Ministries of the Argentine Republic
The ministries of Argentina, which form the cabinet, currently consist of eight ministries under a ministerial chief of staff. The ministers are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the president. The current organization derives from the constitutional revision of 1994.
History
Prior to independence, the administration of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was organized under the Royal Ordinance of Administrators issued on 28 January 1782, under which there were eight intendencias, each with a governor reporting to the viceroy. The governor had the police, finance, and the military under his direct control, and his lieutenant administered the courts. At first the revolutionaries retained the same system, only gradually dispersing the executive authority over a larger body of men. The first true cabinet posts in Argentina emerged in the early to mid-19th century first under the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and later under the Argentine Confederation and the State of Buenos Aires. For example, the Department of Governance and War was created on 28 May 1810 by the First Junta with Mariano Moreno as secretary, and although the First Junta sent out diplomates as early as 1810, it was not until 27 February 1813 that the Department of Foreign Business was created under the supervision of the Secretary of State.;Argentine Confederation
- Ministry of War and the Navy
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Interior
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Justice, Religion, and Public Education
- Ministry of Governance
- Ministry of War
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Prosecutor's Office