Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship (Spanish: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto; MRECIC), informally referred to as the Chancellery (Spanish: Cancillería), is the Argentine government ministry dealing with the foreign relations of Argentina, Argentina's foreign policy, international development, international trade, diaspora and matters dealing with Mercosur and the Catholic Church.
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto | |
Edificio Cancillería and San Martín Palace, (respectively) the working and ceremonial headquarters of the Ministry | |
Ministry overview | |
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Formed | 1854; 170 years ago (1854) |
Jurisdiction | Government of Argentina |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
Employees | 1,936 (2009)[1] |
Annual budget | $ 22,570,000,000 (2018)[2] |
Minister responsible | |
Website | cancilleria.gob.ar |
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the oldest continuously existing portfolios in the Argentine government, having existed uninterruptedly since the formation of the first Argentine executive in 1854, in the presidency of Justo José de Urquiza. The incumbent minister is Diana Mondino, who has served since 10 December 2023 in the cabinet of Javier Milei.