List of presidents of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies

President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
Presidente de la Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación Argentina
Logo of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent Martín Menem since 10 December 2023
Term length	One year, renewable
Inaugural holder	José Graña[1]
Formation	Argentine Constitution of 1853
Deputy	Cecilia Moreau, First Vice President
Website	Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación

The president of the Honourable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation (Spanish: Presidente de la Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación Argentina), commonly known simply as the president of the Chamber of Deputies, is the presiding officer of the lower house of the National Congress of Argentina, customarily a member of the governing party.

The president is an elected member of the Chamber who is chosen by his or her fellow deputies at the outset of each legislative year, which per governing statutes established in 1996, takes place during the first ten days of December. Three vice presidents deputise the president, and they are typically elected from minority blocs in the Chamber.[2]

In the country's order of succession, the president of the Chamber of Deputies is third in line should the president of Argentina die, resign, or be otherwise incapacitated, after the vice president and the provisional president of the Senate.[3] In all of Argentina's history, only two presidents of the Chamber have ever assumed executive powers in interim fashion: Raúl Lastiri in 1973, and Eduardo Camaño in 2001.[4]

List of presidents

President	Party		Term start	Term end
José Graña		Unitarian Party	17 October 1854	10 May 1856
Baltazar Sánchez		Unitarian Party	10 May 1856	9 May 1857
Juan José Álvarez		Unitarian Party	9 May 1857	7 May 1858
Mateo Luque		Federalist Party	7 May 1858	5 May 1860
Eusebio Ocampo		Federalist Party	5 May 1860	4 April 1861
José García Isasa		Federalist Party	4 April 1861	24 May 1862
Pastor Obligado		Autonomist Party	24 May 1862	27 April 1863
José Evaristo Uriburu		Autonomist Party	27 April 1863	4 May 1864
Arístides Villanueva		Autonomist Party	4 May 1864	30 April 1865
José Evaristo Uriburu		Autonomist Party	30 April 1865	15 May 1868
Mariano Acosta		Autonomist Party	15 May 1868	4 May 1869
Manuel Quintana		Autonomist Party	4 May 1869	5 May 1870
Mariano Acosta		Autonomist Party	5 May 1870	29 April 1872
Octavio Garrigós		Autonomist Party	29 April 1872	4 May 1874
Luis Sáenz Peña		National Autonomist Party	4 May 1874	5 May 1875
Bernardo de Irigoyen		National Autonomist Party	4 May 1875	5 May 1876
Félix Frías		National Autonomist Party	4 May 1876	1 May 1879
Manuel Quintana		National Autonomist Party	1 May 1879	3 May 1881
Vicente Peralta		National Autonomist Party	3 May 1881	28 April 1882
Tristán Achával		National Autonomist Party	28 April 1882	30 April 1883
Miguel Navarro		National Autonomist Party	30 April 1883	29 April 1884
Rafael Ruiz		National Autonomist Party	29 April 1884	26 April 1886
Juan Serú		National Autonomist Party	26 April 1886	4 May 1887
Estanislao Zeballos		National Autonomist Party	4 May 1887	1 May 1888
Carlos Tagle		National Autonomist Party	1 May 1888	4 May 1889
Tristán Malbrán		National Autonomist Party	4 May 1889	28 April 1890
Benjamín Zorrilla		National Autonomist Party	28 April 1890	1 May 1893
Francisco García		National Autonomist Party	1 May 1893	26 April 1894
Francisco Alcobendas		National Autonomist Party	26 April 1894	27 April 1896
Marco Aurelio Avellaneda		National Autonomist Party	27 April 1896	15 June 1901
Benito Villanueva		National Autonomist Party	15 June 1901	26 April 1904
Benjamín Victorica		National Autonomist Party	26 April 1904	28 April 1905
Ángel Sastre		National Autonomist Party	28 April 1905	26 April 1906
Alejandro Carbó		National Autonomist Party	26 April 1906	29 April 1907
Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rosas		National Autonomist Party	29 April 1907	1 May 1908
Eliseo Cantón		National Autonomist Party	1 May 1908	13 May 1912
Rosendo Fraga		National Autonomist Party	13 May 1912	25 April 1914
Marco Aurelio Avellaneda		National Autonomist Party	25 April 1914	1 May 1915
Alejandro Carbó		National Autonomist Party	1 May 1915	12 January 1916
Mariano Demaría		National Autonomist Party	12 January 1916	10 April 1918
Fernando Saguier		Radical Civic Union	10 April 1918	8 January 1919
Arturo Goyeneche		Radical Civic Union	8 January 1919	26 April 1922
Ricardo Pereyra		Radical Civic Union	26 April 1922	10 April 1924
Mario Guido		Radical Civic Union	10 April 1924	6 April 1926
Miguel Sussini		Antipersonalist UCR	6 April 1926	21 May 1928
Andrés Ferreyra		Radical Civic Union	21 May 1928	6 September 1930
Congress closed during the dictatorship of José Félix Uriburu (1930–1932)
Juan Cafferata		National Democratic Party	20 January 1932	10 April 1934
Manuel Fresco		National Democratic Party	10 April 1934	25 April 1936
Carlos Noel		Radical Civic Union	25 April 1936	26 April 1938
Juan Gaudencio Kaiser		National Democratic Party	26 April 1938	26 April 1940
Carlos Noel		Radical Civic Union	26 April 1940	3 January 1941
José Luis Cantilo		Radical Civic Union	3 January 1941	5 June 1943
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución del 43 (1943–1946)
Ricardo Guardo		Peronist Party	26 April 1946	26 April 1948
Héctor Cámpora		Peronist Party	26 April 1948	25 April 1953
Antonio J. Benítez		Peronist Party	23 April 1953	27 July 1955
Alberto Rocamora		Peronist Party	27 July 1955	23 September 1955
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución Libertadora (1955–1958)
Federico Fernández de Monjardín		Intransigent UCR	31 March 1958	29 March 1962
Arturo Mor Roig		Radical Civic Union	12 August 1963	28 June 1966
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución Argentina (1966–1973)
Raúl Lastiri		Justicialist Party	7 May 1973	7 July 1975
Nicasio Sánchez Toranzo		Justicialist Party	7 July 1975	24 March 1976
Congress closed during the dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983)
Juan Carlos Pugliese		Radical Civic Union	29 November 1983	3 April 1989
Leopoldo Moreau		Radical Civic Union	26 April 1989	6 July 1989
Alberto Pierri		Justicialist Party	6 July 1989	1 December 1999
Rafael Pascual		Radical Civic Union	1 December 1999	5 December 2001
Eduardo Camaño		Justicialist Party	5 December 2001	6 December 2005
Alberto Balestrini		Justicialist Party–FPV	6 December 2005	12 December 2007
Eduardo Fellner		Justicialist Party–FPV	12 December 2007	6 December 2011
Julián Domínguez		Justicialist Party–FPV	6 December 2011	4 December 2015
Emilio Monzó		PRO–Cambiemos	4 December 2015	10 December 2019
Sergio Massa		Renewal Front–FdT	10 December 2019	3 August 2022
Cecilia Moreau		Renewal Front–FdT	3 August 2022	10 December 2023
Martín Menem		UCEDE–LLA	10 December 2023	incumbent

References

1. "Sesiones Preparatorias: Autoridades" (PDF). Cámara de Diputados de la Nación.
2. "Reglamento de la Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación. Capítulo 1, Artículo 2: Sesiones Preparatorias".
3. "ACEFALIA PRESIDENCIAL Ley 25.716". infoleg.gob.ar (in Spanish). 7 January 2003. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
4. Ancarola, Gerardo (17 May 2007). "Cuando la historia se repite". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2022.

External links

• Official website of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish)