President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies

The President of the Honourable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation (), 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.

He is after the Vice President and the provisional President of the Senate in the line of succession to the President of Argentina, in case of temporary impediment or vacancy, according to the Constitution of the Argentine Nation, in its article 88, and the Presidential Acephaly Law No. 25,716 (amending Law No. 20,972).
Appointment

According to the House regulations, within the first ten days of December (Art.1), the deputies whose terms are not yet complete in that month, and the elected deputies, are summoned by the outgoing president to elect their officers. 

Once a quorum is reached, the session begins, presided over by the oldest deputy (Art. 2). After the new deputies are sworn in, the officers are elected by simple majority from among the members of the House: the president and his three vice presidents. The president is generally elected at the nomination of the governing party, while the vice presidents are chosen based on the number of seats held by the first three majority blocs.

The president and vice presidents serve a one-year term (Article 37). If they have not been replaced by the end of their term, they will continue to perform their duties until that date. If the president completes his or her term as a deputy, or is incapacitated or absent, he or she will be replaced in order by the vice presidents. 

In the absence of the four authorities, they will be replaced by the chairs of the standing committees in order, according to Article 61 of the House's regulations.
Functions

According to Article 39 of the House Regulations, the powers and duties of the Speaker are:

 Call the deputies to the chamber and open the sessions from their seats
 To report on the matters entered in the order and manner established in article 165
 Conduct the discussion in accordance with the regulations
 Call the deputies to order and to the matter
 Propose the votes and proclaim their results
 Prepare the Agenda in the absence of the draft of the Parliamentary Work Commission
 Authenticate with his signature the Journal of Sessions, which will serve as minutes and, when necessary, all acts, orders and procedures of the Chamber
 Receive and open communications addressed to the Chamber to bring them to its attention
 Provide for matters concerning the police, order and mechanism of the Secretariat
 Submit to the Chamber for approval the salary and expense budgets of the Chamber
 Appoint all employees of the Chamber, except for the secretaries and deputy secretaries. Vacancies that arise within the staff appointed by the president pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be filled, to the extent possible, by promotion within the respective categories, based on competency, proven skills, and seniority. In the event that new positions are created, they shall be filled through a selection process, the terms and conditions of which shall be established by the Chamber authorities
 Remove them when legally required
 In general, to enforce this regulation in all its parts, and to exercise the other functions assigned to it therein.

List of presidents
 President Party Term start Term endJosé GrañaUnitarian Party17 October 185410 May 1856Baltazar SánchezUnitarian Party10 May 18569 May 1857Juan José ÁlvarezUnitarian Party9 May 18577 May 1858Mateo Luque Federalist Party7 May 18585 May 1860Eusebio Ocampo Federalist Party5 May 18604 April 1861José García Isasa Federalist Party4 April 186124 May 1862Pastor ObligadoAutonomist Party24 May 186227 April 1863José Evaristo UriburuAutonomist Party27 April 18634 May 1864Arístides VillanuevaAutonomist Party4 May 186430 April 1865José Evaristo UriburuAutonomist Party30 April 186515 May 1868Mariano AcostaAutonomist Party15 May 18684 May 1869Manuel QuintanaAutonomist Party4 May 18695 May 1870Mariano AcostaAutonomist Party5 May 187029 April 1872Octavio GarrigósAutonomist Party29 April 18724 May 1874Luis Sáenz Peña National Autonomist Party4 May 18745 May 1875Bernardo de Irigoyen National Autonomist Party4 May 18755 May 1876Félix Frías National Autonomist Party4 May 18761 May 1879Manuel Quintana National Autonomist Party1 May 18793 May 1881Vicente Peralta National Autonomist Party3 May 188128 April 1882Tristán Achával National Autonomist Party28 April 188230 April 1883Miguel Navarro National Autonomist Party30 April 188329 April 1884Rafael Ruiz National Autonomist Party29 April 188426 April 1886Juan Serú National Autonomist Party26 April 18864 May 1887Estanislao Zeballos National Autonomist Party4 May 18871 May 1888Carlos Tagle National Autonomist Party1 May 18884 May 1889Tristán Malbrán National Autonomist Party4 May 188928 April 1890Benjamín Zorrilla National Autonomist Party28 April 18901 May 1893Francisco García National Autonomist Party1 May 189326 April 1894Francisco Alcobendas National Autonomist Party26 April 189427 April 1896Marco Aurelio Avellaneda National Autonomist Party27 April 189615 June 1901Benito Villanueva National Autonomist Party15 June 190126 April 1904Benjamín Victorica National Autonomist Party26 April 190428 April 1905Ángel Sastre National Autonomist Party28 April 190526 April 1906Alejandro Carbó National Autonomist Party26 April 190629 April 1907Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rosas National Autonomist Party29 April 19071 May 1908Eliseo Cantón National Autonomist Party1 May 190813 May 1912Rosendo Fraga National Autonomist Party13 May 191225 April 1914Marco Aurelio Avellaneda National Autonomist Party25 April 19141 May 1915Alejandro Carbó National Autonomist Party1 May 191512 January 1916Mariano Demaría National Autonomist Party12 January 191610 April 1918Fernando Saguier Radical Civic Union10 April 19188 January 1919Arturo Goyeneche Radical Civic Union8 January 191926 April 1922Ricardo Pereyra Radical Civic Union26 April 192210 April 1924Mario Guido Radical Civic Union10 April 19246 April 1926Miguel Sussini Antipersonalist UCR6 April 192621 May 1928Andrés Ferreyra Radical Civic Union21 May 19286 September 1930 Congress closed during the dictatorship of José Félix Uriburu (1930–1932)Juan Cafferata National Democratic Party20 January 193210 April 1934Manuel Fresco National Democratic Party10 April 193425 April 1936Carlos Noel Radical Civic Union25 April 193626 April 1938Juan Gaudencio Kaiser National Democratic Party26 April 193826 April 1940Carlos Noel Radical Civic Union26 April 19403 January 1941José Luis Cantilo Radical Civic Union3 January 19415 June 1943 Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución del 43 (1943–1946)Ricardo GuardoPeronist Party26 April 194626 April 1948Héctor CámporaPeronist Party26 April 194825 April 1953Antonio J. BenítezPeronist Party23 April 195327 July 1955Alberto RocamoraPeronist Party27 July 195523 September 1955 Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución Libertadora (1955–1958)Federico Fernández de MonjardínIntransigent UCR31 March 195829 March 1962Arturo Mor RoigRadical Civic Union12 August 196328 June 1966 Congress closed during the dictatorship of the Revolución Argentina (1966–1973)Raúl LastiriJusticialist Party7 May 19737 July 1975Nicasio Sánchez ToranzoJusticialist Party7 July 197524 March 1976 Congress closed during the dictatorship of the National Reorganization Process (1976–1983)Juan Carlos PuglieseRadical Civic Union29 November 19833 April 1989Leopoldo MoreauRadical Civic Union26 April 19896 July 1989Alberto PierriJusticialist Party6 July 19891 December 1999Rafael PascualRadical Civic Union1 December 19995 December 2001Eduardo CamañoJusticialist Party5 December 20016 December 2005Alberto BalestriniJusticialist Party–FPV6 December 200512 December 2007Eduardo FellnerJusticialist Party–FPV12 December 20076 December 2011Julián DomínguezJusticialist Party–FPV6 December 20114 December 2015Emilio MonzóPRO–Cambiemos4 December 201510 December 2019Sergio MassaRenewal Front–FdT10 December 20193 August 2022Cecilia MoreauRenewal Front–FdT3 August 202210 December 2023Martín MenemUCEDE–LLA10 December 2023incumbent

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