Overview
- Decree 34/2026, signed by President Javier Milei and published in the Boletín Oficial, modifies Law 19.101 to retain active-service status for officers appointed to civilian roles in the Ministry of Defense.
- The change preserves seniority accumulation, promotion eligibility, and retirement calculations for eligible officers, excluding those already at the top rank of the forces.
- Revised pay rules grant rank-based salary plus a supplement up to the post’s budgeted emoluments, with any excess returned to the State and representation allowances preserved.
- The decree bars simultaneous duties in the Armed Forces and the ministry, waives the need for formal leave, and requires compliance with public-sector incompatibility rules.
- The government frames the reform as correcting an "incongruent" penalty for state-directed assignments, and local reporting notes it facilitates staffing of Minister Carlos Alberto Presti’s team, including General Jorge Alberto Puebla in a senior role.