Argentina Energy Coordinator Resigns, 22 Oct
Daniel González, who coordinated energy and mining for Argentina's economy minister Luis Caputo, resigned on 22 October. No successor is named. The post Argentina Energy Coordinator Resigns, 22 Oct appeared first on The Rio Times .
Argentina’s energy and mining coordinator, Daniel González, has quit Luis Caputo’s team. His post will not be refilled.
Daniel González, Argentina’s energy and mining coordinator, resigned on Thursday, 22 October 2026, Infobae and Perfil reported. He ran energy and mining policy inside the Economy Ministry led by Luis Caputo, and no replacement has been named.
The exit matters to US readers because González coordinated energy and mining policy in Argentina , sectors that draw US investors. The government treats both sectors as priorities, Infobae reports.
González announced it on the pro-government streaming channel Carajo, Infobae and Perfil said. “Es un ciclo que se acaba” (“a cycle is ending”), he said, adding he has no political calling and little exposure.
He had raised leaving with Caputo several months ago, he told Carajo. Perfil quotes him: “Yo se lo planteé hace unos meses” (“I raised it a few months ago”).
González said Caputo was right to wait because bills were pending, and he thanked Milei and Caputo. On X, Caputo wrote “Enorme agradecimiento para el gran Daniel González” (“huge thanks to the great Daniel González”), Infobae and Perfil reported.
No successor is coming. Official sources told Infobae the coordinating post will not be refilled, and AM del Plata agrees while Perfil says none was announced.
María Tettamanti continues to head the Energy Secretariat, and Luis Lucero remains Mining Secretary. Perfil quotes González saying the team stays complete and he is the only one leaving.
González joined the Economy Ministry in August 2024, Perfil and AM del Plata reported. Earlier he led the business association IDEA and served as interim chief executive of the oil company YPF.
González listed the pending items: the Zona Fría law, the fuels bill, Super RIGI, the budget and Argentina Week in Paris. Infobae says the fuels bill and Super RIGI have passed one chamber of Congress.
Zona Fría is a gas-subsidy scheme for cold regions of Argentina. Perfil lists the biofuels law instead of the fuels bill, so the exact bill title differs between outlets.
RIGI is the Regimen de Incentivo para Grandes Inversiones, the large-investment incentive regime created by the Ley Bases reform. Recent approvals include the US$3.2 billion TGS gas project .
González said RIGI projects were arriving faster than they could be processed. He wanted to avoid a “snowball effect” of backlog, Infobae and AM del Plata reported.
He called the energy sector he inherited “a disaster” and credited the Ley Bases with ending state intervention. The government did not discover Vaca Muerta, the shale formation behind the oil boom, he said, but it changed the pace.
Perfil cites a September 2026 survey by political scientist Pablo Salinas that counted 292 officials who left posts since Milei took office. It says the Economy area accounted for 33% of those exits.
González framed his exit as the end of a cycle rather than a dispute, and no source reports a policy clash. Página/12 headlined it “another loss for Milei” and calls the personal reasons alleged, citing sources close to him who describe wear.
US firms and funds active in Vaca Muerta, lithium and copper deal with the Economy Ministry on RIGI approvals. Official sources say the two secretariats stay intact, so day-to-day contacts should not change.
Investors in YPF, the state-controlled oil company with shares listed in New York, will watch whether projects keep moving. See also Argentina’s US$1.6 billion energy trade surplus and the Central Puerto Vaca Muerta block award .
For background on who steers policy, read Who Runs Argentina’s Economy and Argentina Explained . Neither a successor nor a policy change has been announced.
No source says who will coordinate energy and mining day to day, or whether Caputo will name a replacement later. The official resignation decree in the Boletin Oficial, the government gazette, was not found.
The reason for leaving rests on González’s own words, which cite a finished cycle and a limited stay in government. Página/12 calls the personal reasons alleged and says sources close to him cite wear, which is unconfirmed.
Caputo’s X post could not be opened here, so it is quoted from Infobae, Perfil and AM del Plata. The 292 departures and 33% Economy share come from Perfil alone, citing Salinas.
The “team stays complete” quote is Perfil’s alone, and the fuels or biofuels bill title differs between outlets. Neither point was independently confirmed.
Congress still has to act on the Zona Fría law, the fuels bill and Super RIGI. The government also has to present its budget, and a replacement decision would show how much weight Caputo gives the role.
The resignation does not by itself change energy or mining rules. Existing RIGI approvals and the secretariats’ work continue.
Daniel González was Argentina’s coordinating secretary for energy and mining in the Economy Ministry since August 2024. He previously worked at YPF and led the business group IDEA.
He resigned on Thursday, 22 October 2026, and announced it in an interview on the Carajo streaming channel. Economy Minister Luis Caputo thanked him on X.
He said a cycle was ending and that he never meant to stay long in government. He said he had raised leaving with Caputo months earlier.
Nobody has been named. Official sources say the post will not be filled, and María Tettamanti (energy) and Luis Lucero (mining) continue in their own posts.
No rule has changed, and the energy and mining secretariats keep working. Investors will watch how quickly RIGI project approvals move without a coordinator.
Sources: Infobae, 22 October ; Perfil, 22 October ; AM del Plata ; Página/12, 23 October (all accessed 23 October 2026).
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