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 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.
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 politician who served as 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.
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.
Carlos Mauricio "Camau" Espínola is an Argentine windsurfer and politician. He served as Mayor of Corrientes from 2009 to 2013 and is a National Senator since 2015.
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.
The Frente de Todos is a provincial political party alliance based in Chaco and Corrientes Provinces,Argentina.
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.
Julio César Cleto Cobos is an Argentine politician who was the Vice President of Argentina in the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2007 to 2011. He started his political career as member of the Radical Civic Union party (UCR),becoming Governor of the Province of Mendoza in 2003. He was expelled from the UCR in 2007,and was then selected by presidential candidate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,of the ruling Front for Victory (FpV),as her candidate for vice-president in the elections of that year,which they won.
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.
Plural Consensus was a center-left Kirchnerist electoral alliance in Argentina acting as a political bloc in the Argentine Senate and elsewhere.
The Integration and Development Movement is a developmentalist political party founded by Arturo Frondizi in Argentina. It is member of Juntos por el Cambio.
Margarita Stolbizer is an Argentine lawyer and politician. Originally a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR),she founded her own party,Generation for a National Encounter (GEN) in 2007. She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Argentina on three occasions:from 1997 to 2005,from 2009 to 2017,and since 2021.
Ricardo Colombi is an Argentine lawyer and politician elected Governor of Corrientes Province in 2009.
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.
K Radicalism also known as Radicales K were a faction within the Radical Civic Union (UCR),a political party in Argentina.
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.
Colombi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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.
