Ministry of Security (Argentina)

Ministry of Security
of the Argentine Republic
Ministerio de Seguridad
de la República Argentina

Headquarters of the ministry in Buenos Aires
Ministry overview
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]
Minister responsible
Child agencies
Websiteargentina.gob.ar/seguridad

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, the National Gendarmerie, and the Penitentiary Service, 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]

  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.