Government of Argentina The government of Argentina, functioning
within the framework of a federal system, is a presidential
representative democratic republic. The President of Argentina
is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is
exercised by the President. Legislative power is vested in both
the Executive and the National Congress. The Judiciary is
independent from the Executive and from the Legislature.
Executive Branch  The current composition of the Executive
Branch includes only the Head of State and Head of Government
President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, formally
given the power over the Administration to follow through with
the interests of the Nation. The President is also the Commander
in Chief of the Argentine Armed Forces. The President and the
Vice President are elected through universal suffrage by the
nation considered as a whole. The Constitutional reform of 1994
introduced a two-round system by which the winning President-
Vice President ticket has to re