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Partido Justicialista

Justicialist Party
Partido Justicialista
President José Luis Gioja
General Secretary
Senate leader Miguel Pichetto
Chamber leader
Founder Juan Perón
Founded 1947; 70 years ago (1947)
Merger of Labour Party

Headquarters 130 Matheu Street
Buenos Aires
Youth wing
Membership  (2012) 3,626,728
Ideology Peronism
Political position Big tent
National affiliation Front for Victory
International affiliation Centrist Democrat International
Regional affiliation Christian Democrat Organization of America
Colors          Light blue, White
Seats in the Senate
40 / 72
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
96 / 257
Province Governors
12 / 24
Website
www.pj.org.ar

The Justicialist Party (Spanish: Partido Justicialista, IPA: [parˈtiðo xustisjaˈlista]), or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.

The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. Former presidents Carlos Menem, Eduardo Duhalde, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner are members. Justicialists have, covering nearly the entire period since 1989, been the largest party in the Congress.

The Justicialist Party is the largest party in the Congress; however, this does not reflect the divisions within the party over the role of Kirchnerism, the left-wing faction of the party. While dissident Peronists, the right-wing faction of the party is in opposition with other parties.

The Justicialist Party was founded in 1947 by Juan and Evita Perón, and superseded the Labour Party on which Perón had been elected a year earlier. Following the enactment of women's right to vote in 1948, a Peronist Women's Party, led by the First Lady, was also established. All Peronist entities were banned from elections after 1955, when the Revolución Libertadora overthrew Perón, and civilian governments' attempt to lift Peronism's ban from legislative and local elections in 1962 and 1965 resulted in military coups.

Basing itself on the policies espoused by Juan Perón as president of Argentina, the party's platform has from its inception centered around populism, and its most consistent base of support has historically been the CGT, Argentina's largest trade union. Perón ordered the mass nationalization of public services, strategic industries, and the critical farm export sector, while enacting progressive labor laws and social reforms, and accelerating public works investment.


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