Overview
- Announced on X, Santilli replaces Lisandro Catalán and will not take the deputy seat he just won in Buenos Aires province.
- Santilli is tasked with negotiating with governors and lawmakers to secure votes for the government’s agenda, including labor and tax changes, a new Penal Code and the 2026 budget.
- The Interior portfolio will also handle sensitive provincial issues such as ATN transfers and fuel-tax distribution that underpin support for national legislation.
- The move caps a weekend reshuffle after the elections, with Guillermo Francos resigning and spokesman Manuel Adorni elevated to chief of Cabinet, who set a Monday 9:30 a.m. cabinet meeting.
- The appointment brings a longtime PRO figure who led LLA’s narrow Buenos Aires win after José Luis Espert withdrew, postpones a rumored cabinet role for adviser Santiago Caputo, and follows Santilli’s public backing for excluding Governor Axel Kicillof from a governors’ meeting.