This is how the future cabinet of President-elect Javier Milei looks in Argentina

The elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei, dedicated himself this Thursday to putting together his future Government Cabineta game in which names come and go in the heat of the alliances that the libertarian tries to strengthen with other sectors of the current opposition.

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In the midst of the countdown to the presidential inauguration on December 10, lThe big news this Thursday was the decision to incorporate Patricia Bullrich as Minister of Security, as confirmed to Efe and Argentine media such as La Nación by sources from the right-wing group La Libertad Avanza, led by Milei.

The decision implies the landing in the future Executive of the first figure from the Republican Proposal (Pro), the party of former Argentine president Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), who gave his support to the libertarian for the second round of elections last Sundayin which Milei prevailed over the official candidate, Sergio Massa.

Bullrich, who came third in the first round of the presidential election held on October 22 as a candidate for the opposition coalition Together for Change – made up of Pro and other center-right forces -, She already served as Minister of Security during the Macri Government.

His incorporation into the cabinet represents the reaffirmation of the alliance between Milei and Macri, who could contribute other cadres of his own to the new Government team that will arrive at the Casa Rosada on December 10.

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The main one of them, Luis “Toto” Caputo, Secretary of Finance (2015-2017), Minister of Finance (2017-2018) and president of the Central Bank (2018) during the Macri Government and whose name has sounded loudly this Thursday as potential Minister of Economy.

It sounded so loud that it would have motivated economist Emilio Ocampo’s decision to reverse his decision to accept Milei’s offer to to preside over the Central Bank that the libertarian plans to close.

The short circuit would have its basis in the differences surrounding the plan to dollarize the economy that Milei has proposed during the campaign.

While Ocampo defends dollarization, Caputo would not be of the idea of ​​moving fully towards this radical change in Argentine monetary policya dominant position among those around Macri.

The presidency of the Central Bank would finally be covered by Demian Reidel. A physicist, mathematician and with close ties to Wall Street, Reidel was vice president of the Central Bank between 2015 and 2018, during the Macri Government.

In the search to expand alliances with other opposition spaces to strengthen the governance of La Libertad Avanza, a formation born two years ago, with a weak position in Congress and without representation in provincial governmentsMilei also tries to seal agreements with the so-called federal Peronism.

Made up of Peronists opposed to the Government of Alberto Fernández, this sector has as its main reference the outgoing governor of the central province of Córdoba, Juan Schiaretti, fourth in the first presidential round in October.

According to local media, Milei would have agreed to add Osvado Giordano, Minister of Finance of the Cordoba governor Schiaretti, to direct the National Social Security Administration (ANSES), the largest state fund, reversing his initial decision to place the libertarian Carolina Píparo in that position.

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While Milei continues defining the formation of his Government, the transition continues with meetings between teams of the outgoing Government and the incoming Administrationthis Thursday focused on the areas of external relations and infrastructure.

EFE