Oxenford takes up submit as Argentina’s ambassador to United States

Argentina’s authorities formalised three key appointments this Wednesday within the Official Gazette. 

Businessman Alejandro ‘Alec’ Oxenford introduced his credentials to US President Donald Trump, formally confirming his function as ambassador to the USA, whereas International Minister Gerardo Werthein appointed a brand new ambassador to Germany.

The appointment of the brand new Argentine consultant in Berlin, diplomat Betina Pasquali de Fonseca, wouldn’t ordinarily stand out, have been it not for the truth that she replaces a determine who will now maintain a key place on the Palacio San Martín: Fernando Brun, who has been appointed as Argentina’s new Worldwide Financial Relations secretary.

The submit had been virtually vacant within the International Ministry’s organisational chart because the departure of Marcelo Cima in October 2024, which coincided with the alternative of former international minister Diana Mondino after Argentina’s vote towards the commerce embargo on Cuba that “angered” the Casa Rosada, from the place international coverage directives are issued. 

‘Diplomatic chainsaw’

The three decrees, dated June 18, consolidate a sample that has been repeated since Javier Milei assumed the Presidency: that of a “diplomatic chainsaw,” targeted on technical and industrial profiles aligned with the ideological tips of Milei’s interior circle.

Through Decree 402/2025, the chief formally appointed Alejandro Carlos Francisco Oxenford as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the USA. He had already been serving “on fee” since February, however the Senate formally gave its approval. Now, the ambassador has introduced his credentials to Trump, reaffirming Argentina’s intention to strengthen its strategic alliance with Washington.

Oxenford is a tech entrepreneur, the founding father of DeRemate.com, in addition to artwork collector and influential determine within the cultural and monetary ecosystem. His blended profile, with out diplomatic coaching, displays Milei’s method of prioritising people with direct hyperlinks to the worldwide enterprise world, according to his radical financial liberalisation plan.

The primary growth, nonetheless, is the appointment of Fernando Brun as the brand new Worldwide Financial Relations secretary on the International Ministry, formalised by way of Decree 413/2025. It is a key place – the post-holder coordinates commerce agreements, multilateral negotiations and relations with blocs resembling Mercosur. The function has been vacant or stuffed on an interim foundation because the departure of Mondino again in October 2024.

Dissolution

Mondino’s exit led to the dissolution of her group, except for International Coverage Secretary Eduardo Bustamante. Profession diplomat Marcelo Cima was eliminated and the submit was quickly held by Luis María Kreckler, a retired ambassador specifically introduced in by Mondino. 

Kreckler, who had held related positions through the Kirchner administrations, was serving as consul in São Paul. His time on the Secretariat was a short lived resolution to keep away from his definitive departure from the International Service.

Amid the dysfunction, Juan Pazo – former coordinating secretary on the Manufacturing Ministry and a determine seen as near Financial system Ministry Luis Caputo – even briefly occupied the submit. 

Pazo was introduced in that function only some days earlier, however his appointment was by no means formalised: in December final yr, the sudden departure of Florencia Misrahi from the International Ministry compelled the federal government to reshuffle its line-up, and Pazo ended up taking a place on the Secretariat for Coordination within the financial portfolio.

Enter Brun

Beginning June 18, Brun ends his casual association with a everlasting appointment. As former Argentine ambassador to Germany, he had acquired the presidential delegation accompanying Javier Milei on his first official go to to that nation in June 2024, when the top of state met with former German chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Brun will bow change into a part of the core management of the Palacio San Martín beneath Gerardo Werthein’s command, alongside figures resembling Francisco Tropepi (who changed Ricardo Lagorio on the United Nations), Gerardo Díaz Bartolomé (former right-hand man to Mondino and present consul in New York), the chief-of-staff on the International Ministry, Ricardo Lachterman, and Bustamante himself. 

Additional modifications and removals are anticipated, with ambassadors searching for to carry on to posts in key locations resembling Brasília or Europe amid the continuing inner reorganisation.

Profession diplomat

Brun is a profession diplomat, with a notable observe document in Brazil, Germany and on the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs beneath former president Alberto Fernández’s 2019-2023 authorities. Nevertheless, his promotion was blocked for years by a “hard-line Kirchnerite” faction, notably Senator Oscar Parrilli, who opposed his development when he labored with Gustavo Béliz on the Casa Rosada.

For now, the decree grants him the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, advert honorem, for protocol functions solely, whereas he serves on the International Ministry. Certainly one of his instant duties would be the nationwide coordination of the Mercosur summit to be held in Buenos Aires on July 2 and three.

Brun holds a level in Political Science and Worldwide Relations from Catholic College of Argentina (UCA) and has written extensively within the press on commerce, power and geopolitics. He has a technical profile, targeted on enterprise growth, and expertise with hydrogen, mining and public–personal funding tasks.

The third important appointment was that of Betina Alejandra Pasquali de Fonseca as Argentina’s new ambassador to Germany, a place beforehand held by Brun himself. 

The diplomat, who introduced credentials to the King of Norway throughout a earlier posting, is 66 years outdated and nearing retirement, however has a powerful command of German and expertise in protocol.