The Republic of Argentina is organized as a federal republic. The country is divided into provinces, in turn divided into municipalities, each with its own government. At both, the federal, the provincial and the municipal level, the members of the Executive and the Legislative Branch are elected through general elections.

There is a Federal Constitution and each province enacts its own provincial constitution. According to the Federal Constitution, each province shall have its own constitution under the republican system in accordance with the principles, representations and guarantees provided for in the Federal Constitution.

The structure of the Federal Government is divided into: the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch (Congress) and the Judicial Branch.

The Executive Branch is formed by the President. Although there is a Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Argentine political system is strongly based on the President’s powers.

The Argentine Constitution sets forth that -among other duties- the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers has the following responsibilities: to provide for the collection of the Argentine income and to execute the federal budget, to attend the Congress sessions and to take part in the debates.

The provinces have the same organizational structure as the Federal Government, i.e., an Executive, a Legislative and a Judicial Branch. Although the Republic of Argentina has a federal regime where the provinces are self-regulatory entities, the powers of the Federal Government are particularly broad.