page_title: Argentine Army
section_title: Army General Staff
hierarchical_section_title: Argentine Army / Structure / Army General Staff
caption_attribution_description: Português: Desfile do Exército Argentino, 2016
context_page_description: The Argentine Army is the land armed force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the President of Argentina is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, exercising his or her command authority through the Minister of Defense.
  The Army's official foundation date is May 29, 1810, four days after the Spanish colonial administration in Buenos Aires was overthrown. The new national army was formed out of several pre-existent colonial militia units and locally manned regiments; most notably the Infantry Regiment "Patricios", which to this date is still an active unit.
  As of 2019, the active element of the Argentine Army numbered some 70,000 military personnel.
context_section_description: The Army is headed by a Chief of General Staff directly appointed by the President. The current Chief of the General Staff (since September 2008) is General Luis Alberto Pozzi. The General Staff of the Army (Estado Mayor General del Ejército) includes the Chief of Staff, a Deputy Chief of the General Staff and the heads of the General Staff's six departments (Jefaturas). The current departments of the General Staff (known also by their Roman numerals) are:
  Personnel (Jefatura I – Personal)
  Intelligence (Jefatura II – Inteligencia)
  Operations (Jefatura III – Operaciones)
  Logistic (Jefatura IV – Material)
  Finance (Jefatura V – Finanzas)
  Welfare (Jefatura VI – Bienestar)
  The General Staff also includes the General Inspectorate and the General Secretariat.
  There are also a number of Commands and Directorates responsible for development and implementation of policies within the Army regarding technological and operational areas. They also handle administrative affairs. As of 2005, these include the following:
  Communications and Computer Command (Comando de Comunicación e Informática)
  Education and Doctrine Command (Comando de Educación y Doctrina)
  Engineers Command (Comando de Ingenieros)
  Remount and Veterinary Command (Comando de Remonta y Veterinaria)
  Health Command (Comando de Sanidad)
  Materiel Logistics Command (Comando Logístico de Material)
  Army Historical Directorate (Dirección de Asuntos Históricos del Ejército)
  Research, Development and Production Directorate (Dirección de Investigación, Desarrollo y Producción)
  Planning Directorate (Dirección de Planeamiento)
  Transportation Directorate (Dirección de Transporte)
  General Staff Directorate (Dirección del Estado Mayor General del Ejército)
caption: Parade of the Argentine Army, 2016.
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