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.
Fernando de la Rúa was an Argentine politician and a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) political party who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1999 to 21 December 2001. De la Rúa was born in Córdoba;he entered politics after graduating with a degree in law. He was elected senator in 1973 and unsuccessfully ran for the office of Vice President as Ricardo Balbín's running mate the same year. He was re-elected senator in 1983 and 1993,and as deputy in 1991. He unsuccessfully opposed the pact of Olivos between President Carlos Menem and party leader Raúl Alfonsín,which enabled the 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution and the re-election of Menem in 1995.
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".
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 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.
Elisa María Avelina "Lilita" Carrió is an Argentine lawyer,professor,and politician. She is the leader of Civic Coalition ARI,one of the founders of Cambiemos,and was National Deputy for Chaco Province and Buenos Aires.
Roberto Lavagna is an Argentine economist and politician who was Minister of Economy and Production from April 27,2002 until November 28,2005.
Rodolfo Terragno is an Argentine politician and lawyer,former Senator and journalist. From 2016 to 2019,he was Argentina's ambassador to UNESCO.
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.
The Argentine general election of 1995 was held on 14 May. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 82.1%.
Argentina held presidential elections on 24 October 1999. Legislative elections were held on four dates,8 August,12 September,26 September and 24 October,though most polls took place on 24 October.
The Civic Coalition was a political coalition in Argentina. It was founded by Elisa Carrió,as an association supported by the ARI party),as well as a number of other political groups and individual political leaders,notably UPT - Union for All of Patricia Bullrich and GEN - Generation for a National Encounter of Margarita Stolbizer.
Ernesto Sanz is a former Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and one of the founders of Cambiemos. He served in the Argentine Senate representing Mendoza Province from 2003 to 2015.
Gerardo Rubén Morales is an Argentine politician,Governor of Jujuy Province and Secretary General of the Radical Civic Union.
Ricardo Luis Alfonsín is an Argentine lawyer,academic and politician prominent in the Radical Civic Union. His father,Raúl Alfonsín,was the President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989. Since 2019,he has been Argentina's ambassador to Spain.
Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday,23 October 2011. Incumbent president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won via landslide,with 54.11% of votes against Hermes Binner of Broad Progressive Front,she also secured a second term in office after the Front for Victory won just over half of the seats in the National Congress.
Ricardo Gil Lavedra is an Argentine lawyer,magistrate,and politician. A member of the Radical Civic Union,Gil Lavedra served as Minister of Justice during the early presidency of Fernando de la Rúa,from 1999 to 2000. From 2009 to 2013,he was a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires.
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.
Broad Front UNEN was an center-left political coalition in Argentina. It arose through an alliance between Radical Civic Union,Civic Coalition ARI,Proyecto Sur,Freemen of the South Movement,Socialist Party,Authentic Socialist Party,and GEN.
Generation for a National Encounter,sometimes known as the GEN Party or simply as GEN,is a centre-left political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2007 by Margarita Stolbizer as a split from the Radical Civic Union,in opposition to the UCR's endorsement of Roberto Lavagna's general election.
