Ministry of Defense (Argentina)
Argentinian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
The Ministry of Defense (Spanish: Ministerio de Defensa; MINDEF) is an agency of the Government of Argentina that assists and advises the President of the Argentine Nation in everything related to national defense and the Armed Forces.
| Ministerio de Defensa | |
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 Libertador Building, headquarters of the Ministry | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 1854 |
| Preceding Ministry |
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| Jurisdiction | Government of Argentina |
| Headquarters | Libertador Building, Azopardo 250, Buenos Aires |
| Annual budget | $ 246,143,974,961 (2021)[1] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Website | argentina.gob.ar/defensa |
It was created on June 13, 1958 with the promulgation of the Law of the National Congress called "Ministries" which was taken from the antecedent of the Ministry of Defense that Juan Domingo Perón had created and that was suppressed in 1954.
The current Minister of Defense is Jorge Taiana, appointed by President Alberto Fernández on August 10, 2021.
References
change- ↑ "Presupuesto 2021". Ministerio de Economía (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
