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Country Name

Conventional long form: Argentine Republic

Conventional short form: Argentina

Local long form: RepÃºblica Argentina

Local short form: Argentina

Administrative Divisions

23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia) and 1 autonomous city*; Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires*, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Neuquen, Rio Negro, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego - Antartida e Islas del Atlantico Sur (Tierra del Fuego - Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands), Tucuman

Independence

9 July 1816 (from Spain)

National Holiday

Revolution Day (May Revolution Day), 25 May (1810)

Constitution

History: several previous; latest effective 11 May 1853

Amendments: a declaration of proposed amendments requires two-thirds majority vote by both houses of the National Congress followed by approval by an ad hoc, multi-member constitutional convention; amended several times, last significant amendment in 1994

Legal System

civil law system based on West European legal systems; note - in mid-2015, Argentina adopted a new civil code, replacing the old one in force since 1871

International Law Organization Participation

Has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

Citizenship

Citizenship by birth: yes

Citizenship by descent only: yes

Dual citizenship recognized: yes

Residency requirement for naturalization: 2 years

Suffrage

18-70 years of age; universal and compulsory; 16-17 years of age - optional for national elections

Executive Branch

Chief of state: President Javier Gerardo MILEI (since 10 December 2023); Vice President Victoria Eugenia VILLARRUEL (since 10 December 2023); note - the president is both chief of state and head of government

Head of government: President Javier Gerardo MILEI (since 10 December 2023); Vice President Victoria Eugenia VILLARRUEL (since 10 December 2023)

Cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president

Elections appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by qualified majority vote (to win, a candidate must receive at least 45% of votes or 40% of votes and a 10-point lead over the second place candidate; if neither occurs, a second round is held ); the president serves a 4-year term (eligible for a second consecutive term); election last held on 22 October 2023, with a runoff held 19 November 2023 (next to be held in October 2027)

Election results:

Legislative Branch

Description: bicameral National Congress or Congreso Nacional consists of

Elections: Senate - last held on 22 October 2023 (next to be held in October 2025)Chamber of Deputies - last held on 22 October 2023 (next to be held in October 2025)

Election results:

Judicial Branch

Highest courts: Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (consists of the court president, vice president, 2 judges, 1 vacancy)

Judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the president and approved by the Senate; ministers can serve until mandatory retirement at age 75; extensions beyond 75 require renomination by the president and approval by the Senate

Subordinate courts: federal level appellate, district, and territorial courts; provincial level supreme, appellate, and first instance courts

Political Parties and Leaders

Avanza Libertad or AL [JosÃ© Luis ESPERT]Civic Coalition ARI or CC-ARI [Elisa CARRIÃ“, Maximiliano FERRARO]Consenso Federal (Federal Consensus) or CF [Roberto LAVAGNA, Juan Manuel URTUBEY]Frente CÃvico por Santiago (Civic Front for Santiago) [Gerardo ZAMORA]Frente de Izquierda y de los Trabajadores â€“ Unidad (Workers' Left Front) or FIT-U [NicolÃ¡s DEL CAÃ‘O, Miriam BREGMAN] (coalition of leftist parties in lower house; includes PTS, PO, and MST) Frente de la Concordia Misionero (Front for the Renewal of Social Concord) or FRCS [Carlos Eduardo ROVIRA]Frente Renovador (Renewal Front) or FR [Sergio MASSA, Pablo MIROLO]GeneraciÃ³n por un Encuentro Nacional (Generation for a National Encounter) or GEN [Margarita STOLBIZER]Hacemos por CÃ³rdoba (We do for Cordoba) or HC [Juan SCHIARETTI]Hacemos por Nuestro Pais (We Do For Our Country) or NHP [Juan SCHIARETTI]Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change) or JxC [Patricia BULLRICH, Horacio RodrÃguez LARRETA, Mauricio MACRI] (includes CC-ARI, PRO, and UCR); note - primary opposition coalition since 2019Juntos Somos RÃo Negro (Together We Are Rio Negro) or JSRN [Alberto WERETILNECK] Â Â Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party) or PJ [Alberto Angel FERNÃNDEZ]La CÃ¡mpora [Maximo KIRCHNER]La Libertad Avanza (The Liberty Advances) or LLA [Javier MILEI]Movimiento Popular Neuquino (NeuquÃ©n People's Movement) or MPN [Omar GUTIÃ‰RREZ]Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (Workers' Socialist Movement) or MST [Vilma RIPOLL, Alejandro BODART]Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (Socialist Workers' Party) or PTS [NicolÃ¡s DEL CAÃ‘O]Partido Libertario (Libertarian Party) or PL [Javier MILEI]; note - party is also a founding member of the coalition La Libertad Avanza, which is also led by MILEIPartido Obrero (Workers' Party) or PO [Gabriel SOLANO]Partido Socialista or PS [MÃ³nica HaydÃ©e FEIN]Propuesta Republicana (Republican Proposal) or PRO [Mauricio MACRI]Unidad Federal (coalition of provencial parties in the lower house; includes FRCS and JSRN)UniÃ³n CÃvica Radical (Radical Civic Union) or UCR [Gerardo RubÃ©n MORALES]UniÃ³n por la Patria (Union for the Homeland) or UP (formerly Frente de Todos (Everyone's Front) or FdT) [Alberto FERNÃNDEZ, Cristina FERNÃNDEZ DE KIRCHNER] (includes FR, La CÃ¡mpora, and PJ); note - ruling coalition since 2019; includes several national and provincial Peronist political partiesVamos con Vos (Let's Go with You) or VcV [Florencio RANDAZZO]

Flag Description

Three equal horizontal bands of sky blue (top), white, and sky blue; centered in the white band is a radiant yellow sun with a human face (delineated in brown) known as the Sun of May; the colors represent the clear skies and snow of the Andes; the sun symbol commemorates the appearance of the sun through cloudy skies on 25 May 1810 during the first mass demonstration in favor of independence; the sun features are those of Inti, the Inca god of the sun

National Symbols

National Anthem

Lyrics music: Vicente LOPEZ y PLANES/Jose Blas PARERA

Note: adopted 1813; Vicente LOPEZ was inspired to write the anthem after watching a play about the 1810 May Revolution against Spain

National Heritage