To this end, the paper starts with the theoretical delimitation of senior state cadres as a specific area of the Argentinean state bureaucracy. Next, the sociodemographic profiles of the minister, secretaries and undersecretaries of the portfolio are analyzed, focusing on the educational, professional and political dimensions. This is approached using the prosopographical technique, which seeks to reconstruct collective biographies.In essence, this paper allows determining the technical training, professional trajectory and political participation of the agents studied, contributing to the research on local political elites.