The Chamber of Deputies of Chaco Province ( es, Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia del Chaco), also widely known as the Legislative Power (''Poder Legislativo''), is the

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Chaco Province Chaco (; Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( es, provincia del Chaco ), is one of the 23 provinces in Argentina. Its capital and largest city, is Resistencia. It is located in the north-east of the country. It is borde ...

, in

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. It convenes in the provincial capital, Resistencia. It comprises 32 legislators elected in a single multi-member province-wide district through

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. Members are elected by halves in

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for four-year terms every two years. Unlike most other provincial legislatures in Argentina, the Chamber of Deputies of Chaco is not presided by the provincial

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. Instead, the chamber counts with its own presiding officer, elected from among its members. Since 2021, the president of the Chamber has been Lidia Cuesta, of the

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History

The legislative power of Chaco was established upon the adoption of the province's first constitution in 1951, the same year the National Territory of Chaco became a

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, under the name of "

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Province". The first Legislature of Juan Perón Province convened in 1952. Under the first electoral system employed by this legislature, half of its members were directly elected through universal suffrage, while the remaining half was selected by corporate associations. The legislature operated until September 1955, when a

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intervened all democratic institutions in the country and banned

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, changing the province's name back to Chaco. A second constitutional assembly was called upon by the new regime in 1957, with no participation from the

. That year, a new constitution was adopted by the province. The 1957 Constitution remains in place, having most recently been amended in 1994.

Commissions

The Chamber of Deputies presently counts with five permanent commissions: constitutional affairs, general legislation, justice and security, budgets and finances, public works and services, and labour legislation, pensions and social security.

References

External links

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Constitution of Chaco Province
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