This is the Secretary SME, Marcos Martín Ayerra; the industry, Esteban Marzorati; and the Undersecretary of Evaluation and Monitoring of Production, Santiago Migone.
Javier Milei He officialized on Tuesday the departure of three senior officials of the Ministry of Economywhich until now were in charge of areas linked to production under the orbit of Luis Caputo. The president accepted the resignations of Secretary SME, Marcos Ayerraanticipated by Scope; the industry, Esteban Marzorati; and the Undersecretary of Production Evaluation and Monitoring, Santiago Migone.
The measure was established in Decree 589/2025, published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday and also signed by Minister Caputo.
The first exit is that of Marcos Martín Ayerrawho until August 14 occupied the Secretariat of the Small and Medium Enterprise, Entrepreneurs and Knowledge Economics. His resignation had been anticipated by this medium three weeks ago, after Scope He also announced that yesterday had admitted that, During 2024, 13,000 companies closed In net terms, according to the official records of high and low.
Under his orbit, three undersecretaries worked: that of SMEs, by Christian Bauab, responsible for defining development policies for the sector; that of entrepreneurs, conducted by Pablo Gutiérrez Oyhanarte, focused on supporting new projects and startups; and that of knowledge economy, led by Santiago Pordelanne, aimed at promoting innovation, technology and knowledge -based services.
In parallel, The regulations accepted the resignation of Esteban Marzorati at the head of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The agency was composed of four undersecretaries: industrial policy, productive management, foreign trade and consumer defense and commercial loyalty, with responsibilities that went from the design of productive strategies to the application of regulations in commercial activity, both internal and international. Marzorati, a graduate in Economics, was in charge of one of the central secretariats for manufacturing development and trade policies.
The Secretariats will cease to exist
In facts, from now on, the secretariats in question will cease to exist. “The role of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the SME Secretariat, entrepreneurs and knowledge economy will be absorbed by the Ministry of Production Coordination of the Ministry of Economy ”said the Executive Power in a statement, where he justified the measure in the need to “make the operation of the portfolio more efficient.”
According to the administration itself, resignations responded to “personal reasons and new professional challenges.” Anyway, the truth is that The organization chart of the productive area of the Ministry of Economy will be reducedwithout the specific secretariats. The new scheme will place the dissolved secretariats under the orbit of Pablo Lavignecurrent coordinating secretary.
Despite the departure of their headlines, the sub -secretariats of SMEs, entrepreneurs and knowledge economy will continue to act, as well as the dependencies of industrial policy, productive management, foreign trade and consumer defense and commercial loyalty, which responded to industry and commerce.
The decision generated repercussions on the industrial sector. From the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) They stressed that Marzorati “was valued because I listened, although without too much political margin or tools.” A manufacturing source added that “the funds had been taken to subsidize rates or make non -refundable contributions. There was nothing left. It had under control the regulation of the SGR (reciprocal guarantee societies), but now that function will pass to the Central Bank.”
In the same resolution, The Executive also validated the resignation of Santiago Migone, until then Undersecretary of Evaluation and Monitoring of Production Managementwho supervised the implementation and results of policies linked to national production and industrial programs. His departure had occurred at the end of last month.
After the officialization of the changes, Minister Caputo publicly thanked the task of Ayerra and Marzorati, highlighting “the effort, dedication and talent put at the service of the country during the time they exercised their positions.”
Source: Ambito
