2002 in Argentina
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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.
February
March
April
May
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.
July
August
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.
October
November
December
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
- ^ "Argentina gets new president for a day". CNN. 1 January 2002. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
