Politics of Argentina

Politics of Argentina
Polity typeFederal presidential representative republic
ConstitutionConstitution of Argentina
Legislative branch
NameNational Congress
TypeBicameral
Meeting placePalace of the Argentine National Congress
Upper house
NameSenate
Presiding officerVictoria Villarruel, Vice President of Argentina & President of the Senate
Lower house
NameChamber of Deputies
Presiding officerMartín Menem
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
TitlePresident
CurrentlyJavier Milei
Cabinet
Current cabinetCabinet of Javier Milei
HeadquartersCasa Rosada
Ministries10
Judicial branch
NameJudiciary of Argentina
Supreme Court
Chief judgeHoracio Rosatti

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 are the Executive and the Legislature. Elections take place regularly on a multi-party system.

In the 20th century, Argentina experienced significant political turmoil and democratic reversals.[1][2][3] Between 1930 and 1976, the armed forces overthrew six governments in Argentina;[2] and the country alternated periods of democracy (1912–1930, 1946–1955, and 1973–1976) with periods of restricted democracy and military rule.[1]

Following a transition that began in 1983,[4] full-scale democracy in Argentina was reestablished.[1][2] Argentina's democracy endured through the 2001–02 crisis and to the present day; it is regarded as more robust than both its pre-1983 predecessors and other democracies in Latin America.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Robinson, James; Acemoglu, Daron (2006). Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 7–8.
  2. ^ a b c d Levitsky, Steven; Murillo, María Victoria (2005). "Introduction". In Levitsky, Steven; Murillo, María Victoria (eds.). Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness. Penn State University Press. pp. 1–2. ISBN 0271046341.
  3. ^ García Holgado, Benjamín; Mainwaring, Scott (2023). "Why Democracy Survives Presidential Encroachments: Argentina Since 1983". Comparative Politics. 55 (4): 525–548. doi:10.5129/001041523X16729343375086.
  4. ^ Anderson, Leslie E. (2016). Democratization by Institutions: Argentina's Transition Years in Comparative Perspective. University of Michigan Press. p. 15.

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