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 the Executive and the Legislature. Elections take place regularly on a multi-party system.
Eduardo Alberto Duhalde is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s.
Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Justicialist Party,he previously served as Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003,and mayor of Río Gallegos from 1987 to 1991. He later served as the first ever First Gentleman of Argentina during the first tenure of his wife,Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. By the time he died in October 2010,he was First Gentlemen from 2007,President of the Justicialist Party and National Deputy from 2009,and Secretary General of UNASUR from May 2010. Ideologically,he identified himself as a Peronist and a progressive,with his political approach called Kirchnerism.
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province,he became the province's governor in 1983,after the end of the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship. He remained governor up to 2001,being re-elected in successive elections.
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 Justicialist Party is a major political party in Argentina,and the largest branch within Peronism.
The Front for a Country in Solidarity was a center-left political coalition in Argentina. It was formed in 1994 out of the Broad Front,which had been founded mainly by progressive members of the Peronist Justicialist Party who denounced the policies and the alleged corruption of the Carlos Menem administration;the Frente joined with other dissenting Peronists,the Unidad Socialista and several other leftist parties and individuals. Its leading figures were JoséOctavio Bordón,Carlos "Chacho" Álvarez and Graciela Fernández Meijide.
Felipe Solá is an Argentine agricultural engineer and politician. He previously served as Governor of Buenos Aires Province,from 2002 to 2007,and as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship under President Alberto Fernández,from 2019 to 2021.
Nilda Celia Garré is an Argentine lawyer,politician,and diplomat. She was Minister of Defense during the presidency of the late Nestor Kirchner and remained in this position,and as Minister of Security,under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. She was the first woman in her country's history to serve in either office. She also served as the Argentine Representative to the OAS. She served numerous terms as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies,the latest one from 2015 to 2019.
Jorge Enrique Taiana is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician,currently serving as the country's Minister of Defense,since 10 August 2021. Taiana previously served as Foreign Minister in the administrations of President Néstor Kirchner and his successor,Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,from 2005 to 2010,and as a National Senator for Buenos Aires from 2019 to 2021.
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.
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.
Sergio Tomás Massa is an Argentine politician currently serving as the country's Minister of Economy since 3 August 2022. From 2019 to 2022,he served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies,while also holding the position of National Deputy for the centre-left political coalition Frente de Todos,elected in Buenos Aires Province.
Foreign relations between Argentina and the Holy See,have existed for over a century. The current pope,Pope Francis,was the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Julián Andrés Domínguez is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician of the Justicialist Party. He was twice Minister of Agriculture,in the cabinets of presidents Alberto Fernández (2021–2022) and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2009–2011).
Federal Peronism,also known as Dissident Peronism is the faction or branch of either moderate,centrist or right-wing Peronism,that is currently identified mostly by its opposition to the ruling Kirchnerism,the left-wing faction of Peronism.
The Renewal Front is a Peronist political party in Argentina led by economy minister Sergio Massa,presently part of the centre-left political coalition Union for the Homeland. Massa is a Peronist and said he wants to "build a 21st-century Peronism."
Santiago Andrés Cafiero is an Argentine political scientist and politician,serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández since 2021. Previously,from 2019 to 2021,he was Cabinet Chief in Fernández's government.
Eduardo Félix Valdés is an Argentine politician,currently serving as National Deputy elected in the Federal Capital. A member of the Justicialist Party,Valdés served as the Argentine ambassador to the Holy See during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
