2009 in Argentina

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Events from the year 2009 in Argentina .

Incumbents

• President : Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ^[1]
• Vice President : Julio Cobos

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province : Daniel Scioli
• Governor of Catamarca Province : Eduardo Brizuela del Moral
• Governor of Chaco Province : Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
• Governor of Chubut Province : Mario Das Neves
• Governor of Córdoba : Juan Schiaretti
• Governor of Corrientes Province :
  • Arturo Colombi (until 10 December)
  • Ricardo Colombi (from 10 December)
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province : Sergio Urribarri
• Governor of Formosa Province : Gildo Insfrán
• Governor of Jujuy Province : Walter Barrionuevo
• Governor of La Pampa Province : Óscar Jorge
• Governor of La Rioja Province : Luis Beder Herrera
• Governor of Mendoza Province : Francisco Pérez
• Governor of Misiones Province : Maurice Closs
• Governor of Neuquén Province : Jorge Sapag
• Governor of Río Negro Province : Miguel Saiz
• Governor of Salta Province : Juan Manuel Urtubey
• Governor of San Juan Province : José Luis Gioja
• Governor of San Luis Province : Alberto Rodríguez Saá
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province : Daniel Peralta
• Governor of Santa Fe Province : Hermes Binner
• Governor of Santiago del Estero : Gerardo Zamora
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego : Fabiana Ríos
• Governor of Tucumán : José Alperovich

Vice Governors

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Alberto Balestrini
• Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Marta Grimaux
• Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
• Vice Governor of Corrientes Province:
  • Tomás Rubén Pruyas (until 10 December)
  • Pedro Braillard Poccard (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: José Lauritto
• Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
• Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Pedro Segura
• Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Luis Alberto Campo
• Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Teresita Luna
• Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Sandra Giménez
• Vice Governor of Neuquén Province: Ana Pechen
• Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
• Vice Governor of Salta Province: Andrés Zottos
• Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Rubén Uñac
• Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Jorge Luis Pellegrini
• Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Luis Martínez Crespo
• Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Griselda Tessio
• Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Ángel Niccolai
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Carlos Basanetti

Events

January

• 3–17 January – Dakar Rally
• 19–25 January – Tour de San Luis

February

• 16–22 February – Copa Telmax

March

• 26–17 March – Pan American Judo Championships

April

• 23–26 April – Rally Argentina

June

• 28 June – legislative election

July

• 8 July – Copa Libertadores Finals

August

• 18 August : Honduras severs diplomatic ties with Argentina. This decision comes after President Cristina Kirchner's strong support for the ousted Honduran leader, Manuel Zelaya. ^[2]
• 22–23 August – South American Ski Mountaineering Championship
• 26–31 August : An unexpected heat wave hits Argentina, with temperatures soaring above 30°C, breaking previous winter records. ^{[3] [4]}

Deaths

March

• 31 March – Raúl Alfonsín, former President of Argentina ^[5]

October

• 4 October – Mercedes Sosa, singer ^[6]

See also

• Argentina portal
• history portal

• List of Argentine films of 2009
• 2009 flu pandemic in Argentina
• 2009 TC 2000 season
• Argentina at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

References

1. Mendelevich, Pablo (2010). El Final (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones B. pp. 283–292. ISBN   978-987-627-166-0.
2. "Honduras breaks ties with Argentina". Al Jazeera . 31 March 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
3. "Freak winter heat wave in Argentina". Star Tribune. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
4. "La temperatura llego a 34.7° y ya es un record". Clarin.com. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
5. Krauss, Clifford (31 March 2009). "Raúl Alfonsín, 82, Former Argentine Leader, Dies". The New York Times . Retrieved 13 July 2012.
6. Rohter, Larry (5 October 2009). "Mercedes Sosa, Who Sang of Argentina's Turmoil, Dies at 74". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2012.