The Government is proceeding with the appointment of judges following the Senate's approval of the terms and conditions.

The Senate session where the nominations were approved took place last June 4 (Photos: Ramiro Souto). Through a series of decrees, the Executive Branch officially formalized 15 judicial appointments in the Official Gazette this Tuesday, the 15th. These publications are part of the process to fill vacancies resulting from the approval of 75 nominations in the Senate during the session on June 4. The appointees will hold positions in courts and tribunals in the City of Buenos Aires and the province of Buenos Aires: 11 correspond to the Judiciary and 4 to the Public Prosecutor's Office—3 to the Public Defense Office and 1 to the Public Prosecutor's Office. In the federal criminal jurisdiction of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, Claudio Ricardo Silvestri was appointed Chamber Judge of the Federal Oral Criminal Court No. 1 of La Plata by decree 453/2026, and Pablo Ezequiel Wilk will hold the same position in TOF No. 2 of that same city, by decree 455/2026. Both positions were vacant in a jurisdiction with multiple courts without a presiding magistrate. For the Federal Court of Appeals of La Plata, Chamber I, text 464/2026 appointed Laureano Alberto Durán as a judge, who until his appointment served as a secretary of that same body. He is the son of the late chamber judge of the provincial capital, Alberto Ramón Durante. Laureano Alberto Durán, appointed judge of the Federal Court of Appeals of La Plata (Archive photo). On the other hand, within the scope of the Federal Capital, the appointments covered different jurisdictions. Paula Fuertes and Soledad Eugenia Mariño were appointed judges in the National Criminal and Correctional Courts No. 14 and No. 18—under decrees 460 and 462—respectively. José Miguel Guerrero will cover Court No. 1 of the same jurisdiction, as established by official text 457/2026, and María Gloria Capanegra Court No. 17, appointed via decree 461. Meanwhile, regulation 459/2026 appointed Laura Wiszniacki as judge of the National Court of First Instance in Civil Matters No. 62. The Minister of Justice, Juan Bautista Mahiques, also signed the appointment of Jorge Djivaris as a judge of the National Chamber of Commercial Appeals, Chamber B, and Analía Victoria Romero will hold the same rank in the National Chamber of Civil Appeals, Chamber E, according to decrees 463 and 465. In the social security jurisdiction, Diego Allievi was appointed judge of the Federal Court of First Instance for Social Security No. 10, according to document 452/2026, which bears the signature of the president, as do the rest of the documents. The positions within the independent body of the Judiciary were filled as follows: Santiago Vismara was appointed Attorney General before the Oral Criminal and Correctional Courts of the Federal Capital, Prosecutor's Office No. 9; he is recognized for leading the investigation in the case of businessman Francisco Sáenz Valiente, accused of the death of Brazilian model Emmily Rodrigues at a party. Vismara's appointment was finalized with the publication of decree 454/2026. In the Public Defense Office, Lucas Marcelo Bellotti San Martín (decree 458/2026) and Marcela Lorena Sasso (466/2026) were appointed Public Defenders for Minors and Incapacitated Persons before civil, commercial, and labor courts of the Federal Capital—Public Defender's Offices No. 2 and No. 3, respectively—. Prosecutor Santiago Vismara along with his colleague, Labozzetta, in the Emily Rodríguez case (Luciano González). Meanwhile, María Inés Reston was appointed Official Public Defender before the courts and the National Chamber of Appeals in Economic Crimes, Public Defender's Office No. 1, according to official text 456/2026. All appointees with the agreement of the Senate of the Nation joined the officializations made by the Government last week, which include Emilio Rosatti, son of the President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Horacio Rosatti. Decrees 445/2026, 446/2026, and 447/