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List of Presidents of Argentina Term Party Birth Death Year, Argentina former living Presidents List
Uncategorized December 14, 2016, by adminList of Presidents of Argentina Term Party Birth Death Year, Argentina Presidents List, Argentina Presidents past current list, Argentina former living Presidents List
The President of the Argentine Nation (Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina), usually known as the President of Argentina, is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
The current head of state is President Mauricio Macri, who took office on 10 December 2015.
Presidents (1861–present)
Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office — Political party |
Elections | Notes | |
Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906) |
12 December 1861 | 12 October 1862 | – | Governor of State of Buenos Aires. Acting President of Argentina after the Battle of Pavón. Confirmed as Interim President by the National Congress in May 1862. |
12 October 1862 | 12 October 1868 | 1862 | Indirect elections. First president of the unified country. Waged the War of the Triple Alliance. | |
Liberal Party (PL) | ||||
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888) |
12 October 1868 | 12 October 1874 | 1868 | Indirect elections. Ended the War of the Triple Alliance. |
Liberal Party (PL) | ||||
Nicolás Avellaneda (1837–1885) |
12 October 1874 | 12 October 1880 | 1874 | Indirect elections.Federalization of Buenos Aires City in September 1880. |
National Party (PN) | ||||
Julio Argentino Roca (1843–1914) |
12 October 1880 | 12 October 1886 | 1880 | Indirect elections. First term. |
National Autonomist Party (PAN) | ||||
Miguel Juárez Celman (1844–1909) |
12 October 1886 | 6 August 1890 | 1886 | Indirect elections. Resigned following theRevolution of the Park. |
PAN – PN | ||||
Carlos Pellegrini (1846–1906) |
6 August 1890 | 12 October 1892 | – | Vice-president underJuárez Celman, assumed the presidency after his resignation. |
PAN | ||||
Luis Sáenz Peña (1822–1907) |
12 October 1892 | 22 January 1895 | 1892 | Indirect elections. Resigned. |
PAN | ||||
José Evaristo Uriburu (1831–1914) |
22 January 1895 | 12 October 1898 | – | Vice-president underSáenz Peña, assumed the presidency after his resignation. |
PAN | ||||
Julio Argentino Roca (1843–1914) |
12 October 1898 | 12 October 1904 | 1898 | Indirect elections. Second term. |
PAN | ||||
Manuel Quintana (1835–1906) |
12 October 1904 | 12 March 1906 | 1904 | Indirect elections. Died in office. |
PAN | ||||
José Figueroa Alcorta (1860–1931) |
25 January 1906 | 12 March 1906 | – | Vice-president under Quintana. Acting president during his illness. |
PAN | ||||
12 March 1906 | 12 October 1910 | – | Vice-president under Quintana, assumed the presidency after his death. | |
PAN | ||||
Roque Sáenz Peña (1851–1914) |
12 October 1910 | 9 August 1914 | 1910 | Indirect elections.PROMOTED theSáenz Peña law, which allowed secret, universaland mandatory suffrage. Died in office. |
PAN – Modernist | ||||
Victorino de la Plaza (1840–1919) |
9 August 1914 | 12 October 1916 | – | Vice-president underSáenz Peña, assumed the presidency after his death. |
PAN | ||||
Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852–1933) |
12 October 1916 | 12 October 1922 | 1916 | Free indirect elections. First president elected under the Sáenz Peña law. First term. Maintained neutrality during World War I. |
Radical Civic Union (UCR) | ||||
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1868–1942) |
12 October 1922 | 12 October 1928 | 1922 | Free indirect elections. |
UCR | ||||
Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852–1933) |
12 October 1928 | 6 September 1930 | 1928 | Free indirect elections. Second term, ousted from office by a civico-military coup. |
UCR | ||||
José Félix Uriburu (1868–1932) |
6 September 1930 | 20 February 1932 | – | First coup d'etat in modern Argentine history. Beginning of theInfamous Decade. |
Military | ||||
Agustín Pedro Justo (1876–1943) |
20 February 1932 | 20 February 1938 | 1931 | Indirect elections held with fraud, the UCR was proscribed.[6] |
Concordancia | ||||
Roberto María Ortiz (1886–1942) |
20 February 1938 | 27 June 1942 | 1937 | Indirect elections held with fraud.[7] Resigned for health reasons, died one month later. |
UCRA – Concordancia | ||||
Ramón Castillo (1873–1944) |
27 June 1942 | 4 June 1943 | – | Vice-president underOrtiz, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Deposed in acoup d'état. End of theInfamous Decade. |
PDN – Concordancia | ||||
Arturo Rawson (1885–1952) |
4 June 1943 | 7 June 1943 | – | Coup d'état. Beginning of the Revolution of '43. Ousted from office.[45] |
Military | ||||
Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884–1962) |
7 June 1943 | 9 March 1944 | – | Coup d'état. On 25 February 1944, Ramírez temporarily delegated powers to Edelmiro Farrell. Resigned. |
Military | ||||
Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887–1980) |
25 February 1944 | 9 March 1944 | – | Acting president. |
Military | ||||
9 March 1944 | 4 June 1946 | – | Coup d'état. Declared war to the Axis powers. Called elections. End of the Revolution of '43. | |
Military | ||||
Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) |
4 June 1946 | 4 June 1952 | 1946 | Free indirect elections. First term. Reelection enabled by theConstitution of 1949. |
Laborista (Labour) Party | ||||
4 June 1952 | 20 September 1955 | 1951 | Free direct elections. Second term. First election to allow women's suffrage. Victory with 62.49% of votes, highest victory in Argentine elections. Ousted from office by a military coup. | |
Justicialist Party (PJ) | ||||
– | 20 September 1955 | 23 November 1955 | – | During fighting between loyalist forces and rebels there was no clear president. |
Eduardo Lonardi (1896–1956) |
23 September 1955 | 13 November 1955 | – | Coup d'etat. Beginning of the Revolución Libertadora. Ousted from office. |
Military | ||||
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903–1970) |
13 November 1955 | 1 May 1958 | – | Coup d'état. The 1949 Constitution is repealed and the 1853 Constitutionis restored. Call for elections with Peronismproscribed. End of theRevolución Libertadora. |
Military | ||||
Arturo Frondizi (1908–1995) |
1 May 1958 | 29 March 1962 | 1958 | Indirect elections withPeronism proscribed. Ousted from office by a military coup. |
UCRI | ||||
José María Guido (1910–1975) |
29 March 1962 | 12 October 1963 | – | Provisional President of the Senate, acting as president since the removal of Frondizi, as the civil procedures to replace the deposed president were followed and Vice PresidentAlejandro Gómez had resigned in 1958.[49] |
UCRI | ||||
Arturo Umberto Illia (1900–1983) |
12 October 1963 | 28 June 1966 | 1963 | Indirect elections withPeronism proscribed. Ousted from office by a military coup. |
UCRP | ||||
Military Junta | 28 June 1966 | 29 June 1966 | – | |
Military | ||||
Juan Carlos Onganía (1914–1995) |
29 June 1966 | 8 June 1970 | – | Coup d'état. First ruler of the Revolución Argentina. Ousted from office. |
Military | ||||
Military Junta | 8 June 1970 | 18 June 1970 | – | |
Military | ||||
Roberto M. Levingston (1920–2015) |
18 June 1970 | 23 May 1971 | – | Coup d'état. Ousted from office. |
Military | ||||
Alejandro A. Lanusse (1918–1996) |
26 May 1971 | 25 May 1973 | – | Coup d'état. Last ruler of the Revolución Argentina. Called for elections.Peronism proscription lifted. |
Military | ||||
Héctor José Cámpora (1909–1980) |
25 May 1973 | 13 July 1973 | 1973 | Free direct elections. First Peronist president after the proscription. Cámpora annulled the proscription that remained specifically over Juan Perón, and resigned. The Vice President, Vicente Solano Lima, resigned with him. |
PJ – FJL | ||||
Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1915–1978) |
13 July 1973 | 12 October 1973 | – | Interim. President of theChamber of Deputies, assumed the presidency after Cámpora's and Solano Lima's resignations. Alejandro Díaz Bialet, President of the Senate and ahead ofLastiri in the succession line, was on a diplomatic mission in Africa at that time.[52] |
PJ | ||||
Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) |
12 October 1973 | 1 July 1974 | 1973 | Free direct elections. Third term. Died in office. |
PJ | ||||
Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931–) |
1 July 1974 | 24 March 1976 | – | Vice-president of Juan Perón, assumed the presidency after his death. First female president in the Americas. Ousted from office by a military coup. |
PJ | ||||
Military Junta | 24 March 1976 | 29 March 1981 | – | |
Military | ||||
Jorge Rafael Videla (1925–2013) |
29 March 1976 | 29 March 1981 | – | Coup d'état. President of the Military Junta. First ruler of the National Reorganization Process. Longest government of ade facto ruler. |
Military | ||||
Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924–1994) |
29 March 1981 | 11 December 1981 | – | Appointed by Videla as President of the Military Junta. Powers and duties suspended on 21 November 1981 due to health problems. Ousted from office. |
Military | ||||
Horacio Tomás Liendo (1924–2007) |
21 November 1981 | 11 December 1981 | – | Acting president during Viola suspension. |
Military | ||||
Carlos Alberto Lacoste (1929–2004) |
11 December 1981 | 22 December 1981 | – | Interim president. |
Military | ||||
Leopoldo Galtieri (1926–2003) |
22 December 1981 | 18 June 1982 | – | Coup d'état. President of the Military Junta. Waged the Falklands War(Spanish: Guerra del Atlántico Sur). Ousted from office. |
Military | ||||
Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean (1926–1987) |
18 June 1982 | 1 July 1982 | – | Interim president. |
Military | ||||
Reynaldo Bignone (1928–) |
1 July 1982 | 10 December 1983 | – | Coup d'état. Last ruler of the National Reorganization Process. Called for elections. |
Military | ||||
Raúl Alfonsín (1927–2009) |
10 December 1983 | 8 July 1989 | 1983 | Free indirect elections. The 1989 presidential elections were anticipated. Alfonsín resigned during the transition and gave power to Carlos Menem six months in advance. |
UCR | ||||
Carlos Menem (1930–) |
8 July 1989 | 8 July 1995 | 1989 | Free indirect elections. First term. The 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitutionreduced the presidential term to four years and allowed a single consecutive reelection. |
8 July 1995 | 10 December 1999 | 1995 | Free direct elections. Second term. | |
PJ | ||||
Fernando de la Rúa (1937–) |
10 December 1999 | 20 December 2001 | 1999 |
Free direct elections. Faced a severe economic crisis. Resigned after theDecember 2001 riots. Because his Vice-president Carlos Álvarezhad resigned in October 2000 the Congress Assembled selected a new President. |
UCR – Alianza | ||||
Ramón Puerta (1951–) |
20 December 2001 | 22 December 2001 | – | Provisional President of the Senate exercised theExecutive Power interim. |
PJ | ||||
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (1947–) |
22 December 2001 | 30 December 2001 | – | Elected by the Congress Assembled for three months, with instructions to call for elections. Resigned. |
PJ | ||||
Eduardo Camaño (1946–) |
30 December 2001 | 2 January 2002 | – | President of the Chamber of Deputies was in charge interim. |
PJ | ||||
Eduardo Duhalde (1941–) |
2 January 2002 | 25 May 2003 | – | Elected by the Congress Assembled, with instructions to completeDe la Rúa's term. Calledearly elections for 27 April 2003. |
PJ | ||||
Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010) |
25 May 2003 | 10 December 2007 | 2003 | Free direct elections. The law that allowed Duhaldeto resign gave the new president both the four-year mandate and the remaining months of De la Rúa's term. Kirchner lost the first round toCarlos Menem, but the latter forfeited the second round that should have followed. |
PJ – FPV | ||||
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953–) |
10 December 2007 | 10 December 2011 | 2007 | Free direct elections. First term. First female president of Argentina elected as head of the list. |
10 December 2011 | 10 December 2015[61] | 2011 | Free direct elections. Second term. By judicial ruling, her mandate ended 10 December 2015 at 0:00 hs. Provisional President of the Senate Federico Pinedo was in chargeinterim for 12 hours. | |
PJ – FPV | ||||
Mauricio Macri (1959–) |
10 December 2015 | Incumbent | 2015 | Free direct elections. First president elected in a ballotage, defeatingDaniel Scioli. |
Facts
- President elected to the most terms: Juan Perón, three terms, elected consecutively in 1946 and 1951, and in 1973.
- President elected with the most difference between the winner and the second: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in 2011 with 54.11% to the 16% of Hermes Binner
- President who held office for most time: Julio Argentino Roca, for 12 years, in two terms (1880–1886 and 1898–1904).
- President who held office for most time continuously: Carlos Menem, for 10 years and 5 months, in two terms (1989–1999).
- President who held office for the shortest time (not counting interim presidents): Arturo Rawson, for three days: June 4 to 6, 1943.
- First President: Bernardino Rivadavia, 1826.
- First President under the present Constitution: Justo José de Urquiza, 1854 to 1860.
- First President born an Argentine citizen, not a Spanish subject: Bartolomé Mitre, in 1821.
- First President elected in the twentieth century: Manuel Quintana, in 1904.
- First President elected in the twenty-first century: Néstor Carlos Kirchner, in 2003.
- First de facto President: José Félix Uriburu, 1930.
- Last de facto President: Reynaldo Bignone, left in 1983.
- First female President: Isabel Perón (1974–1976).
- First elected female President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in 2007.
- Presidents who died in office: Manuel Quintana (1906), Roque Sáenz Peña (1914) and Juan Perón (1974).
- Presidents who were assassinated: Justo José de Urquiza (1870) and Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1970), both after concluding their terms.
- Living former presidents as of 10 December 2015: Isabel Perón, Carlos Menem, Fernando de la Rúa, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá,Eduardo Duhalde and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and dictator Reynaldo Bignone.
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