Secretariat of Culture (Argentina)

Secretariat of Culture
Secretaría de Cultura

Palacio Casey, headquarters
Secretariat overview
Formed1973; 51 years ago (1973)[1]
Superseding Secretariat
JurisdictionGovernment of Argentina
HeadquartersPalacio Casey, Buenos Aires[2]
Annual budget$ 9,134,481,604 (2021)[3]
Secretariat executive
  • Leonardo Cifelli[4], Secretariat
Child agencies
Websiteargentina.gob.ar/cultura

The Secretariat of Culture (Spanish: Secretaría de Cultura, formerly Ministry of Culture) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversaw the government's public policy on the culture of Argentina.

The culture portfolio was first established in 1973 during the presidency of Héctor Cámpora as part of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Culture and Education;[1] the first minister responsible was Jorge Taiana. The ministry existed only briefly before being demoted to a Secretariat. It would remain under the scope of the broader Ministry of Education until 2014, when it was re-established by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.[citation needed]

After president Javier Milei dissolved the Ministry of Culture in December 2023, it turned into a secretariat.[5]

  1. ^ a b DECRETO Nº 1.450 - Disolución y trasferencia de funciones published 23 Sep 1973, source: Argentina.gob.ar
  2. ^ Wille, Germán (12 October 2018). "Palacio Casey: una ambiciosa y señorial mansión familiar que hoy alberga a la Secretaría de Cultura". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Presupuesto 2021". Ministerio de Economía (in Spanish). 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference dec123 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Qué ministerios ELIMINÓ Javier MILEI tras su ASUNCIÓN on Cronista.com, 10 Dec 2023