Overview
- An official communiqué confirmed Lieutenant General Carlos Presti will replace Luis Petri as Argentina’s defense minister.
- Presidency messaging cast the choice as professionalization of the forces and an effort to end the perceived demonization of military personnel.
- Presti said the armed forces must meet Argentina’s new leading role in the world, posting thanks to President Javier Milei and a tribute to Petri.
- Former defense ministers Agustín Rossi and Jorge Taiana condemned the decision as a setback for civilian control and criticized pay and IOSFA policy outcomes.
- H.I.J.O.S. Capital repudiated the appointment, citing past allegations against Presti’s late father from the 1976–1983 dictatorship period, and the cabinet shuffle also elevated Alejandra Monteoliva to security minister.