Overview
- Darío Genua presented his resignation and left the Secretariat of Innovation, Science and Technology on Tuesday after days of reports that his position was weakened by an internal reorganization.
- Decree 581/2026 transferred the communications regulator and the access-to-information agency to Santilli’s office and moved the state satellite company and the national postal service to Vice‑Chief Gustavo Coria.
- Government sources and multiple outlets say Santilli directed the change, which removed operational control from the secretary and ended the hold of the Caputo-aligned sector over those agencies.
- The secretariat retained technical bodies such as Conicet, the National Genetic Data Bank, CONAE and VENG, but ministry staff have voiced concern about how the transfers could affect budget execution and ongoing research and space projects.
- No successor has been named yet; early reports point to a Santilli‑aligned appointment and analysts say the next weeks will show whether the reshuffle centralizes licensing, procurement and oversight of telecom and space policy.