eva peron returned to the center of a new government move this Thursday after the national government formalized new leadership at the Institute of Historical Research Eva Perón and the Sanmartiniano Institute. The decision was set out in decree 232/2026 and published this morning in the Official Gazette, with Juan Martín Repetto confirmed as head of the body tied to the Museo Evita. The appointment takes effect for two years, in an ad honorem role, after Repetto had already been serving on a temporary basis since August 2025.
Juan Martín Repetto confirmed in the Eva Peron post
The decree places Repetto at the helm of the institution that handles the dissemination of Eva Perón’s place in Argentine history. The body operates as a decentralized unit under the Subsecretariat of Cultural Heritage within the Secretariat of Culture, and it is also known as the Museo Evita. The government said the selection followed a proposed shortlist advanced by the Secretariat of Culture and a vote by the institute’s assembly of members, in line with the governing framework that created the institution.
The official text says Repetto meets the background and conditions required for the role. He had already occupied the post on a temporary basis, and the new appointment makes that arrangement formal for a two-year term. The same decree states that the position will continue to be carried out ad honorem, keeping the institute under the same broad administrative structure.
How the Eva Peron institute fits into the state structure
The institute is described as the first and only body dependent on the national Secretariat of Culture dedicated exclusively to deepening historical knowledge about the life and legacy of a woman who became a political leader in the country. Its headquarters are on Lafinur 2988 in Buenos Aires, and the decree says it will be directed, administered, and represented by a board led by a president.
The move comes in a broader reordering of state cultural appointments. In parallel, decree 231/2026 named Dr. Hernán Federico Cornut as the new president of the Sanmartiniano Institute for a three-year term, also ad honorem, following a proposal from the institute’s superior council and the required administrative review.
What and what changes now
The government said Repetto has the experience needed for the role. The decree notes his past work at the National Commission of Museums, Monuments and Historical Sites, where he served as president before resigning in 2018 for strictly personal reasons, and cites his prior posts in national heritage administration.
For the Eva Peron institute, the timing matters because the appointment locks in a leadership change already underway and gives the museum a formal head for the next two years. The institution’s work remains tied to the preservation and interpretation of the historical legacy associated with eva peron, and the new term now sets the administrative frame for that task.
What comes next
Attention now turns to how the newly confirmed leadership will manage the institute’s day-to-day agenda and its public role inside the broader cultural structure. For now, the key change is clear: the government has made the temporary arrangement permanent through decree, and eva peron is once again at the center of an official decision that shapes the future of the museum and its historical mission.
