| Agency Name: | General Secretariat of the Presidency |
| Type: | Secretariat |
| Nativename: | Secretaría General de la Presidencia |
| Picture Caption: | Casa Rosada, government house of Argentina |
| Jurisdiction: | Argentina |
| Headquarters: | Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires |
| Budget: | $ 46,282,428.345 (2021)[1] |
| Chief1 Name: | Karina Milei |
| Chief1 Position: | General Secretary of the Presidency |
| Agency Type: | Secretariat of State |
| Parent Department: | Presidency of the Nation |
The General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Argentine Nation (Spanish; Castilian: Secretaría General de la Presidencia de la Nación Argentina; SGP) is a secretariat of state of the Argentine National Executive counting with ministerial level, tasked with assisting the President of Argentina in the making of public policy, drafting messages and public speeches, maintaining the presidential protocol and overseeing the relationship between the President and society at large.[2]
The General Secretariat also oversees a number of centralized and decentralized agencies as defined by the Law on Ministries, which may be updated at the President's behest.[3] Since 10 December 2023, the General Secretary of the Presidency has been Karina Milei, who serves under President Javier Milei.[4]
It is one of (currently) four secretariats in the Argentine government counting with ministerial level, the other being the Legal and Technical Secretariat and the Secretariat of Communications and Press.[5]
The 1983 Law on Ministries (Spanish; Castilian: Ley de Ministerios), decreed by Raúl Alfonsín, established eight secretariats reporting directly to the Office of the President tasked to delegate some of the President's direct responsibilities whilst aiding the head of state in the elaboration of public policies, among other responsibilities. These included, alongside the General Secretariat of the Presidency, the Legal and Technical Secretariat, the Planning Secretariat, the Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE, later disestablished and reformed into the AFI), the Media Secretariat, the Public Affairs Secretariat, the Science and Technology Secretariat, the Secretariat of Comprehensive Policies on Drugs (SEDRONAR) and the Habitat Secretariat.[6]
Since 2001, the General Secretariat of the Presidency counts with ministerial rank, and as such, the General Secretary may issue ministerial decrees.[7]
The General Secretariat is entirely headquartered in the Casa Rosada, the official working residence of the President of Argentina. In addition, the General Secretary also counts with responsibilities and jurisdiction over the Quinta de Olivos.[2]
| No. | Secretary | Party | Term | President | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germán López | bgcolor= | Radical Civic Union | 10 December 1983 – 9 February 1986 | Raúl Alfonsín | ||||
| 2 | Carlos Becerra | bgcolor= | Radical Civic Union | 9 February 1986 – 8 July 1989 | |||||
| 3 | Alberto Kohan | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 8 July 1989 – 20 September 1990 | Carlos Menem | ||||
| 4 | Eduardo Bauzá | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 20 September 1990 – 8 July 1995 | |||||
| 5 | Alberto Kohan | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 8 July 1995 – 10 December 1999 | |||||
| 6 | Jorge de la Rúa | bgcolor= | Radical Civic Union | 10 December 1999 – 23 October 2000 | Fernando de la Rúa | ||||
| 7 | Carlos Becerra | bgcolor= | Radical Civic Union | 23 October 2000 – 20 March 2001 | |||||
| 8 | Nicolás Gallo | bgcolor= | Radical Civic Union | 20 March 2001 – 20 December 2001 | |||||
| 8 | Luis Lusquiños | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 23 December 2001 – 30 December 2001 | bgcolor= | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá | |||
| 9 | Aníbal Fernández | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 2 January 2002 – 3 October 2002 | Eduardo Duhalde | ||||
| 10 | José Pampuro | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 3 October 2002 – 25 May 2003 | |||||
| 11 | Oscar Parrilli | Justicialist Party | 25 May 2003 – 10 December 2007 | bgcolor= | Néstor Kirchner | ||||
| 10 December 2007 – 16 December 2014 | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ||||||||
| 12 | Aníbal Fernández | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 16 December 2014 – 26 February 2015 | |||||
| 13 | Eduardo de Pedro | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 26 February 2015 – 10 December 2015 | |||||
| 14 | Fernando de Andreis | bgcolor= | Republican Proposal | 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | bgcolor= | Mauricio Macri | |||
| 15 | Julio Vitobello | bgcolor= | Justicialist Party | 10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023 | bgcolor= | Alberto Fernández | |||
| 16 | Karina Milei | bgcolor= | Libertarian Party | 10 December 2023 – present | bgcolor= | Javier Milei | |||