On Monday, the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, made the appointment of the new ministers, which was announced through an official communiqué from the Casa Rosada.
According to Fernandez, the three women appointed to head these ministries have extensive experience in their areas of reference. They have been selected with the purpose of deepening the breadth of vision and efficiency in management.
In the case of Tolosa Paz, she is currently a national deputy for the province of Buenos Aires, while Mazzina is the current Secretary of Women, Diversity, and Equality of San Luis. Economist Olmos is the current vice-presivice president of the Bank of Investment and Foreign Trade (BICE).
The changes in the cabinet of the Argentine President follow the resignations of the last few days.
The President @alferdez summons three women with extensive experience in their reference issues to form part of his cabinet and appoints @vtolosapaz, Minister of Social Development; @AyelenMazzina, Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity and Kelly Olmos, Minister of Labour.
The Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, resigned on October 6. Three days later, on October 9, the ministers of Social Development, Juan Zabaleta, and Labor, Claudio Moroni, resigned.
The resignations of Gómez Alcorta and Moroni are reportedly related to the latest eviction of Mapuche groups from public and private lands in Villa Mascardi.
The local press said that Zabaleta, for his part, resigned due to his attrition at the head of the ministry and his intentions to return to the mayor's office of Hurlingham, a party in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires.