Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto

Edificio Cancillería and San Martín Palace, (respectively) the working and ceremonial headquarters of the Ministry
Ministry overview
Formed1854 (1854)
JurisdictionGovernment of Argentina
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
Employees1,936 (2009)
Annual budget$ 22,570,000,000 (2018)
Minister responsible
Child Ministry
Websitecancilleria.gob.ar

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship (Spanish: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto; abbreviated MRECIC), informally referred to as the Chancellery (Spanish: Cancillería), is the Argentine government ministry dealing with the foreign relations of Argentina, Argentina's foreign policy, international development, international trade, diaspora and matters dealing with Mercosur and the Catholic Church.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the oldest continuously existing portfolios in the Argentine government, having existed uninterruptedly since the formation of the first Argentine executive in 1854, in the presidency of Justo José de Urquiza. The incumbent minister is Gerardo Werthein, who has served since 30 October 2024 in the cabinet of Javier Milei.