Argentine Chamber of Deputies

The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados de la Nacióncode: es is deprecated ), officially the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber is the only one to levy taxes; to draft troops; and to call the President, cabinet ministers, and members of the Supreme Court before the Senate. There are 257 seats. One-half of the members are elected every two years.

Argentine Chamber of Deputies Honorable Cámara de Diputados de la Nación
Type
Type	Lower house of the Argentine National Congress
Term limits	None
Leadership
President of the Chamber	Martín Menem, LLA since 10 December 2023
1st Vice President of the Chamber	Cecilia Moreau, UP since 10 December 2023
First Minority Leader	Germán Martínez, UP since 1 February 2022
Second Minority Leader	Cristian Ritondo, PRO–JxC since 10 December 2019
Structure
Seats	257 (List)
Political groups	Government (114)   LLA (40)   PRO (40)   UCR (34) Supported by (36)   Federal Innovation (9)   Federal Change (9)   HNP (8)   CC (6)   SER (2)   PyT (2) Opposition (107)   UP (102)   FIT-U (5)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Last election	22 October 2023 (130 seats)
Next election	19 October 2025
Meeting place
Chamber of Deputies, Congress Palace, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website
http://www.diputados.gov.ar

Members must be at least twenty-five years old. They must have been a resident of the province they represent for at least four years.

Each province has one deputy per 161,000 people. Then each province gets 3 more deputies. The minimum number of deputies is five.