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2023 Argentine Provincial Elections
The Argentine provincial elections will elect the executive and legislative authorities of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and in 21 of the 23 provinces of Argentina, except (executive) Corrientes and Santiago del Estero; elections in Tucumán (for a month) and San Juan were suspended by the Supreme Court. Elections 16 April * Neuquén, Rolando Figueroa defeated the gubernatorial candidate of the long-governing Neuquén People's Movement, for the first time in 60 years, with 36.94% of Comunidad. * Río Negro, Alberto Weretilneck wins with 42.43%. Third consecutive electoral victory of Together We Are Río Negro. 5 May * Jujuy, Carlos Sadir won with 49.59%. Third consecutive electoral victory for Together for Change. * La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela is re-elected with 50.63%. Fourth consecutive electoral victory of Union for the Homeland and its predecessor parties. * Misiones, Hugo Passalacqua won with 64.18%. Sixth consecutive electoral victory of the ...
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Argentina - Partidos Ganadores De Elecciones Provinciales 2023
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federa ...
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Juntos Por El Cambio
( en, Together for Change) is a centre-right political coalition in Argentina. It was created in 2015 as Cambiemos ( en, Let's Change), and renamed in 2019. It is composed of Republican Proposal, Radical Civic Union, Civic Coalition ARI and United Republicans. These three parties respectively nominated Mauricio Macri, Ernesto Sanz, and Elisa Carrió as their representatives in the August 2015 primary elections, which were held to choose which candidate would run in the 2015 presidential election on 25 October. On 9 August, Macri was elected as the candidate who would represent Cambiemos in the presidential election; on 22 November, where he won in second round by 51%. It wants the definitive modernization of the country and the creation of a new anti- populist and republican- liberal political culture. Creation Initially, the pre-candidates Mauricio Macri, Daniel Scioli, and Sergio Massa had a triple tie in the polls for the 2015 presidential election. Scioli was t ...
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La Libertad Avanza
The Liberty Advances ( es, La Libertad Avanza; LA) is a right-wing politics, right-wing to far-right politics, far-right Argentina, Argentine political coalition originated in the City of Buenos Aires with a Conservatism, conservative tendency on social and cultural issues, while being libertarism, libertarian on economic issues. It contested for the first time in the 2021 Argentine legislative election, legislative election of 2021 obtaining the third place with 17% of the votes in the capital. The coalition is led by the economist and national deputy, Javier Milei. After having sealed an agreement with the politician Juan José Gómez Centurión, the candidates Victoria Villarruel and María Fernanda Araujo, among other conservative leaders, joined the alliance. Javier Milei presented himself separately from the Buenos Aires candidate José Luis Espert, with whom he had previously been linked in the Avanza Libertad. The leader of the alliance, Javier Milei, has denied any relat ...
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Salta Identity Party
The Salta Identity Party ( es, Partido Identidad Salteña; PAIS) is a provincial political party in the Salta Province of Argentina. It was founded by Gustavo Sáenz ahead of the 2015 general election; Sáenz has been governor of Salta since 2019. The party was a member of the United for a New Alternative alliance until 2017, when it aligned itself with Cambiemos. It supported Roberto Lavagna and former Salta governor Juan Manuel Urtubey's 2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ... unsuccessful presidential run; since then it has distanced itself from any national alliances. The party counts with representation – but no majorities – in both houses of the Salta provincial legislature. It counts with no representation at the federal level. Its logo, adopted ahead ...
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Gustavo Sáenz
Gustavo Adolfo Ruberto Sáenz Stiro (born 14 April 1969) is an Argentine politician who is currently governor of Salta Province, since 10 December 2019. Previously, from 2015 to 2019, he was ''intendente'' (mayor) of the City of Salta, and served from 2009 to 2013 as a member of the Provincial Senate representing the Capital Department. Sáenz is the founder and leader of the Salta Identity Party (PAIS). Early life and education Gustavo Adolfo Ruberto Sáenz Stiro was born on 14 April 1969 in Salta, the capital city of the homonymous Salta Province. He finished high school at the Bachillerato Humanista Moderno (like fellow governors Juan Manuel Urtubey and Juan Carlos Romero) and then studied law at the Catholic University of Salta (UCASAL). Political career In 1995 Sáenz was elected to the Salta City Council for the Justicialist Party, serving until 2003. He also worked in the city government under mayor Miguel Isa, serving as Isa's chief of cabinet and government secret ...
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Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile. History Before the Spanish conquest, numerous native peoples (now called Diaguitas and Calchaquíes) lived in the valleys of what is now Salta Province; they formed many different tribes, the Quilmes and Humahuacas among them, which all shared the Cacán language. The Atacamas lived in the Puna, and the Wichís (Matacos), in the Chaco region. The first conquistador to venture into the area was Diego de Almagro in 1535; he was followed by Diego de Rojas. Hernando de Lerma founded San Felipe de Lerma in 1582, following orders of the viceroy Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa; the name of the city was soon changed to "San Felipe de Salta". By 1650, the city had around five hundred ...
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Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served as its chairman), as well as former presidents Juan Perón, Héctor Cámpora, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Isabel Perón, Carlos Menem, Ramón Puerta, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Eduardo Camaño, Eduardo Duhalde, Néstor Kirchner, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Justicialists have been the largest party in Congress almost consistently since 1987. Founded by Juan Perón, it was previously called the Peronist Party after its founder. It is overall the largest party in Congress; however, this does not reflect the divisions within the party over the role of Kirchnerism, the left-wing populist faction of the party, which is opposed by the dissident Peronists (also known as Federal Peronism or Menemism), the conservative faction of the ...
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Sergio Ziliotto
Sergio Raúl Ziliotto (born 24 September 1962) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who is currently governor of La Pampa Province, since 10 December 2019. Previously, from 2015 to 2019, he was a National Deputy for La Pampa. Early life and education Sergio Raúl Ziliotto was born on 24 September 1962 in General Pico, La Pampa Province. His father, son of immigrants, was a policeman, and also worked as a trucker. He moved to the provincial capital, Santa Rosa, to enroll at the National University of La Pampa (UNLPam). It was there that he began his political activism in the local chapter of the Peronist Youth. Political career Ziliotto was appointed director of transport by then-governor Rubén Marín in 1991. Under the governorship of Carlos Verna, he was appointed Undersecretary of Social Policy in 2003 and then Minister of Social Welfare in 2006. As minister, Ziliotto designed the "Plan Piquén", which reformed the existing social assistance scheme in the province ...
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La Pampa Province
La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza. History In 1604 Hernando Arias de Saavedra was the first European explorer to reach the area; it was later explored by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera in 1662. But it was not until the 18th century that Spanish colonists established permanent settlements here. Resistance of the local indigenous people prevented much expansion until the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas. It did not cease until Julio Roca's conquest of the desert in the 19th century. The territory was divided between the officers, and they erected the first Argentine settlements. The ''Territorio Nacional de La Pampa Central'' was erected in 1884, containing the Río Negro Province and parts of other surrounding provinces. It had around 25,000 inhabitants. By 1915 there were 110,000 resid ...
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Front For The Renewal Of Concord
The Front for the Renewal of Social Concord (; FRCS), officially registered as the Party of Social Concord ( es, Partido de la Concordia Social) is a provincial political party in Argentina, based in Misiones Province. It is the largest party within the eponymous Front for the Renewal of Concord alliance. Its purpoted ideological basis is the so-called "Misionerismo", which stands for further autonomy for Misiones. The Front was founded by Carlos Rovira, who was governor of Misiones from 1999 to 2007. Since then, the three past governors of the province (Maurice Closs from 2007 to 2015, Hugo Passalacqua from 2015 to 2019, and Oscar Herrera Ahuad since 2019) have belonged to the FRCS. It is unrelated to the similarly named Renewal Front The Renewal Front ( es, Frente Renovador, FR) is a Peronist political party in Argentina led by Sergio Massa, who is part of the Frente de Todos. Massa is a Peronist and said he wants to "build the Peronism of the 21st century." History It w ...
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Hugo Passalacqua
Hugo Passalacqua (born in Oberá, Argentina, on 20 November 1957) is an Argentine politician. He served as vice governor of Misiones Province from 2011 to 2015, under Governor Maurice Closs, and served as Governor of Misiones Province The Governor of Misiones Province ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Misiones) is the chief executive of Misiones, one of the federal Provinces of Argentina. This office is elected by the popular vote of the province for term of four years. Since ... from 10 December 2015 to 10 December 2019. References Governors of Misiones Province Vice Governors of Misiones Province Living people People from Misiones Province 1957 births {{Argentina-politician-stub ...
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Misiones Province
Misiones (, ''Missions'') is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, located in the northeastern corner of the country in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by Paraguay to the northwest, Brazil to the north, east and south, and Corrientes Province of Argentina to the southwest. This was an early area of Roman Catholic missionary activity by the Society of Jesus in what was then called the Province of Paraguay, beginning in the early 17th century. In 1984 the ruins of four mission sites in Argentina were designated World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. History Indigenous peoples of various tribes lived in the area of the future province for thousands of years. At the time of European encounter, it was occupied by the Kaingang and Xokleng tribes, later followed by the Guarani tribe. The first European to visit the region, Sebastian Cabot, discovered Apipé Falls while navigating the Paraná River in December 1527. In 1541 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca reached the Iguaz ...
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