As the dust settles on Mauricio Macri’s election victory, the president-elect has started to name the faces of the government cabinet that will take over on 10th December.
This morning, Marcos Peña, Macri’s future cabinet chief, announced via Twitter that he would hold a press conference at 5pm tonight [25th November] to formally announce Macri’s full cabinet.
Alfonso Prat-Gay (Finance), Susana Malcorra (Foreign Affairs), and Federico Sturzenegger (Central Bank) are some of the key positions confirmed for the Macri adminsitration
However, while rumours continue to circle of possible appointments and changes abound, some positions have already been filled.
Marcos Peña, Macri’s campaign manager and right-hand man throughout the election process, will be the future cabinet chief. He currently serves as the secretary general for the City of Buenos Aires.
Susana Malcorra will head the foreign affairs ministry. Malcorra is a highly-regarded figure in foreign relations, currently serving as head of the United Nations Secretariat office.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Malcorra on her new appointment, adding that: “Ms. Malcorra has served the United Nations with great distinction…I know from my conversations with world leaders and civil society that Ms. Malcorra is well-respected across the world.”
Macri has outlined that he will not have one economy ministry, but instead create an economy cabinet made up of six ministries: labour, finance, energy, infrastructure and transport, agriculture, and production.
The president-elect has also confirmed that Alfonso Prat-Gay will be the future finance minister. Prat-Gay headed the Argentine Central Bank from 2002 to 2004 and served as legislator for the Coalición Cívica – an ally of PRO in the Cambiemos coalition – representing the City of Buenos Aires.
Continuing with the economic theme, it was confirmed this morning that Federico Sturzenegger will head the Central Bank and that Francisco Cabrera would serve as minister of production.
Rounding out the list of Macri’s confirmed cabinet members to date, Rogelio Frigerio will take-over as interior minister and Pablo Avelluto will serve as culture minister when the new government takes office on 10th December.
In other Macri-related news, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner hosted the president-elect in a reunion at the president’s residency in Olivos yesterday.
The meeting, which lasted a short 20 minutes, centred on prudent formalities: President Fernández congratulated Macri on his victory and the two discussed preparations for the coming inauguration ceremony.
Macri later expressed his dissatisfaction with the meeting, explained that it “only served as a matter of protocol.”
President Fernández did not speak to the press or pose for any photos after the meeting. Macri, on the contrary, hoped to talk with the press but was unable to because of a lack of organisation to accommodate the media at the president’s residency.
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