Conventional long form: Argentine Republic
Conventional short form: Argentina
Local long form: Republica Argentina
Local short form: Argentina
Birthright citizenship: yes
Dual citizenship recognized:
Residency requirement for naturalization:
Chief of state: President Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER (since 10 December 2007); Vice President Amado BOUDOU (since 10 December 2011); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government
Head of government: President Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER (since 10 December 2007); Vice President Amado BOUDOU (since 10 December 2011)
Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president
Elections:
Election results: Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER reelected president; percent of vote - Cristina FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER (FpV) 54%, Hermes BINNER (PS) 16.9%, Ricardo ALFONSIN (UCR)11.1%, Alberto Rodriguez SAA (Justicialist Party) 8%, Eduardo DUHALDE (Justicialist Party) 5.9%, other 4.1%
Description: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of the Senate (72 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership elected every 2 years) and the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 2 years)
Elections: Senate - last held on 27 October 2013 (next to be held October 2015); Chamber of Deputies - last held on 27 October 2013 (next to be held October 2015)
Election results: Senate - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - FpV 32, UCR 17, dissident Peronists 7, FAP and UNEN 7, FpV allies 6, PRO and allies 3, other 6; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by bloc or party - NA; seats by bloc or party - FpV 18, FpV allies 14, UCR 10, dissident Peronists 34, FAP and UNEN 21, PRO 16, CC 3, other 14
Highest court(s): Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of the court president, vice-president, and 5 judges)
Judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the president and approved by the Senate; judges have a mandatory retirement age of 75
Subordinate courts: federal level appellate, district, and territorial courts; provincial level supreme, appellate, and first instance courts
Lyrics:
Note: adopted 1813; Vicente LOPEZ was inspired to write the anthem after watching a play about the 1810 May Revolution against Spain
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