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Milei Names Guido Giana After Cecilia Loccisano Resigns as Vice Health Minister

Reports link her exit to tensions with Minister Mario Lugones following Guillermo Francos’s departure.

Overview

  • Cecilia Loccisano announced on X that she submitted her resignation as secretary of administrative management and vice minister of health.
  • Health Minister Mario Lugones publicly thanked Loccisano for her work and highlighted the ministry’s modernization drive.
  • The government formalized Guido Giana as her replacement through Decree 783/2025, effective November 4.
  • Giana, an engineer with prior roles at PAMI and Sanatorio Güemes, is described as close to Lugones and presidential adviser Santiago Caputo.
  • Her resignation comes during a broader post‑election reshuffle that included the exits of Guillermo Francos, Lisandro Catalán, and Gerardo Werthein, with some outlets reporting she plans to move to the private sector.