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Argentina
 
[Spanish War Ensign (1785-1931)]
                   to 25 May 1810
 
[Río de la Plata flag, 1810]
            25 May 1810 - 18 Feb 1812
 
[Río de la Plata flag, 1812]
           18 Feb 1812 - 27 Feb 1812
 
[Argentina flag 1812-1816, Civil flag from 1818]
            27 Feb 1812 - 20 Jul 1816,
        Adopted  25 Feb 1818 Civil Flag
 
[Argentina State flag, 1818-1862]
    25 Feb 1818 - 2 Apr 1862  State Flag

 
Argentine Confederation Alternate State Flag, 1833-1853]
   13 Apr 1833 - 1853 Alternate State Flag

 
[Argentina merchant and war flag, 1853-c.1890]
           1853 - c.1890  Merchant Flag

[Argentina Sate flag]
                  Adopted 2 Apr 1862  State Flag


Map of Argentina
Hear National Anthem
"Marcha de la Patria"
(March of the Fatherland) 
Text of National Anthem
Adopted 11 Mar 1813
Constitution
(1 May 1853)
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Former Constitutions
(1819,1826,1853,1949)
Capital: Buenos Aires
(confederal capital
1852-1862: Paraná)
Currency: Argentine Peso
(ARS) 
National Holiday: 25 May (1810)
Revolution Day
Population: 40,482,000 (2008)
GDP: $575.6 billion (2008)
Exports: $73 billion (2008)
Imports: $59.9 billion (2008)
Ethnic groups: white/european 86.4%, mestizo 6.5%,
 Amerindian 3.4%, Arab 3.3%, other 0.4% (2000)
Total Active Armed Forces: 71,400 (2006)
Merchant marine: 46 ships (2008)
Religions: Roman Catholic 79.8%, Protestant 5.4%,
Muslim 1.9%, Jewish 1.3%, other 11.6% (2000)
International Organizations/Treaties: ACS (observer), AfDB (nonregional), AG, ANT, APM, BCIE (nonregional), BIS, BTWC, CAN (associate), CTBT, ENMOD, FAO, G-6, G-15, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, LAES, LAIA, LU (observer), Mercosur, MIGA, MTCR, NAM (guest), NPT, NSG, NTBT, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SEGIB, UN, UNASUR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Argentina Index
Chronology
 2 Feb 1536                Spanish colonize Río de la Plata, part of 
                             Viceroyalty of Peru.
1580                       Province of Río de la Plata; Buenos Aires
                             re-founded.
16 Dec 1617                Province of Buenos Aires.
1661 - 1671                Audiencia of Buenos Aires.
1671 - 1776                Subordinated to the Audiencia of Charcas 
                             (see Bolivia).
 1 Aug 1776                (Spanish) Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata separated
                             from Peru (modern Argentina, Bolivia [Charcas or
                             Upper Peru], Paraguay, and Uruguay).
27 Jun 1806 - 12 Aug 1806  British occupation of Buenos Aires.
25 May 1810                First autonomous government nominally loyal to 
                             King Fernando VII installed in Buenos Aires.
12 Oct 1813                Secession of Paraguay.
 9 Jul 1816                Independence (United Provinces in South America).
16 Feb 1820                Collapse of the national government.
18 Jul 1821 - 25 Aug 1825  Uruguay annexed by Brazil.
25 Aug 1825                Uruguay separated from Brazil and
                             re-incorporation into the United Provinces of 
                             the Río de la Plata declared.
 1 Dec 1828                Independence of Uruguay.
23 Jan 1825                United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
 4 Jan 1831                Argentine Confederation
11 Sep 1852 -  3 Jun 1862  Buenos Aires in secession from Argentina
                             (see under Provinces 1820-1862).
 1 Oct 1860                Argentine Nation (also styled Argentine Republic).
12 Dec 1861                Collapse of the national government.
12 Apr 1862                National government restored.
 2 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982  Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands
                             (Islas Malvinas).
Provinces
(since 1983)
Provinces
1820-1862
Antártida e Islas
del Atlántico Sur
 
 
 
 
 
 

Note: There was no universally accepted national government from 16 Feb 1820 until roughly 1852. Therefore, the governments of each province during that period are listed separately. Most of the time there was civil war, and the "national" authorities were acknowledged by 
only a partial (and varying) set of provinces.  There was also a gap in national government between 1861 and 1862, for which the governments of the provinces are also listed. The 
Province of Buenos Aires was actually in secession between 1852 and 1862.

Governors
 2 Feb 1536 - 22 Apr 1537  Pedro de Mendoza                   (b. 1487? - d. 1537)
22 Apr 1537 - 1537         Juan de Ayolas (acting)            (b. 1493/1510 - d. 1538)
1537 - 1541                Domingo Martínez de Irala          (b. 1509 - d. 1556)
                             (1st time)
1541 - 1545                Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca         (b. 1507 - d. 1559)
1545 - 1556                Domingo Martínez de Irala          (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1556 - 1557                Gonzalo de Mendoza
1555 - 1565                Francisco Ortiz de Vergara
1565 - 1566                Juan Ortiz de Zárate (1st time)
1566 - 1567                Felipe de Cáceres
1567 - 1576                Juan Ortiz de Zárate (2nd time)
1576 - 1577                Diego Ortiz de Zárate Mendieta
1577 - 1578                Luis Osorio de Quiñones
1578 - 1583                Juan de Garay
1583 - 1584                Rodrigo Ortiz de Zárate
1584 - 1587                Juan de Torres Navarrette
1587 - 1592                Juan Torres de Vera y Aragón       (b. 1535 - d. 1610)
1592 - 1593                Hernando Arias de Saavedra         (b. 1564 - d. 1634)
                             (1st time)
1593 - 1594                Hernando de Zárate
1594 - 1596                Hernando Arias de Saavedra         (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1596 - 1597                Juan Ramírez de Velasco
1597 - 1599                Hernando Arias de Saavedra         (s.a.)
                             (3rd time)
1599 - 1601                Diego Rodríguez Valdés y 
                             de la Banda
1602 - 1609                Hernando Arias de Saavedra         (s.a.)
                             (4th time)
1609 - 1613                Diego Marín Negrón
1614 - 1618                Hernando Arias de Saavedra         (s.a.)
                             (5th time) 
17 May 1618 - 1623         Diego de Góngora y Elizalde
22 May 1623 - 1623         Diego Páez de Clavijo (acting)
30 Sep 1623 - 1624         Alonso Pérez de Salazar (acting)

18 Sep 1624 - 1631         Francisco de Céspedes
26 Dec 1631 - 1637         Pedro Esteban Dávila 
29 Nov 1637 - 1640         Mendo de la Cueva y Benavídez 
 8 Nov 1640 - 1640         Francisco de Avendaño y Valdivia
                             (acting)

13 Dec 1640 - 1641         Ventura Mújica

 9 Jan 1641 - 1641         Pedro Rojas y Acevedo (acting)
17 Jul 1641 - 1641         Andrés de Sandoval (acting)

29 Dec 1641 - 1646         Jerónimo Luís de Cabrera (interim)
 9 Jun 1646 - 1653         Jacinto de Lariz 
19 Feb 1653 - 1660         Pedro Ruíz Baigorri 
26 May 1660 - 1663         Alonso de Mercado y Villacorta 
28 Jul 1663 - 1674         José Martínez de Salazar
26 Mar 1674 - 1678         Andrés de Robles y Gímez
25 Jul 1678 - 1682         Marcos José de Garro Senei         (b. 1623 - d. 1702)
                             de Artola (interim)
19 Feb 1682 - 1691         José de Herrera y Sotomayor 
                             (interim) 
 6 Apr 1691 - 1698         Augustín de Robles y Lorenzana
 5 Feb 1700 - 1701         Manuel de Prado y Maldonaldo
 3 Jul 1702 - 1708         Alonso Juan de Valdés e Inclán
 4 Feb 1708 - 1712         Manuel de Velazco y Tejada
28 Mar 1712 - 1714         Juan José de Mutiloa y Anduela 
                             (acting)
19 May 1714 - 1714         Alonso de Arce y Soria
14 Dec 1714                Pablo González de la Quadra 
                             (acting)
14 Dec 1714 - 1715         José Bermúdez de Castro (interim)
23 May 1715 - 1717         Baltasar García Ros (interim)
17 Jun 1717 - 1717         Manuel de Barranco y Zapiaín 
                             (acting)
11 Jul 1717 - 1734         Bruno Mauricio de Zabala           (b. 1682 - d. 1736)
22 Mar 1734 - 1742         Miguel de Salcedo y Sierraalta
21 Jun 1742 - 1745         Domingo Ortíz de Rosas García de
                             Villasuso, marqués de Poblaciones
22 Nov 1745 - 1756         José de Andonaegui y la Plaza      (b. 1685 - d. 1761) 
 4 Nov 1756 - 1766         Pedro Antonio de Ceballos Cortés   (b. 1715 - d. 1778)
                             y Calderón 
15 Aug 1766 - 1770         Francisco de Paula Bucarelli y 
                             Ursúa
 4 Sep 1770 - Oct 1777     Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo      (b. 1719 - d. 1799)
Viceroys
15 Oct 1777 - 26 Jun 1778  Pedro Antonio de Ceballos Cortés   (s.a.)
                             y Calderón 
26 Jun 1778 -  7 Mar 1784  Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo      (s.a.)
 7 Mar 1784 -  4 Dec 1789  Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del    (b. 1740 - d. 1803)
                             Campo, marqués de Loreto
 4 Dec 1789 - 16 Mar 1795  Nicolás Antonio de Arredondo       (b. 1740 - d. 1802)
16 Mar 1795 - 15 Apr 1797  Pedro de Melo y Portugal y Vilhena (b. 1733 - d. 1797)
 2 May 1797 - 14 Mar 1799  Antonio Olaguer y Feliú Heredia
                             López y Donec                    (b. 1740 - d. 1807)
14 Mar 1799 - 20 May 1801  Gabriel de Avilés y del Fierro,
                             marqués de Avilés                (b. 1730 - d. 1810)
20 May 1801 - 11 Apr 1804  Joaquín del Pino y Rozas, Romero
                             y Negrete                        (b. 1729 - d. 1804)
23 Apr 1804 - 10 Feb 1807  Rafael de Sobremonte Núñez         (b. 1746 - d. 1827)
                             Castillo Angulo y Bullón Ramírez
                             de Arellano, marqués de Sobremonte 
                             (acting to 6 Oct 1804)
27 Jun 1806 - 13 Aug 1806  William Carr Beresford,            (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
                             Viscount Beresford
                            (British commander in Buenos Aires)
10 Feb 1807 - 30 Jun 1809  Santiago Antonio María de Liniers  (b. 1753 - d. 1810)
                             y Bremont (Jacques de Liniers) 
                             (acting) 
30 Jun 1809 - 25 May 1810  Baltazar Hidalgo de Cisneros y     (b. 1755 - d. 1829)
                             la Torre 
                             (from 24 May 1810, president of the Junta) 
25 May 1810 -  9 Jul 1816  Francisco Javier de Elío           (b. 1767 - d. 1822)
                             (nominally)
President of the First Junta
25 May 1810 - 18 Dec 1810  Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra   (b. 1760 - d. 1829)
                             Rodríguez
Presidents of the (Second) Grand Junta
18 Dec 1810 - 26 Aug 1811  Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra   (s.a.)
                             Rodríguez
26 Aug 1811 - 23 Sep 1811  Domingo Matheu Chicola             (b. 1765 - d. 1831)
23 Sep 1811 -  8 Oct 1812  First Triumvirate
                           - Feliciano Antonio Chiclana y     (b. 1761 - d. 1826)
                               Ximénez de Paz
                           - Manuel de Sarratea Altoguirre    (b. 1774 - d. 1849)
                           - Juan José Esteban Paso Fernández (b. 1758 - d. 1833)
                               (to 23 Mar 1812) 
                           - Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y      (b. 1777 - d. 1850)
                               O'Dogan (from 23 Mar 1812)
 8 Oct 1812 - 31 Jan 1814  Second Triumvirate
                           - Juan José Esteban Paso Fernández (s.a.)
                           - Nicolás Santiago Rodríguez de    (b. 1775 - d. 1853)
                               la Peña y Funes
                           - Antonio Álvarez de Jonte         (b. 1784 - d. 1820)
                              (to 19 Aug 1813)
                           - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y    (b. 1757 - d. 1833)
                               Dávila (from 19 Aug 1813)
Supreme Directors
31 Jan 1814 -  9 Jan 1815  Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y      (s.a.)
                             Dávila
 9 Jan 1815 - 15 Apr 1815  Carlos María de Alvear y Balbastro (b. 1789 - d. 1852)
18 Apr 1815 - 20 Apr 1815  Juan José Viamonte González        (b. 1774 - d. 1843)
20 Apr 1815                José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra      (b. 1775 - d. 1844)
                             (1st time)
20 Apr 1815 - 17 Apr 1816  Ignacio Álvarez Thomas             (b. 1787 - d. 1857)
17 Apr 1816 - 12 Jul 1816  Antonio González de Balcarce       (b. 1774 - d. 1819)
                             (acting for Pueyrredón from 3 May 1816)
 3 May 1816 -  9 Jun 1819  Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y        (s.a.)
                             O'Dogan 
12 Jul 1816 - 29 Jul 1816  Governmental Commission
                           (acting for Pueyrredón)
                           - Francisco Antonio de Escalada    (b. 1749 - d. 1835)
                           - Miguel de Irigoyen               (b. 1764 - d. 1822)
 9 Jun 1819 - 11 Feb 1820  José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
11 Feb 1820 - 16 Feb 1820  Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López  (b. 1781 - d. 1837)
                             de Anaya (acting) 
Governor of Buenos Aires, exercising the National Executive Power 
23 Jan 1825 -  8 Feb 1826  Juan Gualberto Gregorio de Las     (b. 1780 - d. 1866)
                             Heras y Ventura de la Gacha 
Presidents
 8 Feb 1826 -  9 Aug 1827  Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez (b. 1780 - d. 1845)  Uni
                             Rivadavia y Rivadavia 
 9 Aug 1827 - 17 Aug 1827  Alejandro Vicente López y Planes   (b. 1785 - d. 1856)  Con
                             (provisional)
Governors of Buenos Aires, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
17 Aug 1827 - 1829         see under Buenos Aires
Governor of Santa Fe, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
1829                       Estanislao López                   (b. 1786 - d. 1838)  Fed
Governors of Buenos Aires, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
1829 - 20 Sep 1851         see under Buenos Aires
Supreme Chief of the Confederation
20 Sep 1851 -  3 Feb 1852  Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de  (b. 1793 - d. 1877)  Fed
                             Rosas y López de Osornio 
Governor of Entre Ríos, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
 3 Feb 1852 - 31 May 1852  Justo José de Urquiza y García     (b. 1801 - d. 1870)  Fed
Presidents
31 May 1852 -  5 Mar 1860  Justo José de Urquiza y García     (s.a.)               Fed
                            (Provisional Director to 5 Mar 1854)
 5 Mar 1860 -  5 Nov 1861  Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José   (b. 1809 - d. 1867)  Fed 
                             María Derqui Rodríguez 
 5 Nov 1861 - 12 Dec 1861  Juan Esteban Pedernera (acting)    (b. 1796 - d. 1886)  Mil
12 Apr 1862 - 12 Oct 1868  Bartolomé Mitre Martínez           (b. 1821 - d. 1906)  Lib
                            (Governor of Buenos Aires, exercising the 
                             National Executive Power, to 12 Oct 1862)
12 Oct 1868 - 12 Oct 1874  Domingo Faustino Sarmiento         (b. 1811 - d. 1888)  Lib
                             Albarracín 
12 Oct 1874 - 12 Oct 1880  Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda (b. 1837 - d. 1885)  UC
                             Silva 
12 Oct 1880 - 12 Oct 1886  Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz     (b. 1843 - d. 1914)  UC
                             (1st time) 
12 Oct 1886 -  6 Aug 1890  Miguel Jerónimo del Corazón de     (b. 1844 - d. 1909)  PAN
                             Jesús Juárez Celman 
 6 Aug 1890 - 12 Oct 1892  Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini     (b. 1846 - d. 1906)  PAN
                             Bevans
12 Oct 1892 - 23 Jan 1895  Luis Sáenz Peña Dávila             (b. 1822 - d. 1907)  UC
23 Jan 1895 - 12 Oct 1898  José Evaristo de Uriburu y         (b. 1831 - d. 1914)  PAN
                             Álvarez de Arenales 
12 Oct 1898 - 12 Oct 1904  Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz     (s.a.)               PAN
                             (2nd time) 
12 Oct 1904 - 12 Mar 1906  Manuel Pedro de Quintana y Sáenz   (b. 1835 - d. 1906)  PC
                             de Gaona
12 Mar 1906 - 12 Oct 1910  José María Cornelio Figueroa       (b. 1860 - d. 1931)  PC
                             Alcorta 
12 Oct 1910 -  9 Aug 1914  Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte           (b. 1851 - d. 1914)  PC
Apr 1914 - 12 Oct 1916     Victorino de la Plaza y Palacios   (b. 1840 - d. 1919)  PC
                             (acting for Sáenz to 9 Aug 1914)
12 Oct 1916 - 12 Oct 1922  Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón  (b. 1852 - d. 1933)  UCR
                             de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem (1st time) 
12 Oct 1922 - 12 Oct 1928  Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear  (b. 1868 - d. 1942)  UCR
                             Pacheco
12 Oct 1928 -  6 Sep 1930  Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón  (s.a.)               UCR
                             de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem (2nd time)
 6 Sep 1930 - 20 Feb 1932  José Félix Benito de Uriburu y     (b. 1868 - d. 1932)  Mil 
                             Uriburu 
                            (president of the Provisional Government)
20 Feb 1932 - 20 Feb 1938  Agustín Pedro Justo Rolón          (b. 1876 - d. 1943)  CC
20 Feb 1938 - 27 Jun 1942  Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino    (b. 1886 - d. 1942)  UCR
                             María Ortiz Lizardi 
12 Aug 1940 -  4 Jun 1943  Ramón S. Castillo Barrionuevo      (b. 1873 - d. 1944)  UCR
                             (acting for incapacitated Ortiz to 27 Jun 1942)
 4 Jun 1943 -  7 Jun 1943  Arturo Rawson Corvalán             (b. 1884 - d. 1952)  Mil
                             (president of the Provisional Government)
 7 Jun 1943 -  9 Mar 1944  Pedro Pablo Ramírez Machuca        (b. 1884 - d. 1962)  Mil
                             (president of the Provisional Government to 18 Jun 1943)
25 Feb 1944 -  4 Jun 1946  Edelmiro Julián Farrell Plaul      (b. 1887 - d. 1980)  Mil
                             (acting for Ramírez to 9 Mar 1944)
 4 Jun 1946 - 21 Sep 1955  Juan Domingo Perón Sosa (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1974)  Mil/PL/PP 
21 Sep 1955 - 23 Sep 1955  José Domingo Molina Gómez          (b. 1896 - d. 1969)  Mil
                             (chairman of military junta)
23 Sep 1955 - 13 Nov 1955  Eduardo A. Lonardi Doucet          (b. 1896 - d. 1956)  Mil
                             (provisional) 
13 Nov 1955 -  1 May 1958  Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Cilveti     (b. 1903 - d. 1970)  Mil
                             (provisional)
 1 May 1958 - 29 Mar 1962  Arturo Frondizi Ercoli             (b. 1908 - d. 1995)  UCRI
29 Mar 1962 - 12 Oct 1963  José María Guido (acting)          (b. 1910 - d. 1975)  UCRI
12 Oct 1963 - 28 Jun 1966  Arturo Umberto Illia Francesconi   (b. 1900 - d. 1983)  UCRP
28 Jun 1966 - 29 Jun 1966  Revolutionary Junta
                           - Pascual Ángel Pistarini Ludena   (b. 1915 - d. 1999)  Mil
                           - Benigno Ignacio Marcelino Varela (b. 1917 - d. 1996)  Mil
                               Bernadou 
                           - Adolfo Teodoro Álvarez Melendi   (b. 1919)            Mil
29 Jun 1966 -  8 Jun 1970  Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo       (b. 1914 - d. 1995)  Mil
 8 Jun 1970 - 18 Jun 1970  Pedro Alberto José Gnavi           (b. 1917)            Mil
                             (chairman Junta of Commanders)
18 Jun 1970 - 22 Mar 1971  Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (b. 1920)            Mil
22 Mar 1971 - 25 May 1973  Alejandro Agustín Lanusse Gelly    (b. 1918 - d. 1996)  Mil
                             (chairman Junta of Commanders to 26 Mar 1971)
25 May 1973 - 13 Jul 1973  Héctor José Cámpora Demaestre      (b. 1909 - d. 1980)  FJL
13 Jul 1973 - 12 Oct 1973  Raúl Alberto Lastiri (acting)      (b. 1915 - d. 1978)  FJL
12 Oct 1973 -  1 Jul 1974  Juan Domingo Perón Sosa  (2nd time)(s.a.)               PJ 
29 Jun 1974 - 24 Mar 1976  María Estela "Isabel" Martínez     (b. 1931)            PJ 
                             Cartas de Perón (f)
                            (to 1 Jul 1974 acting for Juan Perón)
13 Sep 1975 - 16 Oct 1975  Italo Argentino Luder              (b. 1916 - d. 2008)  PJ
                             (acting for Isabel Perón) 
24 Mar 1976 - 29 Mar 1976  Military Junta
                           - Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo      (b. 1925)            Mil
                           - Emilio Eduardo Massera Padula    (b. 1925)            Mil
                           - Orlando Ramón Agosti Echenique   (b. 1924 - d. 1997)  Mil
29 Mar 1976 - 29 Mar 1981  Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo        (s.a.)               Mil
29 Mar 1981 - 11 Dec 1981  Roberto Eduardo Viola Prevedini    (b. 1924 - d. 1994)  Mil
21 Nov 1981 - 11 Dec 1981  Horacio Tomás Liendo               (b. 1924 - d. 2007)  Mil 
                             (acting for Viola)
11 Dec 1981 - 22 Dec 1981  Carlos Alberto Lacoste (acting)    (b. 1929 - d. 2004)  Mil
22 Dec 1981 - 18 Jun 1982  Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri        (b. 1926 - d. 2003)  Mil
                             Castelli
18 Jun 1982 -  1 Jul 1982  Alfredo Óscar Saint Jean (acting)  (b. 1926 - d. 1987)  Mil
 1 Jul 1982 - 10 Dec 1983  Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone    (b. 1928)            Mil
                             Ramayón 
10 Dec 1983 -  8 Jul 1989  Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes      (b. 1927 - d. 2009)  UCR
 8 Jul 1989 - 10 Dec 1999  Carlos Saúl Menem Akil             (b. 1930)            PJ 
10 Dec 1999 - 21 Dec 2001  Fernando de la Rúa Bruno           (b. 1937)            UCR/AL
21 Dec 2001 - 23 Dec 2001  Federico Ramón Puerta (acting)     (b. 1951)            PJ
23 Dec 2001 -  1 Jan 2002  Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Páez Montero  (b. 1947)            PJ
                             (interim)
31 Dec 2001 -  2 Jan 2002  Eduardo Oscar Camaño               (b. 1946)            PJ
                             (acting [for Rodríguez Saá to 1 Jan 2002])
 2 Jan 2002 - 25 May 2003  Eduardo Alberto Duhalde Maldonado  (b. 1941)            PJ
25 May 2003 - 10 Dec 2007  Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoic      (b. 1950)            PJ
10 Dec 2007 -              Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (f) (b. 1953)            PJ

 
Cabinet Chiefs (ministerial coordinators)
 8 Jun 1995 - 28 Mar 1996  Eduardo Bauzá                      (b. 1939)            PJ 
28 Mar 1996 - 10 Dec 1999  Jorge Alberto Rodríguez            (b. 1944)            PJ
10 Dec 1999 -  5 Oct 2000  Rodolfo Héctor Terragno            (b. 1943)            AL
 5 Oct 2000 - 21 Dec 2001  Chrystian Gabriel Colombo          (b. 1952)            AL
21 Dec 2001 - 23 Dec 2001  Humberto Luis Schiavoni            (b. 1958)            PJ
23 Dec 2001 - 31 Dec 2001  Luis Bernardo Lusquiños (acting)   (b. 1951)            PJ
31 Dec 2001 -  3 Jan 2002  Antonio Francisco Cafiero Cafiero  (b. 1922)            PJ
 3 Jan 2002 -  3 May 2002  Jorge Milton Capitanich            (b. 1964)            PJ
 3 May 2002 - 25 May 2003  Alfredo Néstor Atanasof            (b. 1949)            PJ
25 May 2003 - 24 Jul 2008  Alberto Angel Fernandez            (b. 1959)            PJ
24 Jul 2008 -  8 Jul 2009  Sergio Tomás Massa                 (b. 1972)            PJ
 8 Jul 2009 -              Aníbal Domingo Fernández           (b. 1957)            PJ


Territorial Disputes: Argentina continues to assert its claims to the U.K.-administered Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in its constitution, forcibly occupying the Falklands in 1982, but in 1995 agreed no longer to seek settlement by force; territorial claim in Antarctica, (Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) since 1943 partially overlaps UK and Chilean claims and is not recognized by the United Nations, U.S., Russia or most other countries; unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcotics trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations; uncontested dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over Braziliera/Brasiliera Island in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint with Argentina in question; in 2006, Argentina went to the ICJ to protest, on environmental grounds, the construction of two pulp mills in Uruguay on the Uruguay River, which forms the boundary; both parties presented their pleadings in 2007 with Argentina's reply in Jan. and Uruguay's rejoinder in Jul. 2008; the joint boundary commission, established by Chile and Argentina in 2001 has yet to map and demarcate the delimited boundary in the inhospitable Andean Southern Ice Field (Campo de Hielo Sur).

Party abbreviations: AL = Alianza (Alliance, coalition: UCR and Frente País Solidario [Federation for a Country in Solidarity, Frepaso], anti-Peronist, center-left); FJL = Frente Justicialista de Liberación (Justicalist Liberation Front); PJ = Partido Justicialista (Justicalist Party, conservative, personalist: ex-PP); UCR = Unión Civica Radical (Radical Civic Union, centrist); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: CC = Concordancista (Concordance); Con = Conciliador (Conciliator); 
Fed = Federalista (Federalist); Lib = Liberal; PAN = Partido Autonomista Nacional (National Autonomist Party); PC = Partido Conservador (Conservative Party); PL = Partitdo Laborista (Labor Party, from 1947 PP); PP = Partido Peronista (Peronist Party, conservative, Juan Peron personalist); UC = Unión Civica (Civic Union); UCRI = Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente (Civic Radical Union-Intransigente); UCRP = Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo (Radical Civic Union of the People [UCR]); Uni = Unitario (Unitarian)

Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur
 
[Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur flag]
             Adopted Jun 1999
 
Map of Tierra del Fuego,
Antartida e Islas
Capital: Ushuaia
Population: 126,212 (2008)

13 Aug 1943                Atarctic region 25°W to 74°W claimed by Argentina.
28 Feb 1957                Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur 
                             National Territory created ([Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica,
                             and the Islands of the South Atlantic] including
                             Argentine Antarctic claim and Malvinas claim).
 1 Jun 1991                Status changed from territory to province.


Governors
21 Oct 1942 - 1943         Horacio A. Rotondaro
21 Sep 1943 - 1944         Fidel L. Anadón
 1 Jan 1944 - 1946         Gregorio Antonio Portillo
12 Feb 1946 -  2 Nov 1946  Fidel A. Degaudenzi
15 Nov 1946 - 1947         Mario E. Sánchez Negreto
1947 - 1948                Antonio Pietranera
Jan 1948                   Horacio Howard
15 Jan 1948 - 1949         Manlio Buldrini
24 Sep 1949 - Jan 1950     Pedro Cases
17 Jan 1950 - Jan 1952     Guillermo Carro Cattáneo
17 Jan 1952 - 1954         Jorge E. Suaya
1954                       Suárez Doriga 
 1 Jan 1955 - 1955         Juan José Jáuregui
1955 - 1957                José María Guzmán 
1957 - 1958                Pedro Carlos Florido
 7 Jun 1958 - 1963         Ernesto M. Campos
1963 - 1965                Pérez Farías
Dec 1965 - 1966            Ruperto Bilbao                     (b. 1908)
10 Jul 1966 - 1969         José María Guzmán
1969 - 13 Jun 1973         Gregorio Lloret (1st time)
20 Jun 1973 -  4 Dec 1974  Mariano E. Loedel
1974 - 1975                Justo Guillermo Padilla
1975 - 1976                Gregorio Lloret (2nd time)
1976 - 1981                Jorge Luis Arigotti
1981 - 1983                Raúl Eduardo Suárez del Cierro
10 Dec 1983 - 14 May 1984  Ramón Alberto Trejo Noel           (b. 1920 - d. 1984)
17 May 1984 - 15 Jul 1984  Jorge Néstor Vera (acting)
15 Jul 1984 - 26 May 1986  Adolfo Luis Sciurano               (b. 1931 - d. 2007)
26 May 1986 - 12 Dec 1987  Alfredo Ferro
12 Dec 1987 - 13 Jul 1989  Elios Eseverry                     (b. 1930 - d. 2007)
13 Jul 1989 - 1990         Martín Torres
1990 - 17 Jan 1991         Adrián Aquiles Fariña
17 Jan 1991 - 10 Jan 1992  Matilde Svatetz de Menéndez (f)    (b. 1943/44)
10 Jan 1992 - 10 Jan 2000  José Estabillo                     (b. 1949)            MPF
10 Jan 2000 - 10 Jan 2004  Carlos Manfredotti                 (b. 1953)            PJ
10 Jan 2004 -  2 Dec 2005  Jorge Colazo                       (b. 1954)            UCR
                             (suspended from 25 Oct 2005)
25 Oct 2005 - 17 Dec 2007  Hugo Cóccaro                       (b. 1954/55)         PJ
                             (acting for suspended Colazo to 2 Dec 2005)
17 Dec 2007 -              Fabiana Ríos (f)                   (b. 1964)            ARI

Territorial Disputes: Argentine territorial claim in Antarctica (Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) since 1943, partially overlaps British and Chilean claims and is not recognized by the United Nations, U.S., Russia or most other countries.
 

Party abbreviations: ARI = Alternativa por un República de Iguales (Alternative for a Republic of Equals); MPF = Movemiento Popular de Tierra de Fuego (Tierra del Fuego Popular Movement); PJ = Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party, conservative, personalist, ex-Partido Peronista); UCR = Unión Civica Radical (Radical Civic Union, centrist)






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