Government of Santa Fe Province

Government of Santa Fe Province

Government House in the City of Santa Fe.
Formation	May 10, 1816 (1816-05-10)
Website	santafe.gov.ar
Legislative branch
Legislature	Legislature of Santa Fe
Meeting place	Legislature Building
Executive branch
Governor	Governor of Santa Fe Province
Appointer	Election

The government of Santa Fe Province, headquartered at Government House in Santa Fe, Argentina, is the executive branch. The executive branch is headed by the governor, who is elected every four years in free, secret, and mandatory elections, for a four-year term, without immediate reelection.

History

Despite two significant events—the creation of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776 and, later, the May Revolution in 1810—the province of Santa Fe remained dependent on Buenos Aires under the Governorship System until 1815, when the province finally appointed its own governor, Francisco Candioti, after a long struggle for autonomy.

In 1819, Estanislao López granted the province its first constitution, making it the first Argentine province to have its own constitution. Later, in 1851, Santa Fe was invaded by Justo José de Urquiza's Grand Army, and two years later, during Juan Pablo López's presidency, a new National Constitution was adopted.

Following the National Organization, the province of Santa Fe experienced a period of relative harmony, interrupted only by intense electoral contests between the two main political factions: the Federalists, followers of Urquiza, and the Nationalists, or Liberals, followers of Mitre.

Following the enactment of a law in 1883, the number of departments in the province was increased to nine, and seven years later this number was multiplied to eighteen.

Currently, Santa Fe is divided into 19 departments. Other laws established the interprovincial boundaries that fully defined the borders and allowed for the expansion of Santa Fe's territory, as we know it today.

Separation of powers

As dictated by its constitution, and following the guidelines of the nation, Santa Fe Province is divided into three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.

Legislative Power

The Legislative Power of the province is exercised by the Legislature, composed of two Chambers: the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

• The Senate: The Senate is composed of one senator for each department of the province, elected directly by the people by simple plurality of votes.
• The Chamber of Deputies: The Chamber of Deputies is composed of 50 members elected directly by the people, with 28 seats corresponding to the party that obtains the highest number of votes and 22 to the other parties, in proportion to the votes obtained.

Deputies and senators serve four-year terms and may be re-elected. Their term of office begins and ends simultaneously with that of the governor and the vice-governor.

Judicial Branch

The Judicial branch of the province is exercised exclusively by a Supreme Court of Justice, appellate courts, trial courts, and other courts and judges established by law.

The Supreme Court of Justice is composed of at least five justices and an attorney general. The appellate courts are composed of no fewer than three judges and, where applicable, may be divided into chambers.

Constitution

With the approval of the Argentine Constitution on May 1, 1853, each province had to abandon its own constitution and draft a new one in accordance with the national constitution. The Provincial Constituent Assembly issued its provincial constitution on May 25, 1856. It was sent to the Federal Congress, which approved it with minor modifications in August of the same year, as did the Constituent Assembly of Santa Fe on August 22. On August 24, 1856, it was sworn to by López and all the inhabitants of the four departments of Santa Fe.

The current provincial constitution dates back to 1962, and its preamble reads as follows:

"We, the representatives of the people of the Santa Fe Province, assembled in Constitutional Convention for the purpose of organizing the public powers and consolidating democratic and republican institutions to ensure fundamental human rights; maintain internal peace; strengthen justice; encourage and dignify labor; provide for education and culture; foster social cooperation and solidarity; promote the general welfare; drive economic development under the banner of social justice; affirm the validity of federalism and the municipal system; and guarantee at all times the blessings of liberty for all inhabitants of the Province, invoking the protection of God, source of all reason and justice, enact this Constitution."

– Preamble to the Constitution of Santa Fe Province

Current authorities

Governor

Maximiliano Pullaro

Vice-governor

Vacant

Cabinet

Ministries of the Government of Maximiliano Pullaro
Office	Holder	Period
Ministry of Economy	Pablo Olivares	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Education	José Goity	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Government and Public Innovation	Fabián Bastía	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Justice and Security	Pablo Cococcioni	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Public Works	Lisandro Enrico	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Health	Silvia Ciancio	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Productive Development	Gustavo Puccini	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Equality and Human Development	María Victoria Tejeda	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security	Roald Báscolo	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Environment and Climate Change	Enrique Eloy Estévez	December 10, 2023 – in office
Ministry of Culture	Susana Estela Rueda	December 10, 2023 – in office

External links

• Official website of the government

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