List of provisional presidents of the Argentine Senate

Provisional President of the Argentine Senate
Presidente Provisional del Honorable Senado de la Nación
since 13 December 2023
Term lengthOne year, renewable
Inaugural holderJosé Acevedo[1]
FormationArgentine Constitution of 1853
DeputyJuan Carlos Marino, First Vice President
WebsiteHonorable Senado de la Nación

The provisional president of the Senate of the Argentine Nation (Spanish: Presidente provisional del Senado de la Nación Argentina), commonly known as the provisional president, is the highest-ranking official in the Argentine Senate, the upper chamber of the National Congress of Argentina barring the presence of the titular president of the Senate, the vice president of Argentina.

The provisional president of the Senate is second in the line of succession to the presidency in Argentina. At the outset of each legislative year, which per governing statutes takes place during the first ten days of December, the members of the Senate elects the provisional president. Minority parties in the chamber elect three vice presidents.[2]

List of provisional presidents

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President Party Term start Term end
José Acevedo Unitarian Party 1855 1856
Tomás Guido Unitarian Party 1856 1858
Mariano Fragueiro Unitarian Party 1858 1858
Pascual Echagüe Federalist Party 1858 1859
Manuel Leiva Unitarian Party 1859 1860
Pascual Echagüe Federalist Party 1860 1861
Nicolás Calvo Federalist Party 1861 1862
Marcos Paz Unitarian Party 1862 1862
Valentín Alsina Unitarian Party 1862 1864
Pedro Ferré Federalist Party 1864 1865
Valentín Alsina Unitarian Party 1865 1869
Salustiano Zavalía Unitarian Party 1869 1870
Manuel Quintana Autonomist Party 1870 1875
Wenceslao Díaz Colodrero National Autonomist Party 1875 1876
Dardo Rocha National Autonomist Party 1876 1878
Benjamín Paz National Autonomist Party 1878 1880
Aristóbulo del Valle National Autonomist Party 1880 1881
Benjamín Paz National Autonomist Party 1881 1883
Antonino Cambaceres National Autonomist Party 1883 1889
Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party 1889 1890
Manuel Derqui National Autonomist Party 1890 1891
Miguel Nougués National Autonomist Party 1891 1892
Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party 1892 1892
Mariano Varela National Autonomist Party 1892 1893
José Gálvez National Autonomist Party 1893 1894
Leonidas Echagüe National Autonomist Party 1894 1895
Julio Argentino Roca National Autonomist Party 1895 1898
Bartolomé Mitre National Autonomist Party 1898 1902
José Evaristo Uriburu National Autonomist Party 1902 1905
Félix Uriburu National Autonomist Party 1905 1906
Benito Villanueva National Autonomist Party 1906 1908
José Evaristo Uriburu National Autonomist Party 1908 1909
Benito Villanueva National Autonomist Party 1909 1910
Domingo Pérez National Autonomist Party 1910 1910
Antonio del Pino National Autonomist Party 1910 1911
Benito Villanueva National Autonomist Party 1911 1922
Leopoldo Melo Antipersonalist UCR 1922 1928
Luis Etchevehere Antipersonalist UCR 1928 1930
Congress closed during the dictatorship of José Félix Uriburu (1930–1932)
Robustiano Patrón Costas National Democratic Party 1932 1943
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución del 43 (1943–1946)
Ernesto Bavio Radical Civic Union 1946 1947
Alberto Teisaire Peronist Party 1947 1953
Alberto Iturbe Peronist Party 1953 1954
Ramón Albariño Peronist Party 1954 1955
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución Libertadora (1955–1958)
José María Guido Intransigent UCR 31 March 1958 30 March 1962
Eduardo Gamond People's UCR 12 August 1963 28 June 1966
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución Argentina (1966–1973)
Alejandro Díaz Bialet Justicialist Party 3 May 1973 13 July 1973
José Antonio Allende Christian Democratic Party 13 July 1973 25 April 1975
Ítalo Lúder Justicialist Party 8 July 1975 24 March 1976
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983)
Edison Otero Radical Civic Union 29 November 1983 31 May 1989
Eduardo Menem Justicialist Party 31 May 1989 1 December 1999
José Genoud Radical Civic Union 1 December 1999 9 October 2000
Mario Losada Radical Civic Union 11 October 2000 10 December 2001
Ramón Puerta Justicialist Party 10 December 2001 30 December 2001
Juan Carlos Maqueda Justicialist Party 4 January 2002 27 December 2002
José Luis Gioja Justicialist Party 27 December 2002 4 December 2003
Marcelo Guinle Justicialist PartyFPV 4 December 2003 22 February 2006
José Pampuro Justicialist PartyFPV 22 February 2006 30 November 2011
Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich Justicialist PartyFPV 30 November 2011 28 February 28, 2014
Gerardo Zamora Civic Front for Santiago 28 February 2014 3 December 2015
Federico Pinedo PROCambiemos 3 December 2015 10 December 2019
Claudia Ledesma Abdala Justicialist PartyFdT 10 December 2019 10 December 2023
Bartolomé Abdala Libertarian PartyLLA 13 December 2023 Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ Nueva Historia de la Nación Argentina. Volúmen 10. Academia Nacional de la Historia Argentina. 2003. p. 339.
  2. ^ "Información sobre el Poder Legislativo". Cámara de Senadores de la Nación. Archived from the original on 2011-09-02.
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