The government officially announces the appointment Fernando Martin Kusner As chief of staff of the National Security portfolio, which he has been directing since Tuesday Alejandra Monteoleva. This action responds to recent changes in the area, following the previous owner Patricia Bullrich He was sworn in as a senator in Congress.
Regarding the recent movements that have emerged, Monteoleva has been appointed as the new head of the party Ministry of Security Through the decree 851/2025after holding the position Minister of Homeland Security With extensive academic training. In this way, he began to form his team and chose the official who would fill this position. Chief of Staff From the wallet. This position was left to Kusner, who had until then served as Director of Regulations and Judicial Liaison.
Through the decree 855/2025, It was recently gazetted, naming a person who was also chair of the committee Coordination and Operations Monitoring Unit Inside the ministry. He held the position in Bullrich’s government Carlos Alberto Manfroni.
The government accepted Montoleva’s resignation by decree 850/2025 He proceeded to appoint Dr. Martin Alejandro Ferlauto. Meanwhile, Bullrich had anticipated his departure and announced his departure through a letter addressed to the president, in which he summed up: “I am honored to write to you to tender my resignation as Secretary of Homeland Security, effective December 1, 2025.” This was achieved through the decree 851/2025.
The text was posted publicly on his account S. At the beginning of his message, he recalled that two years ago the president assigned him to lead national security, with the explicit mission of “taking care of Argentines, taking care of those who take care of us, decisively confronting crime and restoring order on the streets.”
For her part, she learned about Tasmeya Alejandra MonteolevaThe former minister celebrated the continuity within the ministerial team, as the current portfolio holder is her right hand. The official statement indicated that the appointments “mean the continuity of the path” and thanked the officials who are leaving their positions, highlighting the new phase that they will begin in Congress upon assuming the new term.
Bullrich once again took to social media to point out Montoliva’s appointment, and congratulated her on the challenge he was undertaking. “I know your journey, your professionalism and this dedication that represents you,” the former minister posted in X. In response, Former Head of the General Secretariat He publicly thanked the trust placed in him and recognized that the modus operandi and policy of the administration led by Bullrich had set a standard in the field of national security.
the Office of the President, For his part, Montoliva described it as “an essential part of the Bullrich Doctrine, which places as a priority the direct war against narco-terrorism and criminal organizations.” Within the framework of the agenda that she put into effect, the head of the portfolio began exercising her role by participating in the first international meeting under the slogan Transnational criminal drug organizations and illicit drug markets“, along with authorities from more than 15 countries.
The advisor participated in the meeting Pablo CernoMinister of Justice, Mariano Cuneo LibaronaAmerican Ambassador, peter Lamelas, European Union Ambassador Eric Hauge and representatives of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The goal was to present “the Argentine strategy based on three axes: operational recovery, regulatory modernization, and an institutional ecosystem hostile to organized crime. In the face of transnational crime, there is one line: security and order,” Monteoleva wrote in her book X.