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 are the Executive and the Legislature. Elections take place regularly on a multi-party system.
Civic Coalition ARI,until October 2009 known as Support for an Egalitarian Republic,is a centrist political party in Argentina founded in 2002 by Elisa Carrió.
The Radical Civic Union is a centrist and liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous,ranging from conservatism to social democracy,but since 1995 it has been a member of the Socialist International.
The Federalist Union Party,initially named Party of Buenos Aires Unity,is a right-wing political party active in various provinces of Argentina. Its most visible leader is the former police chief,Luis Patti,former Mayor of Escobar,who is accused of torturing people during the last dictatorship.
Hermes Juan Binner was an Argentine physician and politician who served as Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011. Binner was the first Socialist to serve as governor of an Argentine province,and the first non-Peronist to rule Santa Fe since the last transition to democracy in 1983.
Argentina held a presidential election on Sunday,27 April 2003. Turnout was 78.2%. No one presidential candidate gained enough votes to win outright,but the scheduled runoff was cancelled when former president and first-round winner Carlos Menem pulled out just 4 days before the planned runoff on 18 May,handing the presidency to runner-up,Santa Cruz Province Governor Néstor Kirchner of the Front for Victory. Legislative elections were held on 12 dates,27 April,24 August,31 August,7 September,14 September,28 September,5 October,19 October,26 October,9 November,16 November and 23 November. As of 2023,this marked the last time that both the president-elect and vice president-elect ticket were both men.
Events in the year 2006 in Argentina.
JoséManuel de la Sota was an Argentine politician who was a member of Justicialist Party. He was the governor of Córdoba Province from 1999 until 2007,and was reelected to the post for the 2011–15 term.
Gerardo Zamora is an Argentine politician who has served as Governor of Santiago del Estero since 2017,and previously from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR).
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.
Eduardo Segundo Brizuela del Moral was an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. He was governor of Catamarca Province from 2003 to 2011,heading the Civic and Social Front of Catamarca.
Hugo Omar Cóccaro was an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician,who served as governor of Tierra del Fuego Province.
Kirchnerism is an Argentine political movement based on populist ideals formed by the supporters of spouses Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,who consecutively served as Presidents of Argentina. Although considered a branch of Peronism,it is opposed by some factions of Peronists and generally considered to fall into the category of left-wing populism.
Sergio Daniel Urribarri is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician and former governor of Entre Ríos Province. Since 2020 he has been Argentina's ambassador to Israel. In April 2022 he resigned from office after being sentenced to eight years and a perpetual ban from public office for the crimes of negotiations incompatible with public service and embezzlement.
Ricardo Colombi is an Argentine lawyer and politician elected Governor of Corrientes Province in 2009.
Most Provinces of Argentina held executive and legislative elections during 2011,electing governors and provincial legislatures. The only exceptions are Santiago del Estero Province,whose executive and legislative elections were elected in 2012;and Corrientes Province,whose gubernatorial election took place in 2013.
Alberto Weretilneck is an Argentine politician currently serving as governor of Río Negro Province since 2023. He previously held the same position from 2012 to 2019.
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.
On the 25 October elections numerous provinces also elected governors,with the new ones beginning their terms on 10 December 2015. These provinces were Buenos Aires province,Catamarca,Chubut,Entre Ríos,Formosa,Jujuy,La Pampa,Misiones,San Juan,San Luis and Santa Cruz,encompassing 11 of the country's 23 provinces. The other provinces elected governors in different days of 2015;the only exceptions were Corrientes and Santiago del Estero whose governors' terms were not due to finish in 2015.
Gustavo Adrián Melella is an Argentine politician who has been the governor of Tierra del Fuego Province since December 2019. He was previously mayor of Río Grande from 2011 to 2019. He is the first openly gay governor of an Argentine province.
