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.
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.
Hermes Juan Binner was an Argentine physician and a politician. He was Governor of Santa Fe from 2007 to 2011. Binner was the first Socialist to become the governor of an Argentine province,and the first non-Peronist to rule Santa Fe since 1983.
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.
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.
The Front for Victory was a centre-left Peronist electoral alliance in Argentina,and is formally a faction of the Justicialist Party. Former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were elected as representatives of this party.
Diana Beatriz Conti is an Argentine lawyer and politician. She was a member of the Argentine National Congress both as a National Deputy and as a Senator (2002–2005);she also served as Undersecretary of Human Rights in the administration of Fernando de la Rúa from 1999 to 2001 and as a member of the Council of Magistracy from 2006 to 2010,where she rose to prominence as a staunch supporter of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's judicial reform proposals.
Gerardo Zamora is an Argentine politician from Santiago del Estero Province. Governor of Santiago del Estero since 2005,he was a member of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR).
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.
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.
Martín Lousteau is an Argentine economist and politician of the Radical Civic Union. He is National Senator for Buenos Aires.
Legislative elections were held in Argentina for half the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and a third (24) of the seats in the Senate on 28 June 2009,as well as for the legislature of the City of Buenos Aires and other municipalities.
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 President of the Chamber of Deputies,while serving as a National Deputy for the Frente de Todos elected in Buenos Aires Province. A former member of the Justicialist Party,in 2013 he founded his own political party,the Renewal Front.
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).
Argentina held national presidential and legislative elections on Sunday,23 October 2011. Incumbent president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of the Front for Victory won in a 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.
Federal Peronism,also known as Dissident Peronism is the faction or branch of either moderate or conservative Peronism,that is currently identified mostly by its opposition to the ruling Kirchnerism,the left-wing faction of Peronism.
Juan Manuel Abal Medina is an Argentine academic,political scientist,and author. He was appointed Communications Secretary by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2011,and served as Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina from December 2011 to November 2013. He was a national senator for Buenos Aires Province from 2014 to 2017.
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 1 September 2022,Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was the target of an assassination attempt. A man approached her as she met with supporters outside of her official residence in Recoleta,Buenos Aires,and attempted to fire a semi-automatic pistol inches from her face. The pistol failed to fire,and the suspect was immediately arrested on scene.
