After two years with unchanged executive branch assets, the president is appointed Javier Milei He would sign this Tuesday a decree to recompose the salaries of the state’s hierarchical structure. The measure that would be published in the Official Gazette on January 2ndThese include the President, Vice President, Ministers, Secretaries and Undersecretaries.
As explained in Casa Rosada, The decision is based on the severe loss of purchasing power that this segment has suffered since the beginning of the Libertarian government, estimated at about 60%, and in the need to retain and retain technical personnel in the face of the growing gap in private sector income. The information was confirmed by official sources Argentine News Agency.
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It was made clear from those close to the president that the reorganization would take place does not mean different treatment from the rest of the public administration. “There will be no other system than what public servants received under national parity,” they noted, referring to the National Public Employment System (SINEP) salary agreement.
So far, the gross salaries of the executive They remain approximately 4 million pesos for the president, 3.58 million for ministers and 2.8 million for undersecretaries.. The ruling party recognizes that these amounts were no longer consistent with other powers of the state: currently a senator receives around 9.5 million pesos.
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The government claims that freezing salaries is complicated the composition and continuity of strategic teamsas professionals in key sectors refused to take up positions because they felt that the remuneration was inadequate compared to what was available in the private sector. This difficulty, they admit in Balcarce 50, affected the daily administration and implementation of public policies.
The decree was drafted in recent weeks by the small board, consisting of the Secretary General of the Office of the President, Karina Milei; the Minister of Economy Luis Caputo; advisor Federico Fallenegger; and the chief of staff Manuel Adorni. As it turned out, the initiative aimed to balance the need for income consolidation without misdirecting the austerity discourse that the government has been pursuing since it came to power.
The decision will be formalized once the electoral calendar for October is adopted and is a response to the commitment Milei made with his cabinet to review the salary situation from January 2026, after a period of adjustment and freezing as part of his economic program.
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