The politics of Argentina take place in the framework of what the Constitution defines as a federal presidential representative democratic republic,where the President of Argentina is both Head of State and Head of Government. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of the Argentine National Congress. The Judiciary is independent as well as Executive and the Legislature are independent. Elections take place regularly on a multi-party system.
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after more than seven years of military dictatorship,and is considered the "father of modern democracy in Argentina". Ideologically,he identified as a Radical and a social democrat,serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991,1993 to 1995,1999 to 2001,with his political approach being known as "Alfonsinism".
The Radical Civic Union is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous,ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the Socialist International.
Corrientes,officially the Province of Corrientes is a province in northeast Argentina,in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by:Paraguay,the province of Misiones,Brazil,Uruguay,and the provinces of Entre Rios,Santa Fe and Chaco.
Juan Carlos Romero is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician and senator,and was Governor of Salta for 12 years. The former Peronist governor has accumulated political and economic power since 1995.
The New Party is a social-liberal political party in Corrientes Province,Argentina.
Miguel Ángel Pichetto is an Argentine lawyer and conservative peronist politician. He is Auditor General of the Nation. He was National Senator for Río Negro Province for eighteen years and was the vice-presidential candidate of Juntos por el Cambio.
Juan Manuel Urtubey is an Argentine politician,lawyer,university professor and former governor of Salta Province. Formerly a senior figure in the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party (PJ) in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies and chairman of both the Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Peronist Caucus,Urtubey became governor in the 2007 elections,being only 38 years old. He was reelected in 2011 with almost 60% of the vote,and in 2015 with 51% of the vote.
Aníbal Domingo Fernández is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician,lawyer,and certified public accountant. Throughout his career,he has remained a close ally to the former Presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Since 2021,he has served as Argentina's Minister of Security,in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.
Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday,28 October 2007,and elections for provincial governors took place on staggered dates throughout the year. For the national elections,each of the 23 provinces and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires are considered electoral districts. Voter turnout was 76.2%. Buenos Aires Province Senator and First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won the election by 45.28% of votes against Elisa Carrióof Civic Coalition ARI,making her the second female president of Argentina and the first female president to be directly elected. She broke the 40 percent barrier and won in the first round. Elisa Carriówon in the city of Buenos Aires and came second with more than 20 percent of the votes. Third was Roberto Lavagna,who won in Córdoba.
JoséLuis Gioja is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician,former governor of San Juan Province and former President of the Argentine Senate.
Antonio Francisco Cafiero was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Cafiero held a number of important posts throughout his career,including,most notably,the governorship of Buenos Aires Province from 1987 to 1991,the Cabinet Chief's Office under interim president Eduardo Camaño from 2001 to 2002,and a seat in the Senate of the Nation from 1993 to 2005.
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.
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.
Ricardo Colombi is an Argentine lawyer and politician elected Governor of Corrientes Province in 2009.
Federal Peronism,also known as Dissident Peronism and Menemism,are the informal names given to a conservative political alliance between Justicialist Party figures,currently identified mostly by its opposition to ruling Kirchnerism,the left-wing faction.
Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 27 October 2013. Open primary elections (PASO) were previously held on 11 August 2013 to determine eligible party lists for the general election. As in 2011 –when such primaries were held for the first time –each party list had to reach a 1.5% threshold at the provincial level in order to proceed to the 27 October polls.
Gustavo Adolfo Valdés is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician who is currently governor of Corrientes Province,since 10 December 2017. Previously,from 2013 to 2017,he was a National Deputy for Corrientes.
Nancy Aracely Sand Giorasi is an Argentine teacher and politician,currently serving as National Deputy representing Corrientes Province. A member of the Justicialist Party,Sand was previously served as intendenta (mayor) of Bella Vista from 2009 to 2013,and as member of the Provincial Senate from 2015 to 2019.
