Overview
- Milei announced the appointment on X on Sunday, installing Santilli to replace Lisandro Catalán, who resigned days earlier.
- The president said Santilli will lead negotiations with governors and legislators to build the consensuses needed for labor, tax and penal-code reforms.
- The pick comes in a broader post-election shake-up that also elevated Manuel Adorni to chief of cabinet, with a cabinet meeting set for Monday morning and swearing-in ceremonies expected mid-week.
- Santilli won a Buenos Aires seat in the October 26 vote but will not assume it as he joins the executive branch.
- The choice is viewed as a gesture toward the PRO, leaves adviser Santiago Caputo without a formal post for now, and followed a week in which Mauricio Macri criticized Adorni even as he later called Santilli's inclusion good news.