Genesis

After the return of democracy in 1983 and following the end of the dictatorial period that had been established in the country since 1976, the new government undertook a multiplicity of challenges of various kinds. The military government had replicated its dark dynamics both in aspects of citizens’ lives, as well as towards the interior of state institutions: “The radical party government had found a demoralized bureaucracy, characterized by a general evasion of responsibilities” (Oszlak, 2020). This problem generated the need to introduce several reforms aimed at the transformation and modernization of the stagnant public administration with the purpose of ordering the misalignments produced within the institutions.

However, the initiatives were not limited to merely structural or functional issues, but sought to establish deeper changes aimed at reformulating the system of values within the institutions, in which respect for and defense of democracy would have to be essential: “The need for the existence of a public apparatus committed to democratic values was postulated” (Negri, 2005). Thus, in 1985, at the initiative of Jorge Roulet, as Secretary of the Civil Service and in order to redefine the civil service and constitute a new bureaucratic line, the Corps of Government Administrators (CAG) was created.

The composition of the CAG would have its own distinctive characteristics, as it would be made up of professionals from various disciplines whose function would be aimed at:

The Corps was structured on the basis of specific statutory rules and scales, ensuring job stability and the development of a multidisciplinary administrative career in accordance with the importance of the functions to be performed and the profiles arising from professional experience. Thus, the objective was rooted in a more solid and effective construction of public training, emphasizing in them their public vocation and the values and duties with the Argentine democratic system.