Argentina
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Sergio Tomás
Massa
(Male)
Year of birth
1972
Secretary general
Secretary General
Eduardo
Cergnul
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
10 Dec. 2019 -
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Josefina Mendoza (Female)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
91 and over
Number of members, by age
18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
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Totals per age interval | 0 | 5 | 43 | 45 | 28 | 69 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Total <= 45: 93 | Total >= 46: 164 | ||||||||||
Male | 0 | 2 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 47 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
Female | 0 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Legislated candidate quotas. For all national elections party electoral lists are required to have a minimum of 30% women candidates with real chances of being elected.
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1947
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Notes
Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
In some provinces, women were given the right to vote and stand for election at an earlier date
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1947
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1951
Notes
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1973