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.
Pink House, seats the executive power.
Argentine National Congress, seats the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Supreme Court of Argentina.
Constitution of Argentina
The Constitution of the Argentine Nation is the basic governing document of Argentina, and the primary source of existing law in Argentina. Its first version was written in 1853 by a constitutional assembly which gathered in Santa Fe; the doctrinal basis was taken in part from the United States Constitution. It was then reformed in 1860, 1866, 1898, 1949, 1957, and the current version is the reformed text of 1994. It's the seventh oldest national constitution currently in effect being ratified on May 1, 1853.
Juan Bautista Alberdi, the legal scholar who drafted the 1853 Constitution.
"Nos los Representantes del Pueblo de la Nación Argentina ..."
Congress building in Buenos Aires, Argentina
