The Buenos Aires City Legislature (, commonly known as the ) is the legislative power of the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is housed in the Legislature Palace (), an architectural landmark in the of Montserrat.
History
The internecine warfare between those who favored a united Argentina with a strong central government (Unitarios) and Buenos Aires Province leaders who favored an independent nation of their own (Federales) dominated local political life in the decades following the Wars of Independence and led to the 1880 Federalization of Buenos Aires. Pursuant to this new policy, in 1882 President Julio Roca signed National Law 1260, which created the presidential prerogative of the appointment of the Mayor of Buenos Aires, as well as a city council by way of compromise towards the put-upon local gentry.
The newly formed city council (Consejo Deliberante) originally included 30 Concejales elected via male suffrage (though this excluded the city's immigrants, which made up a majority of voting-age males at least as late as 1914). The body first met during the tenure of Mayor Torcuato de Alvear, with whom a precedent for a productive relationship was established by cooperating on an unprecedented urban planning a renewal agenda. The council's resolution in 1921 for new grounds befitting a governing body of what had become one of the world's most prosperous cities was likewise approved by the Mayor at the time, José Luis Cantilo. A lot to the southwest of the Plaza de Mayo was set aside for the new building's construction, and was inaugurated on October 3, 1931.
The 1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution led to the rescission of the President's right to appoint the Mayor of Buenos Aires, and with the election of Fernando de la Rúa as the city's first directly elected mayor on June 30, 1996, an assembly was chosen for the purpose of drafting a new municipal constitution. Approved on October 1, the document created a city legislature in lieu of the city council, and increased its membership to 60 (elected for four year terms via party-list voting, as outlined in the D'Hondt method, with half the seats at stake every two years).
Overview The body is led by the mayor's lieutenant, the Vice Chief of Government (Vicejefe de Gobierno), who acts as President of the Legislature. They are assisted by three Vice-Presidents and Parliamentary, Administrative and Coordinating Secretaries. Gabriela Michetti of the center-right Republican Proposal (PRO) party became the first disabled individual to occupy the post of President of the Legislature in 2007; she left this post ahead of the June 2009 legislative elections, where she won a seat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. The post is currently occupied by Vice Chief of Government Clara Muzzio of PRO.
Current composition The following legislature was elected in the 2021 and 2023 legislative elections.
Party Seats Group PresidentUnion for the Homeland 18 Juan Pablo ModarelliWe're Going for More 15 Darío Nieto La Libertad Avanza 9 Ramiro Marra UCR–Evolution 7 Manuela Thourte Public Trust 3 Graciela OcañaLiberal Republican Front 2 Marina KienastUnited Republicans 1 Yamil Santoro Socialist Party 1 Jessica Barreto Workers' Party–FIT-U 1 Gabriel Solano Socialist Workers' Party–FIT-U 1 Alejandrina Barry Socialist Left–FIT-U 1 Mercedes TrimarchiSource
List of legislators (2023–2025 term) Legislator Bloc Termstart Termend Integration and Development Movement 2023 2027 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Socialist Party 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 La Libertad Avanza 2023 2027 UCR–Evolution 2023 2027 Socialist Workers' Party - FIT-U 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 We're Going for More 2023 2027 Liberal Republican Commitment 2023 2027 We're Going for More 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 We're Going for More 2021 2025 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 We're Going for More 2023 2027 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 La Libertad Avanza 2023 2027 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 UCR–Evolution 2021 2025 We're Going for More 2023 2027 UCR–Evolution 2021 2025 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Public Trust 2021 2025 We're Going for More 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 Vacant UCR–Evolution 2023 2027 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 Public Trust 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 We're Going for More 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2022 2025 Public Trust 2023 2027 We're Going for More 2023 2027 UCR–Evolution 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 La Libertad Avanza 2023 2027 La Libertad Avanza 2023 2025 Integration and Development Movement 2023 2027 We're Going for More 2021 2025 We're Going for More 2021 2025 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 United Republicans 2023 2025 We're Going for More 2023 2027 Workers' Party - FIT-U 2021 2025 UCR–Evolution 2023 2027 UCR–Evolution 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 Socialist Left - FIT-U 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 Union for the Homeland 2023 2027 We're Going for More 2023 2027 Union for the Homeland 2021 2025 Source: legislatura.gov.ar
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Past legislatures 2021–2023 term Legislator Bloc Termstart Termend Frente de Todos 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 Socialist Party 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Socialist Workers' Party - FIT-U 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Federal Consensus 2019 2023 Socialist Party 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 United Republicans 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2021 2025 United Republicans 2021 2025 UCR–Evolution 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Socialist Workers' Party - FIT-U 2021 2023 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2021 2025 UCR–Evolution 2021 2025 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 UCR–Evolution 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2021 2025 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Workers' Party - FIT-U 2021 2025 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2021 2025 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2021 2025 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 La Libertad Avanza 2021 2025 Source: legislatura.gov.ar
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2019–2021 term Legislator Party – Bloc Termstart Termend GEN Party 2017 2021 Socialist Left - FIT-U 2020 2021 UCR–Evolution 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Socialist Party 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Socialist Workers' Party - FIT-U 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Socialist Workers' Party - FIT-U 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Federal Consensus 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Socialist Party 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 UCR–Evolution 2017 2021 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 UCR–Evolution 2018 2021 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Self-determination and Freedom 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 UCR–Evolution 2017 2021 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2017 2021 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2023 Workers' Party - FIT-U 2017 2020 Vamos Juntos 2018 2021 Vamos Juntos 2017 2021 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 Frente de Todos 2019 2021 Vamos Juntos 2019 2023 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023 UCR–Evolution 2019 2023
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See also
Chief of Government of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace
References
External links
Datasheet at Towerclocks.org