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= Political Systems of Argentina = Argentina's political system is formed on the standards of the representative democracy dominated by federal system. In this system, the governing body is partitioned into the state and central branches. The original form of the constitution estabalishing the government was formed in 1853. Therefore there are multiple parties in the political system.The most dominant parties in Argentina include the popular names of Radical Civic Union and the Justicialist party. besides these two parties there are many small size parties that are recognized in their respective limited areas.

The President is the head of the government and the state. The President has the executive power for a four-year period and has the power to designate the ministers that make up the cabinet.There are three branches of powers the Judiciary, Legislature and the Executive who all have independent functions. The presidents cabinet:
 * Chief of the Cabinet: //**[|Aníbal Fernández]**//
 * Minister of the Interior: //**[|Florencio Randazzo]**//
 * [|Minister of Foreign Relations] (mostly known as the [|//Chancellor//]): //**[|Jorge Taiana]**//
 * [|Minister of Defense]: //**[|Nilda Garré]**//
 * [|Minister of the Economy]: //**[|Amado Boudou]**//
 * Minister of Justice and Human Rights: //**[|Julio Alak]**//
 * Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security: //**[|Carlos Tomada]**//
 * Minister of Education: //**[|Alberto Sileoni]**//
 * Minister of Science, Technology and Innovative Production: //**[|Lino Barañao]**//
 * Minister of Health: //**[|Juan Luis Manzur]**//
 * Minister of Social Development: //**[|Alicia Kirchner]**//
 * Minister of Federal Planning and Public Utilities: //**[|Julio de Vido]**//
 * Minister of Production: //**[|Débora Giorgi]**//
 * Minister of Agriculture: //**[|Julián Domínguez]**//

The legislature is made of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The Chamber of Deputies makes up 257 seats while the Senate is comprised of 72 members. They occupy their positions for a time period of six years. Every gap of two years elections take place to appoint one third of the Senate and about half of the members that comprise the Chamber of Deputies.

The Judiciary Branch is composed of federal judges and others with different jurisdictions, and a Supreme court with nine members (one President, one Vice-President and seven Ministers). These positions are appointed by the President with approval of the Senate. Below are the current members of the Supreme Court:
 * President of the Supreme Court: Dr. [|Ricardo L. Lorenzetti]
 * Vice-President of the Supreme Court: Dra. [|Elena I. Highton de Nolasco]
 * Minister of the Court: Dr. [|Carlos S. Fayt]
 * Minister of the Court: Dr. [|Juan Carlos Maqueda]
 * Minister of the Court: Dr. [|Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni]
 * Minister of the Court: Dr. [|Enrique S. Petracchi]
 * Minister of the Court: Dra. [|Carmen Argibay]




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