Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers

For the head of state and of government, see President of Argentina.
Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina
Jefe de Gabinete de Ministros de la Nación Argentina
Seal of the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
since 27 May 2024
Government of Argentina
StyleMr. Chief of the Cabinet
Reports toPresident of Argentina and Argentine National Congress
SeatEdificio Somisa, Buenos Aires[1]
AppointerPresident of Argentina
Term lengthAt the President's pleasure
Constituting instrumentArgentine Constitution of 1853
(1994 amendment)
Inaugural holderEduardo Bauzá
Formation8 July 1995; 29 years ago (1995-07-08)
Salary$ 312,657.00 annually (2020)[2]
Websiteargentina.gob.ar/jefatura

The Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Argentine Nation (Spanish: Jefe de Gabinete de Ministros de la Nación Argentina; JGM), more commonly known simply as the Cabinet Chief (Spanish: Jefe de Gabinete) is a ministerial office within the government of Argentina tasked with overseeing the government's general administration and acting as a link between the national executive and the Argentine National Congress.[3] The position was created by the 1994 amendment to the Argentine Constitution.

The Cabinet Chief is not a prime minister, as in Argentina's presidential democracy the role of head of government is still bestowed upon the president.[4] However, the Cabinet Chief is still constitutionally obligated to give account of the general course of the government's policies before Congress, and may be removed through a vote of no confidence (moción de censura) with an absolute majority in both chambers of Congress.[5]

The current Cabinet Chief is Guillermo Francos, who was appointed on 27 May 2024 by President Javier Milei.[6]

  1. ^ "Un incendio afectó a la Jefatura de Gabinete". Infobae (in Spanish). 25 February 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Asignación Salarial de las Autoridades del Poder Ejecutivo Nacional 2020". datos.gob.ar (in Spanish). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  3. ^ Lozano, Luis. "Jefe de Gabinete". Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. ^ Serrafero, Mario (October 2003). "La Jefatura de Gabinete y las crisis políticas: el caso De la Rúa" [The Office of the Cabinet Chief and political crises: the De la Rúa case] (PDF). Revista SAAP (in Spanish). 1 (2): 247–272. ISSN 1666-7883. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ Article 101 of the Constitution of Argentina (15 December 1994)
  6. ^ "Dimite Nicolás Posse, jefe del gabinete de ministros de Javier Milei". EFE Noticias (in European Spanish). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.