Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Buenos Aires
Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Type
Type
Leadership
President of the Chamber
Jorge Sarghini, 
United for a New Alternative
Since 10 Dec 2015
Vice President of the Chamber
Manuel Mosca, 
Cambiemos
Majority Leader
José Ottavis, 
Front for Victory
Minority Leader
Maximiliano Abad, 
Cambiemos
Structure
Seats 92
Political groups
Elections
Last election
 22 October 2015
Meeting place
Legislative Palace of the Province of Buenos Aires
La Plata, Argentina
Website
http://www.hcdiputados-ba.gov.ar/

The Chamber of Deputies of the Province of Buenos Aires (Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is one of the two houses that form the Legislature of the Province of Buenos Aires. It has 92 seats, which must conform the results of each census conducted every 10 years, without being able to reduce the number of seats per district.[1]

One-half of the members are elected every two years to server for a period of four years by the people of each electoral section using the D'Hondt method.

The current President of the Chamber is Deputy Jorge Sarghini, elected to the post following the 2015 elections.[2]

The Chamber was established with the promulgation of the Constitution of the State of Buenos Aires, a short-lived secessionist state, in 1854. Its precursor, the Board of Representatives (Junta de Representantes) was established in 1820 as the province's first functioning legislative lower house. Originally located in the City of Buenos Aires, the provincial legislature was moved to La Plata following that city's establishment in 1882. The body meets in the Legislative Palace, designed by Hannover architects Gustav Heine and Georg Hagemann in 1883 and completed in 1888.[3]

Presidents of the Chamber

The President of the Chamber of Deputies is elected by the absolute majority of its members. The officeholders for this post since 1983 have been:[4]

TermOfficeholderParty
1983–1987Pascual Capalleri Radical Civic Union
1987–1989Luis Rodolfo Almar Justicialist Party
1989–1997Osvaldo Mércuri Justicialist Party
1997–1998Francisco José Ferro Radical Civic Union
1998–1999Alejandro Mosquera Radical Civic Union
1999–2000 Francisco José Ferro Radical Civic Union
2000–2001 Aldo San Pedro Justicialist Party
2001–2005 Osvaldo Mércuri Justicialist Party
2005–2007 Ismael Pasaglia Front for Victory
2007–2015 Horacio Ramiro González Front for Victory
2005to date Jorge Sarghini [2] United for a New Alternative

Composition by party blocs[5]

PartySeats
Front for Victory 36
cambiemos 28
United for a New Alternative 20
Broad Progressive Front 4
Justicialismo Bonarense 2
Workers' Left Front 1
Unión Popular 1

References

  1. ↑ Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies Official Site
  2. 1 2 Authorities of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies
  3. ↑ "Historias". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
  4. ↑ "Presidentes". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
  5. ↑ "Bloques". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

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