2015 in Argentina

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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Argentina.

Incumbents

• President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (until December 10) – Mauricio Macri
• Vice president: Amado Boudou (until December 10) – Gabriela Michetti

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province :
  • Daniel Scioli (until 10 December)
  • María Eugenia Vidal (from 10 December)
• Governor of Catamarca Province: Lucía Corpacci
• Governor of Chaco Province:
  • until 27 February: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
  • 27 February-10 December: Jorge Capitanich
  • starting 10 December: Domingo Peppo
• Governor of Chubut Province: Martín Buzzi (until 10 December); Mario Das Neves (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Córdoba: José Manuel De la Sota (until 10 December); Juan Schiaretti (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Corrientes Province: Ricardo Colombi
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Urribarri (until 10 December); Gustavo Bordet (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán
• Governor of Jujuy Province: Eduardo Fellner (until 10 December); Gerardo Morales (starting 10 December)
• Governor of La Pampa Province: Óscar Jorge (until 10 December); Carlos Verna (starting 10 December)
• Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera (until 10 December); Sergio Casas (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Mendoza Province: Francisco Pérez (until 10 December); Alfredo Cornejo (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Misiones Province: Maurice Closs (until 10 December); Hugo Passalacqua (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sapag (until 10 December); Omar Gutiérrez (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Río Negro Province: Alberto Weretilneck
• Governor of Salta Province: Juan Manuel Urtubey
• Governor of San Juan Province: José Luis Gioja (until 10 December); Sergio Uñac (starting 10 December)
• Governor of San Luis Province: Claudio Poggi (until 10 December); Alberto Rodríguez Saá (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Daniel Peralta (until 10 December); Alicia Kirchner (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Santa Fe Province: Antonio Bonfatti (until 10 December); Miguel Lifschitz (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Santiago del Estero: Claudia Ledesma Abdala
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Fabiana Ríos (until 10 December); Rosana Bertone (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Tucumán: José Alperovich (until 29 October); Juan Luis Manzur (starting 29 October)

Vice Governors

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Gabriel Mariotto (until 29 October); Daniel Salvador (starting 29 October)
• Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Dalmacio Mera (until 10 December); Octavio Gutiérrez (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Chaco Province:
  • until 27 February: Vacant
  • 27 February-10 December: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
  • starting 10 December: Daniel Capitanich
• Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Gustavo Canteros
• Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: José Orlando Cáceres (until 10 December); Adán Bahl (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
• Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Guillermo Jenefes (until 10 December); Carlos Haquim (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Norma Durango (until 10 December); Mariano Fernández (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Sergio Casas (until 10 December); Néstor Bosetti (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Hugo Passalacqua (until 10 December); Oscar Herrera Ahuad (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Neuquén Province: Ana Pechen (until 10 December); Rolando Figueroa (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Carlos Peralta (until 10 December); Pedro Pesatti (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Salta Province: Andrés Zottos (until 10 December); Miguel Isa (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Sergio Uñac (until 10 December); Marcelo Lima (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Jorge Raúl Díaz (until 10 December); Carlos Ponce (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Fernando Cotillo (until 10 December); Pablo González (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Jorge Henn (until 10 December); Carlos Fascendini (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: José Emilio Neder
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Roberto Crocianelli (until 10 December); Juan Carlos Arcando (starting 10 December)

Events

January

• January 2: Alberto Kryvszuk, former mayor of El Soberbio and fugitive, gives himself up to the police. ^[1]
• January 5: Héctor Eduardo Ruiz, former mayor of La Banda and fugitive, is captured by the police. ^[2]
• January 8: A new law adds the election of the members to the Mercosur Parliament in the upcoming general elections. ^[3]
• January 9: Judge Enrique Lavié Pico prevents the appointment of 16 kirchnerite prosecutors. ^[4]
• January 11
  • Minister Héctor Timerman takes part in the Republican marches against the Charlie Hebdo shooting in France, despite the lack of presidential authorization. ^[5]
  • Sergio Massa and Francisco de Narváez make an alliance for the general elections. ^[6]
• January 14: Prosecutor Alberto Nisman denounces president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and foreign minister Héctor Timerman of a plan to conceal the Iranian involvement in the 1994 AMIA Bombing. ^[7] The Republican Proposal party summons him to Congress, to explain the denounce in full detail. ^[8]
• January 18: Death of Alberto Nisman, prosecutor that investigated the AMIA Bombing.

February

• February 18 – The 18F demonstration takes place, a month after Nisman's death, still unresolved by then.

March

• March 1 – Cristina Kirchner opens the 2015 sessions of the Argentine Congress.
• March 9 – Two helicopters collide in mid-air in a remote area of northwestern Argentina leaving at least ten dead. Among the dead are a group of French sports stars participating in a reality-television show called Dropped . ^[9]

June

• #NiUnaMenos massive demonstration against femicides.

October

• October 25 – The general elections are held.

December

• 10: Mauricio Macri takes office as the president of Argentina.

Deaths

January

• January 18 - Alberto Nisman

February

• February 27 - Julio César Strassera

March

• March 8 - Gerardo Sofovich

June

• June 13 - Sergio Renán
• June 18 - Roberto M. Levingston
• June 25 - Alejandro Romay
• June 29 - Mario Losada

August

• August 21 - Ana Baron, journalist (b. 1950) ^[10]

See also

• List of Argentine films of 2015

References

1. "Se entregó el ex intendente que huyó de la Policía a balazos" [The former mayor that escaped from the police with all guns blazing surrenders] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 2, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
2. Leonel Alberto Rodríguez (January 5, 2018). "Detuvieron en Ituzaingó al ex intendente santiagueño imputado por violación" [The former mayor from Santiago del Estero accused of rape is detained in Ituzaingó] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
3. "Promulgan la ley que habilita la elección directa de los legisladores al Parlasur" [They sanction the law that allows the direct election of the members of the Parlasur] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
4. Hernán Cappiello (January 9, 2015). "Duro revés para Alejandra Gils Carbó: la Justicia frenó la designación de 16 fiscales afines al kirchnerismo" [Harsh blow for Alejandra Gils Carbó: the judiciary prevented the appointment of 16 kirchnerite loyalists as prosecutors] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
5. "Héctor Timerman dijo que no consultó con la Presidenta su participación en la marcha en París: "Fue mi decisión"" [Héctor Timerman said that he did not ask the president for permission to take part in the rally in París: "It was my decision"] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 13, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
6. Javier Fuego Simondet (January 11, 2015). "Massa y De Narváez sellaron su alianza en suelo bonaerense" [Massa and De Narváez signed their alliance in Buenos Aires soil] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
7. Hernán Cappiello (January 14, 2018). "Denuncian a Cristina Kirchner y a Héctor Timerman por encubrir a Irán en el atentado a la AMIA" [They denounce Cristina Kirchner and Héctor Timerman for protecting Iran in the AMIA bombing] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
8. "El fiscal Alberto Nisman irá al Congreso para informar sobre la imputación a Cristina Kirchner y Timerman" [Prosecutor Alberto Nisman will go to the Congress to explain the denounce against Cristina Kirchner and Timerman] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 14, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
9. "French sports stars among 10 dead in Argentina air crash". March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
10. Pisani, Silvia (August 22, 2015). "Ana Barón: la periodista que unió lucidez con generosidad" [Ana Barón: The Journalist Who United Lucidity with Generosity]. La Nación (in Spanish). Washington D.C. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.

External links

• Media related to 2015 in Argentina at Wikimedia Commons