Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
Female Ministers of Argentina/República Argentina (Female Suffrage 1947/52) Independent from
Spain 1816
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and Parliament
1952-55 Minister of Labour and
Social Affairs Aljandra Giovarini
1973-74 Minister of Justice Antonia
Benitcz
1973-74 Vice-President and
President of the Senate
1974-76 Executive President and Head of the Cabinet María Estella Martínez
de Perón(1.7.74-13.9.76)
Isabel Peron was chairperson of Partido Justicial, The Peronist party
1974-85, in Prison 1976-78, Exile in Spain 1981-93 (b. 1931-)
1989 Minister of External Relations
and Religion Susanna Myrta Ruíz Cerutti
2000-02 Vice-chancellor and Secretary of External Relations (Deputy Foreign
Minister)
Former Secretary of State of External Relations, 1991-98 Ambassador to
Switzerland and Liechtenstein, 1998-99 to Canada, 1999-2000 Ambassador and
Special Representative for South Atlantic Affairs (Falkland Islands/Malvinas).
(b. 1940-)
1990-? Subsecretary in the Planning
Secretariat of the President for Privatization Maria J.Guaragna
1990-94 Subsecretary for Housing
and Environment Ana Maria Mancasola
(No minister in her resort)
1991-99 Secretary of Environment
and National Resources Ing. Maria Julia Alsogaray (In Cabinet)
Vice-President of the Defence Committee of the Congress 1988-89, Senator since
1992 and since 1994 Co-leader of Unión del Centro Democrátoca Party, together
with among others Adelina Delesio de Viola.
1991-93 Subsecretary of Defence Lic. Ana Raquel S. de Kessler
1997-99 Secretary of Small and Middle-Sized Enterprises (In Cabinet)
Second Vice-President of the Bloque Justcialista (Peronists) in the Congress
1993-96, Secretary of the Cabinet of the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers
1996-97.
1991 Subsecretary of Political
Action and Human Rights in the Ministry of Interior Claudia Bello
1991-92 Secretary of State in the Office of the President and Secretary of Relations with the Communities
1993-96 Secretary of Public Affairs and National Public Administration
In 1991 she was 3rd. Vice-President of the Municipal Council of
Buenos Aires, and since 1996 its 1st Vice-President. (b. 1960-)
1992-93 Subsecretary of Technical
Coordination in the Ministry of Education
1993-96 Secretary of Programs and Evaluation in the Ministry of Education
1996-99 Minister of Education and Culture Lic. Susana Decibe
1996-97 Subsecretary of Culture,
Coordinator General of the Secretary of Culture
1997-99 Secretary of Culture Dra. Beatriz Krauthamer de Gutiérrez Walker (In
Cabinet)
1997-98 Subsecretary of Interior
for Relations with the Society/Community
1998-99 Secretary of Interior for Relations with the Society Dra. Norma Hayes
(Not in Cabinet)
1997-99 Subsecretary of Education
Dra. Maria Ines Aguerrondo
1997-99 Subsecretary of Education
Prof. Dra. Hilda Maria Lamez
Ca. 1998-99 Subsecretary of
External Relations and Cults Ilena di Giovan Battista
She was also Minister-Plenitonary and in charge of International Economic Negotiations in the Ministry.
Ca. 1998-99 Subsecretary of
Community Assistance in the Ministry of Health and Social Action Dra. Dora
Wilar de Saráchaga
Ca. 1998-1999 Subsecretary of
Social Projects Viviana Fridman
Ca. 1998-2000 Subsecretary of Human
Rights Alicia Pierini
1999-2001 Minister of Social Action
and the Environment
2001 Secretary of General Coordination of the Chief of Cabinet Prof. Rosa
Graciela Castagnola de Fernández Meijide
Graciela Fernández Mejide, as she is normally known, was Leader of the Majority
in the Congreso 1997-99 (Alianza) 1997-99 3rd. Vice-President of the Congreso. In
1999 she narrowly lost the bid for Governor of Buenos Aires. In 2001 she left
the government in protest against the economic policies after only a few days in
her new position. (b. 1931-)
1999-2001 Secretary of the
Chancellery of the President Beatriz Nogal
1999-2001 Secretary of Social
Action María Cecilia Felgueras
1999-2001 Spokesperson of the Cabinet of Ministers María Chimondegui
2000-01 Secretary
of Political Affairs in the Ministry of Affairs
Nilda Garré
2005- Minister of Defence
MP for
the Frente Justicialista de Liberación 1973-76 and afterwards active in the
fight against the dictatorship, MP again 1995-99, 2000 and 2001-05 and
Ambassador to Venezuela in 2005. (b. 1945-).
2000 Secretary of Criminal Policy and Prison Affairs in the Ministry of Justice
and Human Rights Patricia Bullrich
2000-01 Minister of Labour and Employment
2000-01 Subsecretary of Human
Rights in the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Dra. Diana Beatriz Conti
2000-2001 Subsecretary of Industry,
Trade and Mines in Ministry of Economy Lic. Débora Giogi
2001-01 Secretary of Commerce in Ministry of Economy
2000-01 Subsecretary of
Aero-Commercial Transport in Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing Dra. Angela
Marina Donatu
2000-01 Subsecretary of Technical
Affairs in the Presidency Maria Elena Machinea
2000-01 Subsecretary of
Re-Education and Vocational Training by the Chief of Cabinet of Ministers Marta
Nieves Barros de Canosa
2000-01 Adjunct Subsecretary
General in the Ministry of the Presidency Lic. Paola Cocciaglia
2001 Subsecretary of Development and Regional Economic Integration in the
Ministry of the Presidency
2000-01 Secretary of Technology,
Science and Production Innovation in the Ministry of Education Adriana Victoria
Puiggrós
2001-01 Subsecretary of
Coordinating Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Dra María Fernanda Marquez
Miranda
2001 Subsecretary of Social Affairs
and Environment Dra. Graciela Z. Rosso
2001-02
Interim Cabinet Member and Secretary of Public Works and Acting Secretary of
Communication, Transport, Energy and Mines Graciela Corvalán
She was member of the cabinet which was in office from 24.12.01 till 03.01.02
during the short tenure of the interim Fernando...Sáa, who already resigned at
the 30.01.
2001-02 Interim Cabinet Member and Secretary for Technology, Science and
Production Innovation Liliana Isabel Gurdulich de Correa
2001-02 Interim Cabinet Member and President of the National Institute Against Discrimination, Xehophobia and Racism Liliana Judith Scheines
2002-03 Minister of Education,
Science and Technology Dra. Graciela Giannettasio
She is MP and former
General Director of Education of the Province of Buenos Aires.
Vice-Governor and President of the Senate of the State 2003-07. (b. 1950-).
2002
Acting Minister of Social Affairs Hilda González de Duhalde
Married to President Duhalde, who was President of Argentina for 10 days.
2002-03 Minister of Labour, Employment and Human Resources Graciela Camaño
2002-03 Minister of Social Development and
Environment María Nélida Doga
2008- Minister of Social Development
She was Minister of the Council of Family and Human Development of the Province
of Buenos Aires.
2002-03 Secretary of Family and Human Development
Silvia E. Gascón
She is not member of the cabinet.
2002-03 Secretary of Social Policies in the Ministry of Social Development and Environment María del Carmen Rezzano
2002-03 Secretary of Human Development and Family
in the Ministry of Social Development and Family Prof. Edda Evangelina Acuña
2003-05 Minister of Social Development Alicia Kirchner Ostić
Sister of President Nestor Kirchner and resigned from the
cabinet in order to run as a senator.
2003- Secretary of Interior
María Teresa García
2003- Secretary of Labour in the Ministry
of Labour, Employment and Social Security Dra. Noemí Rial
2003-05 Secretary of Human Development and Family in the Ministry of Social Development Lic. Raquel Beatriz Tiramonti
2003- Subsecretary of Interior Dra. Silvina Zabala
2003- Subsecretary by the Chief of the Cabinet for Institutional Reform and Democratic Development Dra. Marta Angélica Oyhanarte
2003- Subsecretary of Defence
Dra. Gabriela María Rifourcat
Secretary General of the Presidency and Legal Advisor of the Ministry of Defence
in 2003- (b. 1956-).
2003- Subsecretary of Economy and Production in charge of Consumer's Affairs and Competition Patricia Vaca Narvaja
2003- Subsecretary of
Employment in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security
Lic. Marta Novick
2003-
Subsecretary of Health and Environment Dra. Claudia Madies
2003-05
Subsecretary of Health and
Environment Dra. Graciela
Zulema Rosso
2005- Secretary of Politics, Regulations and Sanitary Relations in the Ministry
of Health and Environment
2003-05
Subsecretary of Social Development
Irma Liliana Paredes Periotti
2004-05 Secretary Justice in charge
of Juridical Politics and Legislative Affairs
Dra. María José Rodriguez
2004- Subsecretary of Culture Lic. Magdalena Faillace
2005-07 Minister of Economy and Production Felisa Miceli
President of the National Bank 2003-05.
2005- Secretary of Defence in charge of Planning Martha Zilli
2005- Secretary of Justice Dra. Marcela Miriam Losardo
2007- President Cristina E. Fernández Wilhelm
de Kirchner
Member of the Assembly of Santa Cruz 1989-95 and 1.
Vice-President of the Assembly in 1990, National Senator 1995-97 and again since
2001, National Deputy 1997-2001. President of the Senate Committee of Contitutional Affairs since 2001.
Her husband, Nestor Kirchner was President until 2007. She is mother of 2 children. (b. 1953-).
Last update 19.03.08