In force since Dec 11, 2023
The national cabinet goes from 18 to 9 ministries
DNU 8/2023
in forceNATIONALApplies the same nationwide
State, institutions and security
DNU 8/2023, the first decree of the administration, rewrites Ley 22.520 and leaves the national government with nine ministries and the Cabinet Office.
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What changed and who it applies to
What changed
The first decree of Milei's presidency amended the Ministries Ley 22.520 (consolidated text Decreto 438/1992) establishing that the Nation's affairs are handled by the Cabinet Chief and NINE (9) ministries. The 9 ministries, per the decree text, are: Interior; Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship; Defense; Economy; Infrastructure; Justice; Security; Health; and Human Capital (which centralized Education, Culture, Labor and Social Development). The number '9' and the nominal list are confirmed in the primary source; the contrast with '18' is context about the previous ministerial structure (it does not appear as such in the decree). The reduction was not reversed; there were later internal reorganizations (renamings, area transfers, e.g. DNU 58/2025 renamed Security to 'National Security') but the original instrument remains operational and there was never a return to the previous structure. verif Dec 10, 2023 ↗
In force
Signed on 12/10/2023 (inauguration day; verbatim decree citation 'City of Buenos Aires, 12/10/2023') and published in the Official Gazette on 12/11/2023 (notice 300727). In force since its publication, subject to the process of the Permanent Bicameral Committee (Ley 26.122). verif Dec 11, 2023 ↗
Who it applies to
The entire centralized and decentralized National Public Administration: bodies, state companies, security forces, and the health, education, labor and social-development systems that came to report to consolidated portfolios. It reconfigures the institutional windows/interlocutors with which investors and companies deal. verif Dec 10, 2023 ↗
The norm
Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia (DNU, emergency decree) 8/2023 — DNU-2023-8-APN-PTE, official title in the Boletín Oficial 'LEY DE MINISTERIOS - Decreto 8/2023'. The first decree of Javier Milei's presidency. verif Dec 10, 2023 ↗
Our reading
The first act of government was to shrink the State itself: from 18 to 9 ministries on the very day of inauguration. It is the founding signal of the chainsaw (R6, fiscal anchor: less structure, less political spending) and of continuity of course (R3, stability): the redesign held for two and a half years without going back. For whoever invests, fewer portfolios mean fewer windows and shorter procedures. thesis
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