Milei names Diego Santilli as Argentina’s new interior minister

Argentina’s new interior minister will be Diego Santilli, President Javier Milei announced via X on Sunday afternoon. Santilli headed Milei’s La Libertad Avanza list of national deputies in Buenos Aires province in Sunday’s national mid-term elections. “It will be Diego who carries out the conversations with governors and legislators to coordinate with the National Congress on the consensuses necessary for the reforms that are coming looking to the future,” Milei wrote, welcoming Santilli by his nickname, “Colo.” Following the resignation of Guillermo Francos as chief of staff and Lisandro Catalán as interior minister, the government moved forward with the appointment of their replacements.  Manuel Adorni, until now the presidential spokesperson, will be the new chief of staff. Some reports indicated that political advisor Santiago Caputo could be appointed to the Interior Ministry to lead political dialogue with governors, and sources in the Casa Rosada even told the Herald that this was a possibility. Santilli had not publicly commented on his appointment at the time of writing.