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H.E. Ma. Diana Quiodo,
Chairperson, National Electoral Director

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Country Name (A) LEGISLATURE
ARGENTINA
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Official Name Bicameral
The Argentine Republic (Spanish: República
Argentina) 2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Government The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
Presidential Republic 3. Total no. of members in each house elected/

4. Head of the Government nominated
President – Alberto Fernández 72 members (3 for each Province) of the Senado
(Senate). 257 members of the Cámara de
5. Head of the State Diputados (Chamber of Deputies)
President – Alberto Fernández
6. Capital 4. Popular House
Buenos Aires Both the Senado and the Cámara de Diputados
7. Currency 5. Type of Electoral System
Argentine Peso Proportional Representation(D’Hondt for Deputies,

8. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) 2 for the majority and one for the minority in
European (mostly Spanish and Italian descent) Senate)
and mestizo (mixed European and Amerindian PArt iii
ancestry) 97.2%, Amerindian 2.4%, African 0.4%
(2010 est.) ELECtorAL sYstEM

9. Date of Independence and from which Country
9 July 1816 (from Spain) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
10. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 1. Name of the EMB(S)
11 May 1853 Dirección Nacional Electoral (DINE) (National
Last significant amendment in 1994 Electoral Directorate) and Cámara Nacional
11. Language (s) Electoral (CNE)
Spanish (official)
2. Website Address
12. Literacy Levels www.argentina.gob.ar/interior/
99.13% direccionnacionalelectoral

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