Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Argentina)

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
Ministry overview
Formed	2007
Preceding Ministry	Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation;
Jurisdiction	Government of Argentina
Headquarters	Godoy Cruz 2320, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Annual budget	$ 47,438,392 (2021)[1]
Minister responsible	Daniel Filmus;
Website	argentina.gob.ar/ciencia

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Spanish: Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación; MINCYT) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversees the government's scientific and technological policy. It oversees decentralized research and development dependencies such as the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), the National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation (Agencia I+D+i), the National Space Activities Commission (CONAE) and the National Genetic Data Bank.

The Ministry was created in 2007 by decree of then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; matters of science and technological development had previously been part of the Ministry of Education's portfolio. The current minister of science and technology is Daniel Filmus, who assumed office in 2021 under President Alberto Fernández.[2]

List of ministers

No.	Minister		Term
Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation (2007–2018)
1	Lino Barañao	Independent	10 December 2007 – 10 December 2015	Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
1	Lino Barañao	Independent	10 December 2015 – 5 September 2018	Mauricio Macri
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (2019–present)
2	Roberto Salvarezza	Independent	10 December 2019 – 20 September 2021	Alberto Fernández
3	Daniel Filmus	Justicialist Party	20 September 2021 – present	Alberto Fernández

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