What is Ministry of Defense (Argentina)?
The '''Ministry of Defense''' ({{lang-es|Ministerio de Defensa}}; '''MINDEF''') is an agency of the [[Government of Argentina]] that assists and advises the [[President of Argentina|President of the Argentine Nation]] in everything related to national defense and the Armed Forces. {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Ministry of Defense | type = Ministry | nativename = Ministerio de Defensa | nativename_a = | nativename_r = | logo = Mindefarg.png | logo_width = 200px | logo_caption = | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | picture = Edificio Libertador 2023.jpg | picture_width = | picture_caption = Libertador Building, headquarters of the Ministry | formed = {{Start date and age|1854}} | preceding1 = Ministry of War ([[Argentine Confederation]]; first creation) | preceding2 = <!-- (etc.) --> | dissolved = | superseding = | jurisdiction = [[Government of Argentina]] | headquarters = [[Libertador Building]], Azopardo 250, [[Buenos Aires]] | coordinates = <!--{{coord|LATITUDE|LONGITUDE|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline,title}}--> | motto = | employees = | budget = [[Argentine Peso|$]] 246,143,974,961 (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.economia.gob.ar/onp/presupuestos/2021|title=Presupuesto 2021|access-date=20 November 2020|date=2020|work=[[Ministry of Economy (Argentina)|Ministerio de Economía]]|language=es}}</ref> | minister1_name = [[Luis Petri]] | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo = <!-- (etc.) --> | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo = <!-- (etc.) --> | chief1_name = | chief1_position = | chief2_name = | chief2_position = <!-- (etc.) --> | agency_type = | parent_department = | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency = <!-- (etc.) --> | keydocument1 = <!-- (etc.) --> | website = [https://www.argentina.gob.ar/de