The Senate of Buenos Aires Province (Spanish: Senado de la provincia de Buenos Aires) is the upper house of the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province, the largest and most populous of Argentina's provinces. It comprises 43 members elected in eight multi-member constituencies known as Electoral Sections. The number of senators that correspond to each of the electoral sections is proportional to their population, as observed in the results of every nationwide census conducted in Argentina every 10 years. Seats may only be added to adjust the proportionality of each section, but never reduced.[1]
As in the National Chamber of Deputies and most other provincial legislatures, elections to the Senate are held every two years, so that half of its members are up in each election. The same system is employed in the provincial Chamber of Deputies.[2]
The Senate was established with the promulgation of the Constitution of the State of Buenos Aires, a short-lived secessionist state, in 1854. 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]
List of presidents of the Senate
The Senate is chaired by the vice governor of the province, who is elected alongside the governor every four years. The Vice Governor may only cast tie-breaking votes (according to article 93 of the provincial constitution).[4] The following is a list of vice governors of Buenos Aires since the return of democracy in 1983.
| President | Party | Term start | Term end | Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elva Roulet | UCR | 10 December 1983 | 10 December 1987 | Alejandro Armendáriz | |
| Luis María Macaya | PJ–FR | 10 December 1987 | 10 December 1991 | Antonio Cafiero | |
| Rafael Romá | PJ | 10 December 1991 | 10 December 1999 | Eduardo Duhalde | |
| Felipe Solá | PJ | 10 December 1999 | 3 January 2002 | Carlos Ruckauf | |
| Alejandro Corvatta | PJ | 3 January 2002 | 10 December 2003 | Felipe Solá | |
| Graciela Giannettasio | PJ–FPV | 10 December 2003 | 10 December 2007 | ||
| Alberto Balestrini | PJ–FPV | 10 December 2007 | 7 April 2010 | Daniel Scioli | |
| Gabriel Mariotto | PJ–FPV | 7 April 2010 | 10 December 2015 | ||
| Daniel Salvador | UCR–C | 10 December 2015 | 10 December 2019 | María Eugenia Vidal | |
| Verónica Magario | PJ–UP | 10 December 2019 | incumbent | Axel Kicillof | |
References
- ^ "Ley N° 5.109". Normas | Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies Official Site". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
- ^ "Historias". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
- ^ "Constitución de la Provincia de Buenos Aires". InfoLeg (in Spanish). 1994. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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