Justicialist Party Partido Justicialista | |
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Abbreviation | PJ |
President | Vacant |
Vice-President | Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez (UP)[1] |
Senate leader | José Mayans (UP) |
Chamber leader | Germán Martínez (UP) |
Founders | Juan Perón Eva Perón |
Founded | 21 July 1946 |
Merger of | Labour Party UCR Board Renewal Independent Party[2] |
Headquarters | 130 Matheu Street Buenos Aires |
Student wing | Peronist University Youth |
Youth wing | Peronist Youth |
Membership (2022) | 3,204,329[3] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-left[12][13][A] Kirchnerists: Centre-left[14] to left-wing[15] Federals: Centre-right[16] |
National affiliation | Union for the Homeland[17] |
Continental affiliation | Christian Democrat Organization of America[18] São Paulo Forum COPPPAL[19] |
Colors | Light blue White |
Anthem | "Peronist March" |
Seats in the Senate | 33 / 72 |
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 99 / 257 |
Governors | 9 / 24 |
Election symbol | |
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Flag | |
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Website | |
pj.org.ar | |
^ A: The party has sometimes been described as syncretic or a "third way" party,[20][21] but mostly as centre-left,[13] left-wing,[22] and leftist.[23] This diversity in classifying the Justicialist Party is caused by Peronism historically stretching from far-left to far-right views.[24] The party is classified as centre-left or left-wing because of the dominating position of Kirchnerism; Steven Levitsky notes that under Kirchnerism, the party "shifted programmatically to the left".[25] Lastly, Juan Perón, the founder of the Peronist movement, is considered to have been ideologically left-wing.[26][27] |
The Justicialist Party (Spanish: Partido Justicialista, IPA: [paɾˈtiðo xustisjaˈlista]; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.[28]
Former president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served as its chairman),[1] as do (or did) former presidents Juan Perón, Héctor Cámpora, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Isabel Perón, Carlos Menem, Ramón Puerta, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Eduardo Camaño, Eduardo Duhalde, Néstor Kirchner, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Justicialists have been the largest party in Congress almost consistently since 1987.
Founded by Juan Perón, it was previously called the Peronist Party after its founder. It is overall the largest party in Congress; however, this does not reflect the divisions within the party over the role of Kirchnerism, the main, left-wing populist faction of the party, which is opposed by the dissident Peronists (also known as Federal Peronism or Menemism), the conservative faction of the party.[needs update]
With the election and successful completion in office of Macri's administration, there has been a re-establishment of a clear left-right, where the PJ fell on the left side of the political spectrum and PRO fell on the right (a facet that was somewhat evident in the 1980s but not present in the 1990s).
The centre-left Justicialist Party returned to power in 2019, and Cristina Fernández became vice-president.
Speaking to thousands of supporters in a packed soccer stadium, Mrs. Kirchner stumped for the candidates who will represent her left-wing coalition, the FPV, in October's vote.
These included Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007) of the left-wing Justicialist Party; Bolivia's President Evo Morales (2006–present) of the left-wing Movement for Socialism-Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples; Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010) of the left-wing Socialist Party; and Brazil's Presidents Lula da Silva (2003-2010) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016) of the left-wing Workers' Party.
This tendency started in the 1980s as the economic collapse decimated the unions that had formed the base of the leftist Justicialist Party (PJ, although it is more commonly referenced as the Peronist Party).
These writers also argue that twenty-first-century Latin American leftist governments, like Peronism in the 1940s, were doomed to failure since the success of their defiance of powerful actors was contingent on the indefinite duration of favorable international markets for their nations' exports.
Perón and Peronismo (Peronism) therefore represented a form of leftist–populist nationalism, rooted in an urban working-class movement that was allied to elements of the domestic bourgeoisie as well as the military.