Argentina's constitution was adopted in 1853 by a constituent congress meeting in Santa Fe, following the fall of the long-ruling caudillo Juan Manuel de Rosas, and it established a federal, republican and representative system of government drawing significantly on the model of the United States Constitution. Buenos Aires province, which had initially refused to join the new federation, was incorporated through amendments in 1860. The constitution underwent a major reform in 1994 that added new individual and collective rights, shortened the presidential term and permitted a single immediate re-election, and created the office of Chief of Cabinet to share executive administrative duties with the president. As amended, the 1853 constitution remains in force today as the foundational charter of the Argentine Republic.
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