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. In order to be in concordance with the "one-third female" law enforces that one-third of the overall seats in the Chamber of Deputies are female. A new constitution was drafted in 1826. gesquivada@infobae.com ... soccer team in the country —of international projection as well— has served as a key experience for the future President of Argentina. [5], The election of the president was carried out using the ballotage system, a modified version of the two-round system in which a candidate can win the presidency in the first round either by receiving 45% of the vote, or by receiving 40% of the vote and finishing at least 10 percentage points ahead of the second-place candidate. 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Tucumán even had a case of people burning ballot boxes, which led to several demonstrations at Plaza Independencia. Participates in the making of laws under the Constitution, promulgates them and has them published. President elected with the largest margin of victory: President who held office for most time continuously: President who held office for the shortest time (not counting. gesquivada@infobae.com ... soccer team in the country —of international projection as well— has served as a key experience for the future President of Argentina. The Learjet is also used by the Air Force Chief of Staff. ( … The office of Vice President was established by the 1853 Constitution for the purpose of providing a succession in case the President is unable to complete their term via death, resignation or removal from office. In the legislative elections, the FPV lost the majority of the chamber of deputies, but keeps the majority of the senate. In a 289-page criminal complaint written before his death, Mr. Nisman said that Mr. Timerman met with Iran’s foreign minister in Aleppo, Syria, in January 2011. Failing that, a secondary runoff vote will go ahead next month. An Argentine Federal Chamber has confirmed the prosecution of Vice President Amado Boudou for “bribery and negotiations incompatible with the … Argentinaholds general elections on Sunday, to pick a new president, a new upper house and half of a new lower house, its first such vote since 2011. The answer is no, Argentina will obviously not pay, not as long as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is President…. To move the president uses aircraft that are part of the Presidential Air Group: The main aircraft is a Boeing 757 known as Tango 01 after its military registry: "T-01" (the "T" stands for "Transport", although it is fortuitously pronounced "Tango", as in the Argentine national dance, in the NATO alphabet). A special law enacted with the absolute majority of all the members of each House shall regulate the procedure and scope of Congress intervention. As helicopters, a Sikorsky S-70 (H-01pic) and two Sikorsky S-76 (H-02pic and H-03pic) also make-up the fleet, with an additional Air Force Bell 212, as needed. 25 Oct 2015 21:56 GMT [95] JPMorgan lowered Argentina's risk index by 16% on the day following the election, to levels not seen since 2011, while Argentine bonds increased across the board. This established an executive figure, named Supreme Director, who was vested with presidential powers. This increased the tensions between Fernández and Domínguez, as Fernández considered that Domínguez helped Lanata somehow. President 6 50px: Buenaventura Báez: 8 October 1856 13 June 1858 President 7 50px: José Desiderio Valverde: 13 June 1858 31 August 1858 President 8 50px: Pedro Santana: 31 August 1858 18 March 1861 President From 1861 until 1865, Dominican Republic was annexed by Spain. The mid-term elections in 2013 ended the FPV's hope for a constitutional amendment after they failed to win the necessary supermajority. Carlos Verna was reelected governor of La Pampa. Conservative Argentine President Mauricio Macri suffered a resounding defeat in primary elections on Sunday. When a business-friendly conservative was elected president of Argentina in October 2015, hopes were high he would put the South American country's economy on a stable path. In 1930, 1943, 1955, 1962, 1966, and 1976, military coups deposed elected Presidents. [69], Mendoza provided an early victory for the opposition, by the radical Alfredo Cornejo. [6] Voting is compulsory for citizens between 18 and 70 years old. [12] The authority in charge of regulating elections rejected changing the system within 2015 since they claimed it would be too short term to implement the changes and explain to the public how the new system works.[13]. First President: Bernardino Rivadavia, 1826. 25 Oct 2015 21:56 GMT A second round of voting between the two leading candidates took place on 22 November, after surprisingly close results forced a runoff. Au cas où la fonction de président de la Nation devenait vacante, c'est le président provisoire du Sénat qui est chargé de l'intérim. [69], Lucía Corpacci was reelected in Catamarca and Gildo Insfrán was reelected in Formosa. In the Chamber of Deputies ( Cámara de Diputados ) 257 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Élection_présidentielle_argentine_de_2015 Updated 7:55 PM EST, Fri January 23, 2015 Story highlights. During the same period they may not hold any other office nor receive any other emolument from the Nation or from any province. So after serving for two consecutive periods, the president is not allowed to run for a third consecutive one, but may return for the two following elections and so on. Juan Luis Manzur was elected governor of Tucumán, but the denounces of electoral fraud became a national scandal. poll from well-known consulting firm Isonomia showed President Mauricio Macri, the great hope of investors when he was elected in 2015, losing … President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was re-elected in 2011. Argentina's President says prosecutor's death was not a suicide. As the Constitution of Argentina does not allow more than two consecutive terms, several politicians from the Front for Victory (FPV) speculated about a constitutional amendment to allow unlimited re-elections. Outgoing president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s chosen successor leads at polls as rivals have been campaigning hard to force a runoff on 22 November. Bartolomé Mitre was the first president of the unified country, when Buenos Aires rejoined the Confederation. President 6 50px: Buenaventura Báez: 8 October 1856 13 June 1858 President 7 50px: José … The primary elections and some local elections had scandals of Electoral fraud. Attends regular sessions of Congress, or convokes extraordinary sessions when a serious interest order or progress requires. Opinion polls previous to the result suggested that Scioli would win by a wide margin, and might even be able to avoid a ballotage. In the absence of both the President and the Vice President, the succession is regulated by the Law 20,972 ("Acephaly Law"). Annually attends the opening session of the Congress, both Houses assembled for this purpose, this time realising the state of the Nation, on amendments promised by the Constitution, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient. [8], There are a total of 257 seats of the Chamber of Deputies, elected from 24 electoral districts–the 23 provinces, plus the federal district of Buenos Aires, which its own executive and legislature and is represented in the national Congress like all other provinces. These early attempts at self-government were succeeded by two Triumvirates and, although the first juntas had presidents, the King of Spain was still regarded as Head of State (as independence had not yet been declared), and the executive power was still not in the hands of a single person. Unlike in most countries using a two-round system, presidential candidates in Argentina do not need to win a majority of the vote to win the presidency in a single round. [1] On the first runoff voting ever held for an Argentine Presidential Election, Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri narrowly defeated Front for Victory candidate and Buenos Aires Province Governor Daniel Scioli with 51.34% of votes. [69] The victory was considered significant given that Fernández was the incumbent Cabinet Chief of the Kirchner administration, and that Vidal was directly replacing Daniel Scioli's post as governor of the province. 88) entitles the National Congress Assembled to select a new president from among the current Senators, Deputies and Governors, within the following two days of the death or resignation of the former president, and to provide him or her with a mandate to call for elections. This constitution gave the Supreme Director the power of appointing Governors of the provinces. Sections 94 to 98 detail the electoral requirements. First President born an Argentine citizen: First President elected in the twentieth century: First President elected in the twenty-first century: Living former presidents as of December 30, 2020: This page was last edited on 17 December 2020, at 18:50. The president of Argentina is facing charges for her alleged involvement in covering up an Iranian terrorist plot. These candidates received at least 1.5% of valid votes and passed to the general election. The president's salary is $131,421 Argentine pesos per month.[6]. Due to political circumstances, this constitution never came into force, and the central power was dissolved, leaving the country as a federation of provinces. ... “It was unbelievable,” says Waldo Wolff, vice-president of the Delegation of Argentine … General elections were held in Argentina on 25 October 2015 to elect the President and National Congress, and followed primary elections which were held on 9 August 2015. Argentina’s President is the nation’s commander-in-Chief, its Chief Executive, and its Head of both State and Government. Each district is represented by three senatorial seats. [21] Several controversies took place during the time of the elections, or related to the elections themselves. During a week, the provisional results suggested that Gustavo Bordet may be the new governor of Entre Ríos, but Alfredo de Angeli claimed that the uncounted votes may turn the tide and make him the winner instead. Both candidates were polarized on the opinion about the presidency of Cristina Kirchner: Scioli proposes to keep most of the Kirchnerite policies, and Macri to change them. This constitution did come into force, resulting in the election of the first President, Bernardino Rivadavia. In 2011, Argentina saw an 81% turnout and that’s expected to improve this time around. Appoints the other judges of the lower federal courts according to a binding three candidates proposed by the Judiciary Council, with the Senate, in public session, in which the suitability of candidates will be considered. Nov. 22, 2015 Mauricio Macri and his wife, Juliana Awada, back left, celebrate in Buenos Aires. [71] Juan Schiaretti won the elections in Córdoba, and he is the single governor of the UNA ticket.