List of ministers of foreign affairs and worship

This is the list of all the ministers of foreign affairs, international trade and worship of the Argentine Republic (Spanish: Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto) since 1822. The Minister presides over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, the country's supreme authority on international relations and part of the Cabinet of Argentina. In a similar fashion to other South America nations, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is generally styled as Chancellor (Canciller). The current Minister is Gerardo Werthein, who serves in President Javier Milei's cabinet.^[5]

Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina
Ministero de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto
Incumbent Gerardo Werthein since 30 October 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
Style	Excelentísimo Señor (m) Excelentísima Señora (f)[1]
Member of	Cabinet of Argentina
Reports to	President of Argentina
Seat	Edificio Cancillería, Buenos Aires[2]
Appointer	President of Argentina
Term length	No fixed term At the President's behest
Constituting instrument	Law on Ministries
Inaugural holder	Bernardino Rivadavia[3]
Formation	5 February 1822; 203 years ago (1822-02-05)
Salary	$ 312,646.14 annually (2020)[4]
Website	cancilleria.gob.ar/

List

No.	Minister	Party		Term	President
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Province of Buenos Aires (1822–1826)
–	Bernardino Rivadavia		Unitarian Party	5 February 1822 – 24 May 1824		Government Junta
–	Manuel José García		Independent	24 May 1824 – 10 February 1826
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1826–1831)
–	Francisco F. de la Cruz		Unitarian Party	10 February 1826 – 27 June 1827		Bernardino Rivadavia
–	Manuel Dorrego		Federalist Party	13 August 1827 – 1 December 1828		Vicente López y Planes
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1853–1898)
1	Juan María Gutiérrez		Independent	5 March 1854 – 1 August 1856		Justo José de Urquiza
2	Bernabé López		Unitarian Party	1 August 1856 – 30 September 1858
3	Luis José de la Peña		Independent	30 September 1858 – 5 March 1860
4	Emilio de Alvear		Independent	5 March 1860 – 14 December 1860		Santiago Derqui
5	Francisco Pico Jr.		Unitarian Party	14 December 1860 – 6 February 1861
5	Nicanor Molinas		Independent	6 February 1861 – 3 July 1861
6	José Severo de Olmos		Independent	3 July 1861 – 5 November 1861
7	Rufino de Elizalde		Nationalist Party	12 October 1862 – 6 December 1867		Bartolomé Mitre
8	Marcelino Ugarte		Nationalist Party	6 December 1867 – 25 January 1868
9	Rufino de Elizalde		Nationalist Party	25 January 1868 – 12 October 1868
10	Mariano Varela		Independent	12 October 1868 – 17 August 1870		Domingo Sarmiento
11	Carlos Tejedor		Independent	17 August 1870 – 12 October 1874
12	Pedro A. Pardo		Independent	12 October 1874 – 2 August 1875		Nicolás Avellaneda
13	Bernardo de Irigoyen		National Autonomist Party	2 August 1875 – 2 October 1877
14	Rufino de Elizalde		National Autonomist Party	2 October 1877 – 8 May 1878
15	Manuel Montes de Oca		Independent	8 May 1878 – 6 September 1879
16	Domingo Sarmiento		Independent	6 September 1879 – 9 October 1879
17	Lucas González		Independent	9 October 1879 – 7 June 1880
18	Benjamín Zorrilla		National Autonomist Party	7 June 1880 – 12 October 1880
19	Bernardo de Irigoyen		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1880 – 11 February 1882		Julio Argentino Roca
20	Victorino de la Plaza		National Autonomist Party	11 February 1882 – 25 October 1883
21	Francisco J. Ortíz		National Autonomist Party	25 October 1883 – 12 October 1886
22	Norberto Quirno Costa		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1886 – 27 August 1889		Miguel Juárez Celman
23	Estanislao Zeballos		National Autonomist Party	10 September 1889 – 12 April 1890
24	Roque Sáenz Peña		National Autonomist Party	12 April 1890 – 6 August 1890
25	Eduardo Costa		National Autonomist Party	7 August 1890 – 22 October 1891		Carlos Pellegrini
26	Estanislao Zeballos		National Autonomist Party	22 October 1891 – 12 October 1892
27	Tomás S. de Anchorena		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1892 – 1 May 1893		Luis Sáenz Peña
28	Amancio Alcorta		National Autonomist Party	1 May 1893 – 7 June 1893
29	Miguel Cané		National Autonomist Party	7 June 1893 – 27 June 1893
30	Norberto Quirno Costa		National Autonomist Party	27 June 1893 – 5 July 1893
33	Valentín Virasoro		National Autonomist Party	5 July 1893 – 16 December 1893
34	Eduardo Costa		National Autonomist Party	16 December 1893 – 23 January 1895
35	Amancio Alcorta		National Autonomist Party	23 January 1895 – 12 October 1898		José Evaristo Uriburu
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (1898–1993)
35	Amancio Alcorta		National Autonomist Party
				12 October 1898 – 21 January 1899		Julio Argentino Roca
36	Felipe Yofre		National Autonomist Party	21 January 1899 – 7 May 1902
37	Luis María Drago		National Autonomist Party	9 May 1902 – 18 July 1903
38	José A. Terry		National Autonomist Party	20 July 1903 – 12 October 1904
39	Carlos Rodríguez Larreta		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1904 – 12 March 1906		Manuel Quintana
40	Manuel Montes de Oca		National Autonomist Party	12 March 1906 – 21 November 1906		José Figueroa Alcorta
41	Estanislao Zeballos		National Autonomist Party	21 November 1906 – 21 June 1908
42	Victorino de la Plaza		National Autonomist Party	22 June 1908 – 9 August 1910
43	Carlos Rodríguez Larreta		National Autonomist Party	9 August 1910 – 12 October 1910
44	Epifanio Portela		National Autonomist Party	12 October 1910 – 17 December 1910		Roque Sáenz Peña
45	Ernesto Bosch		Independent	17 December 1910 – 16 February 1914
46	José Luis Murature		National Autonomist Party	16 February 1914 – 9 August 1914
				9 August 1914 – 12 October 1916		Victorino de la Plaza
48	Carlos Becú		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1916 – 30 January 1917		Hipólito Yrigoyen
49	Honorio Pueyrredón		Radical Civic Union	30 January 1917 – 12 October 1922
50	Ángel Gallardo		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1922 – 12 October 1928		Marcelo T. de Alvear
51	Horacio Oyhanarte		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1928 – 6 September 1930		Hipólito Yrigoyen
52	Ernesto Bosch		Independent	6 September 1930 – 9 October 1931		José Félix Uriburu
53	Adolfo Bioy Domecq		Independent	9 October 1931 – 20 February 1932
54	Carlos Saavedra Lamas		National Democratic Party	20 February 1932 – 20 February 1938		Agustín Pedro Justo
55	José María Cantilo		Radical Civic Union	20 February 1938 – 2 September 1940		Roberto M. Ortiz
56	Julio A. Pascual Roca		National Democratic Party	20 February 1938 – 2 September 1940
57	Guillermo Rothe		National Democratic Party	28 January 1941 – 13 June 1941
58	Enrique Ruiz Guiñazú		Independent	13 June 1941 – 27 June 1942
				27 June 1942 – 4 June 1943		Ramón Castillo
59	Segundo Storni		Independent (Military)	7 June 1943 – 9 September 1943		Pedro Pablo Ramírez
60	Alberto Gilbert		Independent (Military)	10 September 1943 – 21 October 1943
61	Diego I. Mason		Independent (Military)	22 February 1944 – 2 May 1944		Edelmiro Farrell
62	Orlando L. Peluffo		Independent (Military)	2 May 1944 – 15 January 1945
63	César Ameghino		Independent	18 January 1945 – 27 August 1945
64	Juan Isaac Cooke		Radical Civic Union	27 August 1945 – 4 June 1946
65	Juan Atilio Bramuglia		Peronist Party	4 June 1946 – 11 August 1949		Juan Domingo Perón
66	Hipólito Jesús Paz		Peronist Party	13 August 1949 – 28 June 1951
67	Jerónimo Remorino		Peronist Party	28 June 1951 – 25 August 1955
68	Ildefonso Cavagna Martínez		Peronist Party	25 August 1955 – 22 September 1955
69	Mario Amadeo		Independent	22 September 1955 – 13 November 1955		Eduardo Lonardi
70	Luis Podestá Costa		Independent	13 November 1955 – 25 January 1957		Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
71	Alfonso de Laferrère		Independent	30 January 1957 – 13 January 1958
72	Alejandro Ceballos		Independent	29 January 1958 – 1 May 1958
73	Carlos Florit		Radical Civic Union	1 May 1958 – 15 May 1959		Arturo Frondizi
74	Diógenes Taboada		Radical Civic Union	22 May 1959 – 28 April 1961
75	Adolfo Mugica		National Democratic Party	28 April 1961 – 29 August 1961
76	Miguel Ángel Cárcano		Radical Civic Union	29 August 1961 – 12 September 1961
77	Roberto Etchepareborda		Radical Civic Union	12 September 1961 – 29 March 1962
				29 March 1962 – 5 April 1962		José María Guido
78	Mariano José Drago		Independent	5 April 1962 – 30 April 1962
79	Bonifacio del Carril		Independent	30 April 1962 – 5 October 1962
80	Carlos Manuel Muñiz		Independent	5 October 1962 – 14 May 1963
81	Juan Carlos Cordini		Independent	14 May 1963 – 12 October 1963
82	Miguel Ángel Zavala Ortiz		Radical Civic Union	12 October 1963 – 28 June 1966		Arturo Illia
83	Nicanor Costa Méndez		Independent	28 June 1966 – 16 June 1969		Juan Carlos Onganía
84	Juan B. Martín		Independent	16 June 1969 – 18 June 1970
85	Luis M. de Pablo Pardo		Independent	18 June 1970 – 22 March 1971		Roberto M. Levingston
				22 March 1971 – 22 June 1972		Alejandro Lanusse
86	Eduardo Mc Loughlin		Independent (Military)	22 June 1972 – 25 May 1973
87	Juan Carlos Puig		Justicialist Party	25 May 1973 – 13 July 1973		Héctor Cámpora
88	Alberto Vignes [es]		Justicialist Party	13 July 1973 – 12 October 1973		Raúl Lastiri
				12 October 1973 – 1 July 1974		Juan Domingo Perón
				1 July 1974 – 11 August 1975		Isabel Perón
89	Ángel Federico Robledo		Justicialist Party	11 August 1975 – 16 September 1975
90	Manuel Aráuz Castex		Justicialist Party	16 September 1975 – 14 January 1976
91	Raúl Alberto Quijano		Justicialist Party	14 January 1976 – 24 March 1976
92	César Augusto Guzzetti		Independent (Military)	24 March 1976 – 23 May 1977		Jorge Rafael Videla
93	Oscar Antonio Montes		Independent (Military)	23 May 1977 – 27 October 1978
94	Carlos Washington Pastor		Independent (Military)	5 November 1978 – 29 March 1981
95	Oscar Camilión		MID	29 March 1981 – 12 December 1981		Roberto Viola
96	Norberto Couto		Independent (Military)	12 December 1981 – 22 December 1981		Carlos Lacoste
97	Nicanor Costa Méndez		Independent	22 December 1981 – 2 July 1982		Leopoldo Galtieri
98	Juan R. Aguirre Lanari		Corrientes Liberal Party	2 July 1982 – 10 December 1983		Reynaldo Bignone
99	Dante Caputo		Radical Civic Union	10 December 1983 – 26 May 1989		Raúl Alfonsín
100	Susana Ruiz Cerutti		Radical Civic Union	26 May 1989 – 8 July 1989
101	Domingo Cavallo		Justicialist Party	8 July 1989 – 31 January 1991		Carlos Menem
102	Guido di Tella		Justicialist Party	31 January 1991 – 13 January 1993
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship (1993–2010)
102	Guido di Tella		Justicialist Party	13 January 1993 – 10 December 1999		Carlos Menem
103	Adalberto Rodríguez Giavarini		Radical Civic Union	10 December 1999 – 21 December 2001		Fernando de la Rúa
				21 December 2001 – 23 December 2001		Ramón Puerta
104	José María Vernet		Justicialist Party	23 December 2001 – 3 January 2002		Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
105	Carlos Ruckauf		Justicialist Party	3 January 2002 – 25 May 2003		Eduardo Duhalde
106	Rafael Bielsa		Justicialist Party	25 May 2003 – 3 December 2005		Néstor Kirchner
107	Jorge Taiana		Justicialist Party	3 December 2005 – 10 December 2007
				10 December 2007 – 18 June 2010		Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (2010–2019)
108	Héctor Timerman		Justicialist Party	18 June 2010 – 10 December 2015		Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
109	Susana Malcorra		Radical Civic Union	10 December 2015 – 12 June 2017		Mauricio Macri
110	Jorge Faurie		Independent	12 June 2017 – 10 December 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship (2019–present)
111	Felipe Solá		Justicialist Party	10 December 2019 – 20 September 2021		Alberto Fernández
112	Santiago Cafiero		Justicialist Party	20 September 2021 – 10 December 2023
113	Diana Mondino		Independent	10 December 2023 – 30 October 2024		Javier Milei
114	Gerardo Werthein		Independent	30 October 2024 – Present

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship