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2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption><i>Palacio Vassallo</i>, seat of the Deliberative Council.</figcaption></figure> <p>This article is about the <b>government of <a href="/wiki/Rosario" title="Rosario">Rosario</a></b>, the third most populated <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Argentina" title="List of cities in Argentina">city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, and the largest in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Argentina" title="Provinces of Argentina">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_Province" title="Santa Fe Province">Santa Fe</a>. Rosario has about 910,000 inhabitants 2001 <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> <small>[<a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Statistics_and_Census_of_Argentina" title="National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina">INDEC</a>]</small> and is located on the western shore of the <a href="/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River" title="Paraná River">Paraná River</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rosario is ruled by two branches of government: the Executive, represented by a <a href="/wiki/Mayor" title="Mayor">Mayor</a> (<i>Intendente</i>), and the Legislative, consisting of a Deliberative Council (<i>Concejo Municipal</i>). The status of the city and its form of government are dictated by Santa Fe's Provincial Organic Law of Municipalities (<i>Ley Provincial Nº 2756/39 Orgánica de las Municipalidades</i>), according to which Rosario is a first-category <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">municipality</a> (having more than 200,000 inhabitants). <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mayor is elected by popular direct vote for a four-year term. He manages several Secretariats in charge of different fields: Government; Finance and Economy; Health; Public Works; Public Services and Environment; Planning; Social Promotion; Culture and Education; Production, Employment Promotion and Foreign Trade; General Secretariat; General Direction of Public Housing Service; General Direction of Social Communication; and the <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">Human Rights</a> Secretariat, established in 2005 and the first of its kind at the municipal level in Argentina. The seat of the Executive branch (<i>Municipalidad</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Palacio_de_los_Leones" title="Palacio de los Leones">Palacio de los Leones</a>, located beside the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_the_Rosary" class="mw-redirect" title="Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary">Cathedral</a>, at the historical core of the city. </p><p>The Deliberative Council is in charge of local legislation, passing municipal regulations (<i>ordenanzas</i>). It renews half of its 21 members (<i>Concejales</i>) every two years. It gathers near the Municipality, in its seat at the <a href="/wiki/Palacio_Vassallo" class="mw-redirect" title="Palacio Vassallo">Palacio Vassallo</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mayors_of_Rosario">Mayors of Rosario</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mayors of Rosario"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the return to democracy in 1983, the Mayors of Rosario were <a href="/wiki/Horacio_Usandizaga" title="Horacio Usandizaga">Horacio Usandizaga</a> (1983–1987, reelected, resigned in 1989), <a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Cavallero" title="Héctor Cavallero">Héctor Cavallero</a> (elected to complete Usandizaga's term, 1989–1991, then reelected 1991–1995), <a href="/wiki/Hermes_Binner" title="Hermes Binner">Hermes Binner</a> (1995–1999, reelected, 1999–2003), <a href="/wiki/Miguel_Lifschitz" title="Miguel Lifschitz">Miguel Lifschitz</a> (2003–2007, then reelected 2007–2011), and the current one, <a href="/wiki/M%C3%B3nica_Fein" title="Mónica Fein">Mónica Fein</a> (elected in December 2011 until December 2015). Usandizaga was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Radical_Civic_Union" title="Radical Civic Union">Radical Party</a> (<i>Unión Cívica Radical</i> in Spanish); he had promised to resign if <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Menem" title="Carlos Menem">Carlos Menem</a> was elected President in the national 1989 elections, and he kept his promise. Since then, Rosario's mayors have been members of the <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Argentina)" title="Socialist Party (Argentina)">Socialist Party</a>, though Cavallero turned to work for the <a href="/wiki/Justicialist_Party" title="Justicialist Party">Peronist Party</a> after his last term. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Urban_organization">Urban organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Urban organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Rosario" title="Districts of Rosario">Districts of Rosario</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Rosario" title="Geography of Rosario">Geography of Rosario</a></div> <p>The city is divided into six large administrative <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Rosario" title="Districts of Rosario">districts</a> (Center, North, Northwest, West, Southwest, and South), where Municipal District Centers provide services to the neighbours and organize cultural events. </p><p>In December 2003, the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Development_Programme" title="United Nations Development Programme">United Nations Development Programme</a> (UNDP) bestowed Rosario (chosen among 257 candidate cities) an award for considering it a model of "successful local <a href="/wiki/Governance" title="Governance">governance</a> and development experience in <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>", having achieved a sustained improvement of the citizens' <a href="/wiki/Quality_of_life" title="Quality of life">quality of life</a>. Between 25 March and 1 April 2005, following a proposal from the UNDP, Rosario hosted a Fair on Governance (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051210051330/http://www.experienciarosario.org.ar/"><i>Experiencia Rosario</i></a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Push_for_autonomy">Push for autonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Push for autonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Local people and institutions are pushing the provincial government for a law, or even a constitutional reform, that grants Rosario the status of <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_entity#Argentina" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous entity">Autonomous City</a>, in a manner similar to <a href="/wiki/Buenos_Aires" title="Buenos Aires">Buenos Aires</a>. This would allow the city to organize its government independently, to pass laws, to enact its own tax regulations, etc. The idea of municipal autonomy was expounded and elaborated on by Rosario-born politician <a href="/wiki/Lisandro_de_la_Torre" title="Lisandro de la Torre">Lisandro de la Torre</a> in the first years of the 20th century, and incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Argentina" title="Constitution of Argentina">Argentine Constitution</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/1994_reform_of_the_Argentine_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 reform of the Argentine Constitution">1994 reform</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rosario_as_seat_of_the_National_Congress">Rosario as seat of the National Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rosario as seat of the National Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of politicians, law experts and prominent locals have also been pursuing the idea of moving the <a href="/wiki/Argentine_National_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Argentine National Congress">National Congress</a> to Rosario, turning the city into a federal capital along with Buenos Aires, in order to geographically and politically <a href="/wiki/Decentralisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Decentralisation">decentralize</a> the national government. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 November 2005, during a regional development forum, the governors of the <a href="/wiki/Center_Region_(Argentina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Center Region (Argentina)">Center Region</a> (provinces of Santa Fe, <a href="/wiki/Entre_R%C3%ADos_Province" title="Entre Ríos Province">Entre Ríos</a> and <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba_Province,_Argentina" title="Córdoba Province, Argentina">Córdoba</a>), together with Mayor Miguel Lifschitz and the President of the Board of <i><a href="/wiki/La_Capital" title="La Capital">La Capital</a></i> newspaper, officially presented the project, which was sent to be studied by the <a href="/wiki/Argentine_Chamber_of_Deputies" title="Argentine Chamber of Deputies">Chamber of Deputies</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Justifications for the move include sparing legislators from the "urban neurosis" of Buenos Aires, the status of Rosario as the country's fastest-growing city and a productive pole, and historical reasons (President <a href="/wiki/Justo_Jos%C3%A9_de_Urquiza" title="Justo José de Urquiza">Justo José de Urquiza</a> intended Rosario to become the federal capital already in the 19th century). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Municipal_Urban_Guard">The Municipal Urban Guard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Municipal Urban Guard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GUM_Rosario_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/GUM_Rosario_1.jpg/200px-GUM_Rosario_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/GUM_Rosario_1.jpg/300px-GUM_Rosario_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/GUM_Rosario_1.jpg/400px-GUM_Rosario_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="1728" /></a><figcaption>A mobile unit of the GUM</figcaption></figure> <p>Rosario pioneered the creation of a special force, the Municipal Urban Guard (<i>Guardia Urbana Municipal</i>, GUM) to patrol the city. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The GUM agents are not <a href="/wiki/Police" title="Police">police</a> officers (the police force is under control of the provincial government), so they do not carry weapons and they cannot detain or arrest people, but they can report and record traffic violations, shut down commercial establishments that violate the law, perform <a href="/wiki/First_aid" title="First aid">first aid</a> procedures, set up roadside <a href="/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content" title="Blood alcohol content">blood alcohol content</a> controls, etc. The GUM patrols public areas such as squares, monuments, and the pedestrian streets in the center; its operations overlap and coordinate those of other municipal and provincial agencies, and are intended to have an extra dissuasive effect. The GUM was started on 29 June 2004 with 250 agents, and soon taken up by other cities: in <a href="/wiki/Villa_Constituci%C3%B3n" title="Villa Constitución">Villa Constitución</a> a project was presented by a private citizen in September;<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> nearby <a href="/wiki/Rold%C3%A1n,_Santa_Fe" title="Roldán, Santa Fe">Roldán</a> adopted it in October, Buenos Aires in March 2005 (see <i><a href="/wiki/Guardia_Urbana_de_Buenos_Aires" title="Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires">Guardia Urbana de Buenos Aires</a></i>), and <a href="/wiki/Rafaela" title="Rafaela">Rafaela</a> is currently discussing it. The Police Cadet School of Rosario provided technical courses for aspiring agents residing in many towns and cities of Santa Fe. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Rosario" title="Districts of Rosario">Districts of Rosario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Argentina" title="Government of Argentina">Government of Argentina</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rosario.gov.ar/">Municipalidad de Rosario</a> - Official website of the Municipality.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_(Argentina)" class="extiw" title="es:Rosario (Argentina)">Article on Rosario</a> at the <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="es:">Spanish Wikipedia</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Municipality of Rosario. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rosario.gov.ar/sitio/gobierno/formagob1.jsp?nivel=Gobierno&ult=G_7">Form of government</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070523225446/http://www.rosario.gov.ar/sitio/gobierno/formagob1.jsp?nivel=Gobierno&ult=G_7">Archived</a> 2007-05-23 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.concejorosario.gov.ar/">Concejo Deliberante de Rosario</a> - Official website of the Deliberative Council.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.almargen.com.ar/sitio/seccion/historia/delatorre/">Sitio al margen: don Lisandro de la Torre</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070518043306/http://www.almargen.com.ar/sitio/seccion/historia/delatorre/">Archived</a> 2007-05-18 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.me.gov.ar/efeme/delatorre/biograf.html">Lisandro de la Torre: Biografía</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130313133751/http://www.me.gov.ar/efeme/delatorre/biograf.html">Archived</a> 2013-03-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. Ministry of Education of Argentina.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rosarinos.com, 24 November 2004. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rosarinos.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1152"><i>Rosario ¿sede del Congreso Nacional?</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927141307/http://www.rosarinos.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1152">Archived</a> 2007-09-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">La Capital, 23 November 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lacapital.com.ar/2005/11/23/ciudad/noticia_248744.shtml"><i>Amplio consenso para el traslado a Rosario del Congreso de la Nación</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070313011911/http://www.lacapital.com.ar/2005/11/23/ciudad/noticia_248744.shtml">Archived</a> 2007-03-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rosario/12, 8 January 2004. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rosario-12.com.ar/2004/01/08/tnotatapa.htm"><i>En 15 días se lanza la Guardia Urbana Municipal</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927194740/http://www.rosario-12.com.ar/2004/01/08/tnotatapa.htm">Archived</a> 2007-09-27 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">La Capital, 11 July 2004. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.diariolacapital.com/2004/07/11/ciudad/noticia_115358.shtml"><i>La Guardia Urbana Municipal ya está lista para salir a la calle</i></a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sin Mordaza, 20 September 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sinmordaza.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=25486"><i>Un ciudadano propuso un proyecto de Guardia Urbana Municipal</i></a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&oldid=1229191220">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Government_of_Rosario&oldid=1229191220</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rosario,_Santa_Fe" title="Category:Rosario, Santa Fe">Rosario, Santa Fe</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Argentina" title="Category:Politics of Argentina">Politics of Argentina</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden category: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Webarchive_template_wayback_links" title="Category:Webarchive template wayback links">Webarchive template wayback links</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 15 June 2024, at 11:18<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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