Arturo Frondizi
Justo Policarpo Villar	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	25 June 1959 – 26 March 1962
Rodolfo Martínez	Christian Democratic Party (Argentina)}}		Christian Democratic Party	26 March 1962 – 29 March 1962
Ernesto J. Lanusse	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	29 March 1962 – 30 April 1962	Radical Civic Union}}		José María Guido
José Luis Cantilo	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	30 April 1962 – 30 August 1962
Adolfo Lanús	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	30 August 1962 – 5 October 1962
José Manuel Astigueta	Independent}}		Independent	5 October 1962 – 12 October 1963
Leopoldo Suárez	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1963 – 28 June 1966	Radical Civic Union}}		Arturo Illia
Antonio Lanusse	Independent}}		Independent	28 June 1966 – 11 March 1967	Military}}		Juan Carlos Onganía
Emilio van Peborgh	Independent}}		Independent	24 March 1967 – 8 June 1969
José Cáceres Monié		MID	28 June 1969 – 18 June 1970
18 June 1970 – 22 March 1971	Military}}		Roberto Marcelo Levingston
22 March 1971 – 9 May 1972	Military}}		Alejandro Lanusse
Eduardo Aguirre Obarrio	Independent}}		Independent	9 May 1972 – 25 May 1973
Ángel Robledo	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	25 May 1973 – 13 July 1973	Justicialist Party}}		Héctor Cámpora
13 July 1973 – 12 October 1973	Justicialist Party}}		Raúl Lastiri
12 October 1973 – 1 July 1974	Justicialist Party}}		Juan Domingo Perón
1 July 1974 – 13 August 1974	Justicialist Party}}		Isabel Perón
Adolfo M. Savino	Independent}}		Independent	14 August 1974 – 11 July 1975
Jorge Garrido	Independent}}		Independent	11 July 1975 – 16 September 1975
Tomás Vottero	Independent}}		Independent	16 September 1975 – 15 January 1976
Ricardo Guardo	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	22 January 1976 – 8 March 1976
José Deheza	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	12 March 1976 – 24 March 1976
José María Klix	Military}}		Independent (Military)	29 March 1976 – 30 October 1978	Military}}		Jorge Rafael Videla
David de la Riva	Military}}		Independent (Military)	5 November 1978 – 29 March 1981
Norberto Couto	Military}}		Independent (Military)	29 March 1981 – 12 December 1981	Military}}		Roberto Viola
Amadeo Frúgoli	Independent}}		Independent	22 December 1981 – 1 July 1982	Military}}		Leopoldo Galtieri
Julio Martínez Vivot	Independent}}		Independent	2 July 1982 – 10 December 1983	Military}}		Reynaldo Bignone
Raúl Borrás	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	10 December 1983 – 27 May 1985	Radical Civic Union}}		Raúl Alfonsín
Roque Carranza	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	27 May 1985 – 8 February 1986
Germán López	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	8 February 1986 – 2 June 1986
Horacio Jaunarena	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	2 June 1986 – 8 July 1989
Ítalo Luder	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	8 July 1989 – 26 January 1990	Justicialist Party}}		Carlos Menem
Humberto Romero	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	26 January 1990 – 31 January 1991
Guido Di Tella	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	31 January 1991 – 1 March 1991
Antonio Erman González	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	1 March 1991 – 9 December 1993
Oscar Camilión		MID	9 December 1993 – 7 August 1996
Jorge Domínguez	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	7 August 1996 – 10 December 1999
Ricardo López Murphy	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	10 December 1999 – 5 March 2001	Radical Civic Union}}		Fernando de la Rúa
Horacio Jaunarena	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	5 March 2001 – 21 December 2001
José María Vernet	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	23 December 2001 – 30 December 2001	Justicialist Party}}		Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
Horacio Jaunarena	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	3 January 2002 – 25 May 2003	Justicialist Party}}		Eduardo Duhalde
José Pampuro	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	25 May 2003 – 1 December 2005	Justicialist Party}}		Néstor Kirchner
Nilda Garré		Broad Front	1 December 2005 – 10 December 2007
10 December 2007 – 15 December 2010	Justicialist Party}}		Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Arturo Puricelli	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	15 December 2010 – 30 May 2013
Agustín Rossi	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	30 May 2013 – 10 December 2015
Julio Martínez	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	10 December 2015 – 17 July 2017	Republican Proposal}}		Mauricio Macri
Oscar Aguad	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	17 July 2017 – 10 December 2019
Agustín Rossi	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	10 December 2019 – 10 August 2021	Justicialist Party}}		Alberto Fernández
Jorge Taiana	Justicialist Party}}		Justicialist Party	10 August 2021 – 10 December 2023
Luis Petri	Radical Civic Union}}		Radical Civic Union	10 December 2023 – 10 December 2025	Libertarian Party (Argentina)}}		Javier Milei
Carlos Presti	Military}}		Independent (Military)	10 December 2025 - present	Libertarian Party (Argentina)}}		Javier Milei

References

(2024). "Presupuesto 2022". [[Ministry of Economy (Argentina).
[http://www.fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar/historia/resena.asp RESEÑA HISTÓRICA DEL ESTADO MAYOR CONJUNTO] {{webarchive. link. (2010-01-26)
"Reglamentación de la ley de defensa".

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