Events from the year 1998 in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...

Vice president A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

Carlos Ruckauf Carlos Federico Ruckauf (born July 10, 1944) is a Peronist politician in Argentina, member of the Justicialist Party. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2002 to March 2003. He had earlier served as Vice-President of Argentina fr ...

Governors

Governor of Buenos Aires Province The Governor of Buenos Aires Province ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is a citizen of the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vic ...

Eduardo Duhalde Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s. Bor ...

Governor of Catamarca Province The Governor of Catamarca is a citizen of Catamarca Province, Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Currently the governor of Catamarca is Raúl Jalil. Governor ...

: Arnoldo Castillo * Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas *

Governor of Chubut Province This is a list of the governors of Chubut, Argentina, first as a National Territory, then as a province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ...

Carlos Maestro Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

* Governor of Córdoba:

Ramón Mestre Ramón Bautista Mestre (August 21, 1937 – March 6, 2003), an Argentine politician, was Governor of Córdoba from July 12, 1995 to July 12, 1999. He also served as Federal Interventor of Corrientes Province (December 16, 1999 to March 20, 2001 ...

Governor of Corrientes Province The Governor of Corrientes ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Corrientes) is a citizen of Corrientes Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Currently ...

: Pedro Braillard Poccard *

Governor of Entre Ríos Province The Governor of Entre Ríos ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Entre Ríos) is a citizen of the Entre Ríos Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Cur ...

Jorge Busti Jorge Pedro Busti (18 October 1947 – 20 December 2021) was an Argentine politician who served as Justicialist Party governor and senator for Entre Ríos Province. Life and career Busti was born in Concordia, Entre Ríos on 18 October 1947, ...

* 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 Ángel Eduardo Maza (born 18 December 1954) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician. He was the governor of La Rioja Province during several terms, until he was ousted by impeachment in 2007. His sister, Ada Maza, is a national senator. ...

Governor of Mendoza Province The Constitution (1916) of Mendoza Province, Argentina, states that the Executive (government), executive power of the province will be led by a citizen chosen as a governor by the people for a four-year term, and not allowed to be re-elected for ...

Arturo Lafalla Arturo Lafalla (born in 1944) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party, in Mendoza Province. Lafalla was born in San Rafael, Mendoza, and educated at the Marist College of San José. He graduated from the National University of Cuyo ...

Governor of Misiones Province The Governor of Misiones Province ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Misiones) is the chief executive of Misiones, one of the federal Provinces of Argentina. This office is elected by the popular vote of the province for term of four years. Since ...

: Ramón Puerta *

Governor of Neuquén Province The Governor of Neuquén is a citizen of the Neuquén Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Currently the governor of Neuquén is Omar Gutiérrez. Go ...

Felipe Sapag Felipe Sapag (February 14, 1917 – March 14, 2010) was an Argentine politician, governor of Neuquén Province on five occasions and a leading figure in the Neuquén People's Movement and the locally influential Sapag family. Life and times Sa ...

Governor of Río Negro Province The Governor of Río Negro ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Río Negro) is a citizen of the Río Negro Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Curren ...

Pablo Verani Pablo Federico Verani (7 February 1938 – 25 September 2013) was an Argentine politician, formerly of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), from Río Negro Province, Argentina. Early life and education Verani was born in the Province of Reggio Emilia, ...

Governor of Salta Province The governor of Salta ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Salta) is a citizen of the Salta Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Currently the governo ...

: Juan Carlos Romero *

Governor of San Juan Province The Governor of San Juan is a citizen of the San Juan Province, Argentina, San Juan Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. the Governor of San Juan is ...

: Jorge Escobar * Governor of San Luis Province: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá *

Governor of Santa Cruz Province The Governor of Santa Cruz ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Santa Cruz) is a citizen of the Santa Cruz Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Sinc ...

: Néstor Kirchner *

Governor of Santa Fe Province The Governor of Santa Fe ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Santa Fe) is a citizen of Santa Fe Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. Currently the governor of Santa Fe is Omar Perotti, of the Justici ...

: Jorge Obeid *

Governor of Santiago del Estero The Governor of Santiago del Estero ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero) is a citizen of the Santiago del Estero Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongs ...

: Carlos Juárez *

Governor of Tierra del Fuego The Governor of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands ( es, Gobernador de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) is the highest executive officer of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. The Governor is di ...

José Arturo Estabillo José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

Governor of Tucumán A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

: Antonio Domingo Bussi

Vice Governors

*Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Rafael Romá *Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Simón Hernández *Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Miguel Pibernus *Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Victor Hugo Maidana *Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Héctor Alanis *Vice Governor of Formosa Province:

Floro Bogado Floro Eleuterio Bogado (February 20, 1939 – December 12, 2017) was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, lawyer and diplomat. He served as Vice-Governor of Formosa Province under Gildo Insfrán from 1995 to 2017, and was Governor from 198 ...

*Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: vacant *Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Manuel Baladrón *Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Miguel Ángel Asís *Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Julio Alberto Ifrán *Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Ricardo Corradi *Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province:

Bautista Mendioroz Bautista (Spanish for "baptist") is a Spanish language surname also used as a first name, often in reference to John the Baptist. Notable people with the surname include: *Adolfo Bautista (born 1979), Mexican footballer * Alba Bautista (born 2002 ...

*Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar *Vice Governor of San Juan Province:

Rogelio Rafael Cerdera Rogelio () is a masculine Spanish given name and a variant of the first name Roger. Notable people with the name include: * Rogelio Antonio, Jr. (born 1962), Filipino chess player *Rogelio Armenteros (born 1994), Cuban pitcher in Major League Bas ...

*Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Mario Merlo *Vice Governor of Santa Cruz:

Eduardo Arnold Eduardo Ariel Arnold (born 14 October 1947) is an Argentine politician. He has been vice governor of the Santa Cruz Province under Néstor Kirchner, and a national senator and deputy. Biography Eduardo Ariel Arnold was born in 1947 in Las Hera ...

*Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Gualberto Venesia *Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero:

Darío Moreno David Arugete (3 April 1921 – 1 December 1968), commonly known under his stage name Darío Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He attained fame and made a remarkable career centred ...

*Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego:

Miguel Ángel Castro Miguel Ángel Castro (born December 24, 1994) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, Colorado Rockies, Baltimore Orio ...

Events

12 April Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...

- The

1998 Argentine Grand Prix The 1998 Argentine Grand Prix (formally the XXI Gran Premio Marlboro Argentina) was a Formula One motor race held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires, on 12 April 1998. The race is (to date) the last Argentine Grand Prix. It was th ...

is held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires, and is won by Michael Schumacher. *

12 September Events Pre-1600 *490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Classical Athens, Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the First Persian invasion of Greece, first Persian invasion for ...

- The

Argentina national rugby union team The Argentina national rugby union team (Spanish: ''Selección de rugby de Argentina'') represents Argentina in men's international rugby union; it is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union ( es, Unión Argentina de Rugby). Nicknamed the Pumas ...

plays the first match in its tour of Japan and Europe.

Deaths

3 May Events Pre-1600 * 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne. *1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties. ...

- René Mugica, actor, film director and screenwriter (born

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

) *

17 October Events Pre-1600 * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian Wu Zetian (17 February 624 – 16 December 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was the ''de facto'' ruler of the Tang dynasty from 665 to 705, ruling first through others and then (from 690) ...

Antonio Agri Antonio Agri (May 5, 1932 – October 17, 1998) was an Argentine violinist, composer and conductor prominent in both the tango and classical music genres. Life and work Antonio Agri was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1932. He was taugh ...

, violinist, composer and conductor (born

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

)

References

Years of the 20th century in Argentina

1990s in Argentina