The Chamber of Senators of Santa Fe Province () is the upper house of the Legislature of Santa Fe Province, the third most populous of Argentina's provinces.
The entirety of its members are renewed every four years alongside the governor and the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the provincial legislature. It is made up of 19 senators who represent each of the province's 19 departments, each elected using the first-past-the-post system.
History The first legislative body of Santa Fe Province was established in 1819 with the provincial statute, which granted attributions to the Cabildo de Santa Fe. A unicameral legislature, composed of 16 members, was established later on by the Constitution of Santa Fe of 1856.
A constitutional reform passed in 1872 during the governorship of Simón de Iriondo divided the legislature into an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, taking after the National Congress of Argentina.
Seat Alongside the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate convenes in the former Customs building in the provincial capital of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz.
List of presidents The Senate is chaired by the vice governor of the province, who is elected alongside the governor every four years. The Vice Governor may only cast tie-breaking votes (according to article 39 of the provincial constitution). The following is a list of vice governors of Buenos Aires since the return of democracy in 1983.
President Party Term start Term end GovernorCarlos Aurelio MartínezPJ11 December 198311 December 1987José María VernetAntonio VanrellPJ11 December 198711 December 1991Víctor ReviglioMiguel Ángel RoblesPJ11 December 199111 December 1995Carlos ReutemannGualberto VenesiaPJ11 December 199511 December 1999Jorge ObeidMarcelo MuniagurriaPJ11 December 199911 December 2003Carlos ReutemannMaría Eugenia BielsaPJ11 December 200311 December 2007Jorge ObeidGriselda TessioUCR–FPCyS11 December 200711 December 2011Hermes BinnerJorge HennUCR–FPCyS11 December 201111 December 2015Antonio BonfattiCarlos FascendiniUCR–FPCyS11 December 201511 December 2019Miguel LifschitzAlejandra RodenasPJ11 December 201911 December 2023Omar PerottiGisela ScagliaPRO–UpCSF11 December 201911 December 2023Maximiliano Pullaro
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