The government of Argentina,within the framework of a federal system,is a presidential representative democratic republic. The President of Argentina is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the President. Legislative power is vested in the National Congress. The Judiciary is independent from the Executive and from the Legislature,and is vested in the Supreme Court and the lower national tribunals.
Argentina held national parliamentary elections on Sunday,23 October 2005. For the purpose of these elections,each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts.
Ángel Eduardo Maza is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician. He was the governor of La Rioja Province during several terms,until he was ousted by impeachment in 2007. His sister,Ada Maza,is a national senator.
JoséLuis Gioja is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician,former governor of San Juan Province and former President of the Argentine Senate.
Isabel Josefa Viudes de Damonte is a former Argentine Senator for Corrientes Province. A former Peronist,she was a member of the New Party Corrientes (PANU),but was expelled in 2009 due to her support to the Argentine National Government in the farm tax hike issue.
Roberto Fabián Ríos was an Argentine politician. He was intendente (mayor) of Corrientes from 2013 to 2017. Prior to that,he was a National Deputy and a National Senator for Corrientes Province. He also served as an official of the state-owned bank Banco de la Nación Argentina. Ríos,an electrical engineer by profession,was a member of the Justicialist Party.
Roxana ItatíLatorre is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She was a member of the Argentine Senate representing Santa Fe Province from 2001 to 2015.
Luis Alberto "Lucho" Viana is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was a member of the Argentine Senate representing Misiones Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory from 2005 to 2011.
Teresa Nicolasa Quintela is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. She sat in the Argentine Senate representing La Rioja Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory from 2005 to 2011.
Juan Carlos Marino is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. From 2003 to 2021,he sat in the Argentine Senate representing La Pampa Province.
Luis Beder Herrera is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician. He was the governor of La Rioja Province from 2007 to 2015.
Sandra Daniela Giménez is an Argentine politician who served as a National Senator for Misioness from 10 December 2011 to 9 December 2017,as Vice Governor of Misiones from 2007 to 2011,under Maurice Closs. Born in Jardín América,Giménez studied medicine in Corrientes,graduating from the National University of the Northeast (UNNE) with specializations in surgery and pediatrics in 1991 and 1996,respectively. She had chosen to study medicine in memory of her brother,who had died at age 11. After graduating,she worked as a medical auditor for the Government of Misiones Province. Through the rest of the 1990s,she served as the Provincial Public Hospital of Pediatrics Executive Director,and in 2003 she was elected to the Chamber of Representatives of Misiones as a member of the Front for the Renewal of Concord party,serving until 2007.
Anabel Fernández Sagasti is an Argentine politician,currently serving as a National Senator for Mendoza Province since 2015. She previously served as a National Deputy from 2011 to 2015,elected in Mendoza as well. Fernández Sagasti has been the president of the Mendoza chapter of the Justicialist Party since 2020.
Ricardo Clemente Quintela is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who is currently Governor of La Rioja Province,since 11 December 2019.
Mabel Luisa Caparrós is an Argentine psychologist and politician,currently serving as National Deputy elected in Tierra del Fuego. Caparrós previously served as a National Senator for Tierra del Fuego from 2001 to 2007. Historically a member of the Justicialist Party,since 2019 she is a member of the FORJA Concertation Party,and currently forms part of the Frente de Todos.
María de los Ángeles Sacnun is an Argentine politician who was a National Senator for Santa Fe Province from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Justicialist Party,she was part of the Front for Victory and Frente de Todos parliamentary blocs.
Juan Mario Pais is an Argentine politician,who was a National Senator for Chubut from 2015 to 2021 and a National Deputy from 2007 to 2015. He belongs to the Justicialist Party.
Mercedes Margarita Oviedo is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party who served as a National Senator for Misiones from 2001 to 2005,and as Vice Governor of Misiones from 1999 to 2001,under Carlos Rovira.
Mirtha María Teresita Luna is an Argentine politician. Formerly a member of the Justicialist Party,she served as Vice Governor of La Rioja Province from 2007 to 2011,and later as a National Senator for La Rioja from 2011 to 2017. In 2019,she left the Justicialist Party and became part of the Cambiemos coalition.
María Florencia López is an Argentine politician who has been Vice Governor of La Rioja since 2019,under Governor Ricardo Quintela. She previously served as intendenta (mayor) of Arauco from 2015 to 2019,and as a member of the provincial legislature for Arauco from 2011 to 2015. López belongs to the Justicialist Party.
