2002 in Argentina

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See also:	Other events of 2002 List of years in Argentina

Incumbents

• President :
  • Eduardo Camaño (until January 2)
  • Eduardo Duhalde (starting January 2) ^[1]
• Vice President : Vacant

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province :
  • Carlos Ruckauf (until 3 January)
  • Felipe Solá (from 3 January)
• Governor of Catamarca Province : Oscar Castillo
• Governor of Chaco Province : Ángel Rozas
• Governor of Chubut Province : José Luis Lizurume
• Governor of Córdoba : José Manuel De la Sota
• Governor of Corrientes Province : Ricardo Colombi
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province : Sergio Montiel
• Governor of Formosa Province : Gildo Insfrán
• Governor of Jujuy Province : Eduardo Fellner
• Governor of La Pampa Province : Rubén Marín
• Governor of La Rioja Province : Ángel Maza
• Governor of Mendoza Province : Roberto Iglesias
• Governor of Misiones Province : Carlos Rovira
• Governor of Neuquén Province : Jorge Sobisch
• Governor of Río Negro Province : Pablo Verani
• Governor of Salta Province : Juan Carlos Romero
• Governor of San Juan Province :
  • Alfredo Avelín (until 22 August)
  • Wbaldino Acosta (from 22 August)
• Governor of San Luis Province : María Alicia Lemme
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province : Néstor Kirchner
• Governor of Santa Fe Province : Carlos Reutemann
• Governor of Santiago del Estero :
  • Carlos Ricardo Díaz (until 25 November)
  • Darío Moreno (25 November-12 December)
  • Mercedes Aragonés (from 12 December)
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego : Carlos Manfredotti
• Governor of Tucumán : Julio Miranda

Vice Governors

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Felipe Solá (until 3 January); vacant thereafter (starting 3 January)
• Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Hernán Colombo
• Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Roy Nikisch
• Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Eduardo Leonel Galantini
• Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti
• Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
• Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Rubén Daza
• Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Heriberto Mediza
• Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera
• Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Mercedes Margarita Oviedo
• Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Jorge Sapag
• Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
• Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
• Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Marcelo Lima
• Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Blanca Pereyra
• Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: vacant
• Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Marcelo Muniagurria
• Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: vacant
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Daniel Gallo

Events

January

• January 1: The Legislative Assembly gathers and chooses senator Eduardo Duhalde as interim president.
• January 2: President Duhalde announces the end of the 1:1 peso-dollar fixed exchange rate (convertibility) after almost 11 years.

June

• June 25: The exchange rate briefly reaches 4 pesos per U.S. dollar in the free market, which means the national currency has lost 75% of its value in 7 months.

September

• September 4: Argentina defeated the United States, 87–80, at the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first loss ever in international play for a United States team containing National Basketball Association players.

Deaths

March

• March 24: César Milstein, scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies (b. 1927)

December

• December 23: Hilario Fernández Long, engineer and educator (b. 1918)

Sports

See worldwide 2002 in sports

References

1. "Argentina gets new president for a day". CNN. 1 January 2002. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2023.