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The 'Argentine Senate' is the upper house of parliament in Argentina. It has 72 senators: three for each province and three for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Senators are elected by direct election on a provincial basis, with the party with the most votes being awarded two of the province's senate seats and the second-place party receiving the third seat. Currently one-third of the members are elected every two years to a six-year term: in other words, one-third of the provinces hold senatorial elections every two years. There are no restrictions on repeated reelection.
The Senate is presided over by the Vice-President of the Republic, who has the casting vote in the event of ties.

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Requirements

Composition

Leading senators

2005 election

See also

External link

Requirements

According to Section 55 of the Argentine Constitution, candidates for the Argentine Senate must

★ be at least 30 years old

★ have been a citizen of Argentina for six years

★ be native to the province of his office, or have been a resident of that province for two years.

Composition

:''See List of current members of the Argentine Senate

'Senate of Argentina' (as of 2006)
Party blocs	Seats	Party blocs	Seats
PJ Front for Victory	40	Radical Civic Union	14
PJ Justicialist Front	3	Civic and Social Front of Catamarca	2
Neuquino People's Movement	2	Republican Force Tucumán	2
FrePaSo - Party of Victory	1	Alliance New Front	1
Alliance Union of Cordoba	1	New Party Corrientes	1
Front of Jujuy	1	PJ Federalism and Freedom	1
Salta Renewal Party	1	Alliance Front of Production and Labour	1
Socialist Party	1
''72 members''

Leading senators

The Senate is presided over by the Vice-President of the country, currently Daniel Scioli. Day to day leadership of the Senate is made by the 'Provisional President', who has been Front for Victory (FPV) Senator José Pampuro since 2006.
Other positions include:

★ Senate Vice-President - Sen. Marcelo López Arias (FPV)

★ First Vice-President - Sen. Mirian Curletti (UCR)

★ Second Vice-President - Sen. Ricardo Gomez Diez (PRS)

★ Administrative Secretary - Carlos Machiaroli

★ Parliamentary Secretary - Juan Estrada

★ Leader of the PJ Front for Victory block - Sen. Miguel Ángel Pichetto

★ Leader of the UCR block - Sen. Ernesto Sanz

2005 election

See also

★ Argentine Chamber of Deputies

External link

★ senado.gov.ar – Senate of Argentina