Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development
Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible
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Formed2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Preceding Ministry
  • Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable Development
DissolvedDecember 10, 2023; 6 months ago (December 10, 2023)
JurisdictionGovernment of Argentina
HeadquartersSan Martín 451, Buenos Aires
Annual budget$ 5,882,000 (2018)[1]
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The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development (Spanish: Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible; MAyDS) of Argentina was a ministry of the national executive power that oversaw the government's policy on environmental issues and promotes sustainable development.

It was formed in 2015, having previously existed as a Secretariat under different parent agencies.

The ministry was dissolved on December 10, 2023 following a presidential decree from President Javier Milei.

History

The first governmental agency to deal exclusively with environmental issues in Argentina was the Secretariat of Natural Resources and Human Environment (Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente Humano), created in 1991 during the presidency of Fernando de la Rúa, which answered to the Office of the Chief of Cabinet.[2] The first secretariat responsible was María Julia Alsogaray. Throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s the Secretariat was moved from the Chief of Cabinet's office to the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Health, and then the Chief of Cabinet's office again.

In 2015, President Mauricio Macri elevated the secretariat to ministerial level in his first cabinet, appointing Sergio Bergman as minister.[3] In 2018 Macri would reverse this decision, placing the now secretariat under the General Secretariat of the Presidency; Bergman retained the portfolio as Secretary.[4][5]

From 2019-2023, under former President Alberto Fernández, the Ministry has regained its status in the cabinet, this time with Juan Cabandié as minister responsible.[6]

Structure and dependencies

The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development counted with a number of centralized and decentralized dependencies. The centralized dependencies, as in other government ministers, are known as secretariats (secretarías) and undersecretariats (subsecretarías), as well as a number of other centralized agencies:[7][8]

The Administración de Parques Nacionales ("National Parks Administration", APN) also reports to the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development as a decentralized agency.[9]

Headquarters

The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development is headquartered at San Martín 451, located in the barrio of Monserrat, in Buenos Aires. The office building had previously housed the Secretariat of the Environment since its formation in 1991.[10]

List of ministers

No. Minister Party Term President
1 Sergio Bergman Republican Proposal 10 December 2015 – 5 September 2018 Mauricio Macri
2 Juan Cabandié Justicialist Party 10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023 Alberto Fernández

References

  1. ^ "¿Qué hace el Presupuesto por vos?". Ministerio de Hacienda (in Spanish). 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Sobresueldos: confirman el procesamiento del "segundo" de María Julia Alsogaray". Centro de Información Judicial (in Spanish). 13 July 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. ^ "El próximo ministro de Medio Ambiente admitió que no sabe del tema". Rosario Plus (in Spanish). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. ^ Rosemberg, Jaime (3 September 2018). "Reducen de 22 a 11 los ministerios, pero no hay cambios de nombre". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Número 34.368" (PDF). Boletín Oficial de la República Argentina (in Spanish). 5 September 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ^ Argento, Analía (9 February 2020). "Los planes de Juan Cabandié en Ambiente: "revolución de les hijes", basura y control de la deforestación". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable". argentina.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable". jefatura.gob.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Nacion busca resolver el conflicto territorial de los mapuches". ANB Bariloche (in Spanish). 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Recolectores de residuos marcharán contra el nuevo decreto del gobierno". Perfil (in Spanish). 17 September 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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