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Chamber of Deputies of Buenos Aires Province
Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Coat of arms or logo
Type
TypeLower house of the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province
Leadership
PresidentEnrique Dichiara, UP
since 10 December 2023
Vice PresidentAlexis Guerrera, UP
since 10 December 2023
Structure
Seats92
Political groupsGovernment (36)
  •   UP (36)

Opposition (56)

Elections
Last election14 November 2021
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 Buenos Aires Province (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is the lower house of the Legislature of Buenos Aires Province, the largest and most populous of Argentina's provinces. It is made up of 92 deputies elected in eight multi-member constituencies known as Electoral Sections. The number of deputies 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.

As in the National Chamber of Deputies and most other provincial legislatures, elections to the Chamber are held every two years, so that half of its members are up in each election, making it a rare example of staggered elections used in a lower house.

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.

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:

President Party Term start Term end Section
Pascual Cappelleri UCR 10 December 1983 10 December 1987 Third
Luis Rodolfo Almar UCR 10 December 1987 10 December 1989 Second
Osvaldo Mércuri PJ 10 December 1989 10 December 1997 Second
Francisco José Ferro UCR–Alliance 10 December 1989 10 December 1997 Seventh
Alejandro Mosquera UCR–Alliance 10 December 1998 10 December 1999
Francisco José Ferro UCR–Alliance 10 December 1999 10 December 2000 Seventh
Aldo San Pedro PJ 10 December 2000 10 December 2001 Fourth
Osvaldo Mércuri PJ 10 December 2001 10 December 2005 Second
Ismael Passaglia FPV 10 December 2005 10 December 2007 Second
Horacio Ramiro González FPV 10 December 2007 10 December 2015 First
Jorge Sarghini FR–UNA 10 December 2015 10 December 2016 Capital
Manuel Mosca Cambiemos 10 December 2016 10 December 2019 Seventh
Federico Otermín FDT 10 December 2019 10 December 2023 Third
Enrique Dichiara UP 10 December 2023 incumbent Sixth

References

  1. "Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies Official Site". Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  2. "Historias". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  3. "Presidentes". Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  4. "Authorities of the Buenos Aires Province Chamber of Deputies". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-10-04.

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