Buenos Aires City Legislature

Legislative power of Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires City Legislature

Legislatura de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Type
Type|

Unicameral

Term limits

| 4 years
History
Founded| 1996; 27 years ago (1996)
Leadership

President

vacant
since 22 July 2021

1st Vice-President

Emanuel Ferrario, Vamos Juntos
since 10 December 2021

2nd Vice President

Martín Ocampo, UCR–Evolution
since 10 December 2021

3rd Vice President

Roy Cortina, Socialist Party
since 10 December 2015

Structure
Seats| 60 deputies

Political groups

| Government (32)

* Vamos Juntos (20)
* UCR–Evolution (8)
* United Republicans (2)
* Socialist Party (2)

Opposition (28)

* Frente de Todos (19)
* La Libertad Avanza (5)
* Workers' Party \- FIT-U (2)
* Socialist Workers' Party \- FIT-U (1)
* Federal Consensus (1)

Elections

Last election

| 14 November 2021

Next election

| 2023
Meeting place
Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace
Website
legislatura.gov.ar

The Buenos Aires City Legislature (Spanish: Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, commonly known as the Legislatura Porteña) is a central part of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is housed in the Legislature Palace (Spanish: Palacio de la Legislatura), an architectural landmark in the barrio of Montserrat.

## History[edit]

The legislative chamber.

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[edit]

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 Diego Santilli of PRO.[1]

## Current composition[edit]

The body is composed of 23 committees, and the 60 legislators belong to 16 parties (a number of which form part of coalitions).[2]

The largest party currently seating in the Legislature is Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta's Vamos Juntos (JxC) with 26 seats, joined in 2019 by Martin Lousteau's Evolution and Roy Cortina's Socialist Party, adding 9 and 2 seats respectively for a total of 37 deputies under the Juntos por el Cambio banner. The largest opposition block is Matías Lammens's Frente de Todos with 17 seats, followed by the Workers' Left Front (FIT) with 3 seats. The single-member blocks of Roberto Lavagna's Federal Consensus Luis Zamora's Self-determination and Freedom, (AyL) and Margarita Stolbizer's Generation for a National Encounter complete the 60 seats.[3]

### Represented political groups[edit]

Party  | Seats  | Group President

|
|

| Vamos Juntos | 20 | Diego García de García Vilas
| Frente de Todos | 19 | Claudio Ferreño
| UCR–Evolution | 8 | Marcelo Guouman
| La Libertad Avanza | 5 | Ramiro Marra
| Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 2 | Gabriel Solano
| United Republicans | 2 | Roberto García Moritán
| Socialist Party | 2 | Roy Cortina
| Socialist Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 1 | Alejandrina Barry
| Federal Consensus | 1 | Eugenio Casielles
Source (last update: 11 December 2021)

### List of current legislators (2021–2023 term)[edit]

Legislator  | Bloc  | Term
start  | Term
end

|
|
|

Amor Alejandro |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
Andrade Javier |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Arenaza Juan Pablo |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Barreto Jessica Soledad |  | Socialist Party | 2021  | 2025
Barroetaveña Matías |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Barry Alejandrina |  | Socialist Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 2021  | 2025
Bielli María |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Bou Peréz Ana María |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Cámpora Lucía |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Casielles Eugenio |  | Federal Consensus | 2019  | 2023
Cortina Robert Vincent "Roy" |  | Socialist Party | 2019  | 2023
Daer María Magdalena |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
de las Casas Mercedes |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
del Gaiso Juan Facundo |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
del Sol Daniel Eduardo |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Estebarena Carolina |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Fernández Ofelia |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Ferrario Emmanuel |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Ferreño Claudio |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Ferrero María Cecilia |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Fidel Natalia |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Fleitas Rebeca |  | La Libertad Avanza | 2021  | 2025
García de García Vilas Diego |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
García Moritán Roberto |  | United Republicans | 2021  | 2025
Garrido Esteban |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
González Estevarena María Luisa |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Guouman Marcelo Alejandro |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Iañez Berenice Lía |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
Kienast Marina |  | United Republicans | 2021  | 2025
Lapeña Lucío Damián |  | UCR–Evolution | 2021  | 2025
López Matías Damián |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Marra Ramiro |  | La Libertad Avanza | 2021  | 2025
Martín Amanda |  | Socialist Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 2021[a] | 2023
Méndez María Sol |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Michielotto Paola Vanesa |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Modarelli Juan Pablo |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
Mola Gustavo Alejandro |  | UCR–Evolution | 2021  | 2025
Montenegro Lucía |  | La Libertad Avanza | 2021  | 2025
Montenegro Victoria |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
Morresi Claudio Abel |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Neira Claudia |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Nieto Darío |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Ocampo Martín |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Parry María Inés |  | UCR–Evolution | 2021  | 2025
Reyes Hernán Leandro |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Romano Lucía Noelía |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Romero Claudio Ariel |  | Vamos Juntos | 2021  | 2025
Saifert Leonardo |  | La Libertad Avanza | 2021  | 2025
Segura Rattagan Cecilia |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Socías Manuel Salvador |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Solano Gabriel |  | Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 2021  | 2025
Thourte Manuela |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Tiesso María Magdalena |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
Váldez Juan Manuel |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
Velasco Laura |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Villafruela Gimena |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Vischi María Patricia |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Vitali Amado Franco Antonio |  | Frente de Todos | 2021  | 2025
Weck Diego Ariel |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Zago Oscar |  | La Libertad Avanza | 2021  | 2025
Source: legislatura.gov.ar (last update: 17 December 2021)

Notes

1. ^ Since 3 March 2021. Replaced Alejandrina Barry following her resignation on 3 March 2021.

## Past legislatures[edit]

### 2019–2021 term[edit]

Legislator  | Party – Bloc  | Term
start  | Term
end

|
|
|

Abrevaya Sergio |  | GEN Party | 2017  | 2021
Almeida Pablo Fernando |  | Socialist Left \- FIT-U | 2020[a] | 2021
Álvarez Palma Ariel |  | UCR–Evolution | 2017  | 2021
Andrade Javier |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Apreda Héctor Jorge |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Arce Hernán Ariel |  | Socialist Party | 2017  | 2021
Barroetaveña Matías |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Barry Alejandrina |  | Socialist Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 2019  | 2023
Bielli María |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Blanchetiere Gastón |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Bou Pérez Ana María |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Bregman Myriam |  | Socialist Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 2017  | 2021
Cámpora Lucía |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Casielles Eugenio |  | Federal Consensus | 2019  | 2023
Cingolani Claudio Gabriel |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Cortina Robert Vincent "Roy" |  | Socialist Party | 2019  | 2023
De Las Casas Mercedes |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Del Gaiso Juan Facundo |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Del Sol Daniel Eduardo |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Estebarena Carolina |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Fernández Ofelia |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Ferreño Claudio Américo |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Ferrero María Cecilia |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Fidel Natalia |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Forchieri Agustín |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
García de Aurteneche Cristina |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
García de García Vilas Diego Mariano |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Garrido Esteban |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
González Velasco Laura |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
González Estevarena María Luisa |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
González Heredia Guillermo |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Gorbea María Inés |  | UCR–Evolution | 2017  | 2021
Guouman Marcelo Alejandro |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Halperin Leandro |  | UCR–Evolution | 2018[b] | 2021
López Matías Damían |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Martínez Marta Jacqueline |  | Self-determination and Freedom | 2017  | 2021
Méndez María Sol |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Michielotto Paola Vanesa |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Montenegro Victoria |  | Frente de Todos | 2017  | 2021
Morresi Claudio Alberto |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Muiños María Rosa |  | Frente de Todos | 2017  | 2021
Neira Claudia |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Nosiglia Juan Francisco |  | UCR–Evolution | 2017  | 2021
Ocampo Martín |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Pokoik García Lorena Iris |  | Frente de Todos | 2017  | 2021
Reyes Hernán |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Roberto Santiago Luis |  | Frente de Todos | 2017  | 2021
Roldán Méndez Victoria Inés |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Romano Lucía |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Romero Claudio Ariel |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Santoro Leandro |  | Frente de Todos | 2017  | 2021
Segura Rattagan Cecilia |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Socías Manuel Salvador |  | Frente de Todos | 2019  | 2023
Solano Gabriel |  | Workers' Party \- FIT-U | 2017  | 2020[c]
Straface Gonzalo Martín |  | Vamos Juntos | 2018[d] | 2021
Suárez Guillermo Pablo |  | Vamos Juntos | 2017  | 2021
Thourte Manuela |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Valdés Juan Manuel |  | Frente de Todos | 2019[e] | 2021
Villafruela Gimena |  | Vamos Juntos | 2019  | 2023
Vischi María Patricia |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023
Weck Diego |  | UCR–Evolution | 2019  | 2023

Notes

1. ^ Since 10 December 2020. Replaced Gabriel Solano following his resignation on 10 December 2020.[4]
2. ^ Since 15 March 2018. Replaced Débora Pérez Volpin after her death on 6 February 2018.[5]
3. ^ Resigned on 10 December 2020, replaced by Pablo Almeida.[4]
4. ^ Since 5 July 2018. Replaced Andy Freire following his resignation on 1 July 2018.[6]
5. ^ Since 9 December 2019. Replaced Mariano Recalde following his resignation on 4 December 2020.[7]

## See also[edit]

* Argentina portal

* Chief of Government of Buenos Aires
* Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Horacio Rodríguez Larreta y Diego Santilli juraron ante la Legislatura". puraciudad.com (in Spanish). 9 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
2. ^ Palese, Gonzalo (29 October 2019). "La nueva Legislatura porteña: Larreta y el peronismo, con el desafío de un". Letra P (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. ^ Moreno, Matías (4 December 2019). "La nueva Legislatura porteña: Larreta y el peronismo, con el desafío de un". La Nación.
4. ^ a b "Gabriel Solano renunció a su banca en la Legislatura porteña". Parlamentario (in Spanish). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
5. ^ "Un dirigente radical asumió la banca de Débora Pérez Volpin en la Legislatura porteña". Infobae (in Spanish). 15 March 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
6. ^ "Gonzalo Straface asumió en reemplazo de Andy Freire". Letra P (in Spanish). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
7. ^ "Tras la salida de Recalde, asumió Valdés en la Legislatura". Letra P (in Spanish). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

## External links[edit]

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