Luis Petri officially said farewell to the Defense Ministry, which he had headed since the beginning of the libertarian government. He did this with a letter that he published on his social network account X and addressed to President Javier Milei. “I am writing to inform you of my resignation from the post of Secretary of Defense of the Nation, effective December 9, 2025. It will be etched in my memory and in my heart that I served as Secretary of Defense during your presidency. It will forever be an honor.”expressed in the first lines the national representative elected by La Libertad Avanza in Mendoza.
Petri reflected on his leadership and described the role of the armed forces for the current national government: “When he honored me with the appointment to join his cabinet, he entrusted me with a mission of enormous importance: to rebuild the operational capability of the defense system, to modernize our armed forces, to project them into the future and, in essence, to support our men and women thereafter.” decades-long policies of cruelty, demonization, persecution and cancellation based on ideological prejudices“.
He then emphasized that “the country owes its independence and freedom to its armed forces, headed by General San Martín, Belgrano and Güemes, along with many others, who formed the armies of the North and the Andes and liberated half the continent. Saving this past bathed in glory is essential to make possible this present, in which our armed forces have regained the ability to defend Argentines from any foreign threat.”
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“Today they are true guarantors of life, independence, freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity: on the borders with Operation Roca in Salta, Misiones and Jujuy; in the exclusive economic zone, where they take care of the resources of all Argentines; and in our skies with the integration of the F-16 weapon system,” said the now former minister, who comes from the UCR but joined La Libertad Avanza a few months after taking office.
In his review he emphasized that progress was possible in “a historical transformation process”. And he praised the initiatives that Milei has pushed forward. “Under his leadership and in accordance with his instructions as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, we implemented policies that enabled us to recover critical materiel, modernize doctrine, strengthen training and exercises with allied countries that defend the values of freedom, and advance reforms in the training of our cadets and volunteer soldiers essential to meeting current challenges,” he said.
Milei presented the F-16 and made it the flag of his military narrative
He later stressed that “the journey is just beginning after decades of disinvestment and mistreatment, but we are on the right path. Thanks to your sustained support, we have been able to carry out reforms that seemed impossible for years and restore to military and civilian personnel the pride of belonging to armed forces respected and valued by society, but canceled by the previous Kirchner governments.”
“I am ending my term with the arrival of the F-16 aircraft, the most important military achievement of the last 40 years. This will defend and protect our skies from any threat from the air, land or sea. Mission accomplished, Commander-in-Chief: the F-16s are already on our soil and belong to all Argentines,” he wrote.
Finally, He expects to travel to Antarctica this Tuesday to complete his cycle at the Department of Defense.
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