Argentina Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: Argentine Republic

Type: republic

Capital: Buenos Aires

Political subdivisions: 22 provinces, 1 district (Federal Capital), and 1 territory

Legal system: mixture of US and West European legal systems; constitution adopted 1853 is in effect; legal education at University of Buenos Aires and other public and private universities; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

National holiday Independence Day, 25 May

Branches: executive (President, Vice President, Cabinet); legislative (National Congress—Senate, Chamber of Deputies); national judiciary

Government leaders: Raid ALFONS1N, President (since December 1983); Victor MARTINEZ, Vice President (since December 1983)

Elections: general elections held 30 October 1983; Senate elections scheduled for 1986

Political parties: operate under statute passed in 1983 that sets out criteria for participation in national elections; Radical Civic Union (UCR)—moderately left of center; Justicialist Party (JP)—Peronist umbrella political organization. Movement for Industrial Development (MID); Intransigent Party (PI); several provincial narties

Communists: some 70,000 members in various party organizations, including a small nucleus of activists

Other political or pressure groups: Peronist-dominated labor movement. General Confederation of Labor (Peronist-leaning association of small businessmen), Argentine Industrial Union (manufacturers’ association), Argentine Rural Society (large landowners’ association), business organizations, students, the Catholic Church

Member of: FAO, G-77, GATT, 1ADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAC, ICAO, IDA. 1DB— Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOOC, ISO, ITU, IWC—International W haling Commission, IWC—International Wheat Council, LAIA, NAM, OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO, WSG

NOTE: The information regarding Argentina on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Argentina 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Argentina 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.