Events from the year 2001 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 ...

: ** until 20 December:

Fernando de la Rúa Fernando de la Rúa (15 September 19379 July 2019) was an Argentine politician and a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) political party who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1999 to 21 December 2001. De la Rúa was born in ...

** 20 December-22 December:

Ramón Puerta Federico Ramón Puerta (born 9 September 1951) is an Argentine Peronist politician who has served as a governor, national senator and deputy and briefly as President of Argentina in 2001. Biography Puerta was born in Apóstoles, Misiones Provi ...

** 22 December-30 December:

Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (born 25 July 1947) is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province, he became the province's governor in 1983, after the end of the National R ...

** starting 30 December:

Eduardo Camaño Eduardo Oscar Camaño (born 17 June 1946) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was in charge of the executive branch in a caretaker capacity, effectively acting as president, for two days between 31 December 2001, and 1 January 200 ...

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 ...

: vacant

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 ...

: Carlos Ruckauf *

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. Governo ...

Oscar Castillo Oscar Aníbal Castillo (born 18 January 1954) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, currently a Senator for the Civic and Social Front of Catamarca and a former governor of that province. He is the son of the late Arnoldo Castil ...

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

Ángel Rozas Ángel Rozas (born 22 March 1950) is a retired Argentine politician. A member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), Rozas was Governor of Chaco Province from 1995 to 2003, and served as a National Senator for Chaco from 2013 to 2019. Rozas was born ...

* Governor of Chubut Province: José Luis Lizurume * Governor of Córdoba:

José Manuel De la Sota José Manuel de la Sota (28 November 1949 – 15 September 2018) was an Argentine politician who was a member of Justicialist Party. He was the governor of Córdoba Province from 1999 until 2007, and was reelected to the post for the 2011–15 ...

* Governor of Corrientes Province: ** until 20 March: Ramón Mestre ** 20 March-10 December: Oscar Aguad ** starting 10 December:

Ricardo Colombi Ricardo Colombi (born August 30, 1957) is an Argentine lawyer and politician elected Governor of Corrientes Province in 2009. Life and times Ricardo Horacio Colombi was born in Mercedes, a Corrientes Province agricultural and cattle ranching hub ...

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 ...

Sergio Montiel Sergio Alberto Montiel (October 20, 1927 – November 1, 2011) was an Argentinian politician, lawyer, and professor of constitutional law at the National University of the Littoral. Monitel served as Governor of Entre Ríos Province for two nonc ...

Governor of Formosa Province The Governor of Formosa ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Formosa) is a citizen of the Formosa Province, in Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Since 1995, the ...

Gildo Insfrán Gildo Insfrán (born 19 January 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, who has been Governor of Formosa Province since 1995. Having been close to former President Carlos Menem, Insfrán later became close to President Néstor ...

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

Eduardo Fellner Eduardo Alfredo Fellner (born 16 June 1954) is an Argentine Peronist politician. He was President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies and governor of Jujuy Province for two terms. Life and times Fellner was born in Río Tercero, Córdoba, and wa ...

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

Rubén Marín Rubén Hugo Marín (born May 1, 1934) is a former Argentine Senator for La Pampa Province. He was also a governor of the province on two occasions. Marín, a lawyer by profession, is a member of the Argentine Justicialist Party. Born in Trenel, M ...

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

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 senat ...

Governor of Mendoza Province The Constitution (1916) of Mendoza Province, Argentina, states that the 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 the immediately followi ...

Roberto Iglesias Roberto Raúl Iglesias (born 25 February 1951) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician, a former leader of the party and formerly a deputy and governor of Mendoza Province. Iglesias was born in Mendoza, Argentina, and enrolled at ...

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 ...

Carlos Rovira Carlos Eduardo Rovira (born February 18, 1956) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, until 2007 governor of Misiones Province at the head of the Front for the Renewal of Concord. Rovira was born in Posadas and studied chemical e ...

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 ...

Jorge Sobisch Jorge Omar Sobisch (born January 16, 1943) is an Argentine peronist centre-right politician, formerly governor of Neuquén Province. He led the Neuquén People's Movement and was candidate for President of Argentina in 2007. Biography Sobisch w ...

* Governor of Río Negro Province: Pablo Verani * Governor of Salta Province: Juan Carlos Romero * Governor of San Juan Province: Alfredo Avelín * Governor of San Luis Province:

(until 23 December); María Alicia Lemme (starting 23 December) * Governor of Santa Cruz Province:

Néstor Kirchner Néstor Carlos Kirchner (; 25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and ...

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 Justicia ...

Carlos Reutemann Carlos Alberto "Lole" Reutemann (12 April 1942 – 7 July 2021) was an Argentine racing driver who raced in Formula One from to , and later became a politician in his native province of Santa Fe, for the Justicialist Party, and governor o ...

* Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Juárez (until 15 December); Carlos Ricardo Díaz (starting 15 December) * Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Carlos Manfredotti *

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 ...

: Julio Miranda

Vice Governors

*Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province:

Felipe Solá Felipe Solá (born 23 July 1950) is an Argentine agricultural engineer and politician. He previously served as Governor of Buenos Aires Province, from 2002 to 2007, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship under President Alberto Fernánd ...

*Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Hernán Colombo *Vice Governor of Chaco Province:

Roy Nikisch Roy Abelardo Nikisch (born 1951) is an Argentine Radical Civic Union senator, who served as governor of Chaco Province between 2003 and 2007. Nikisch was mayor of Tres Isletas and later served as vice governor of Chaco under Ángel Rozas until ...

*Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: vacant (until 10 December); Eduardo Leonel Galantini (starting 10 December) *Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti *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: Rubén Daza *Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Heriberto Mediza *Vice Governor of La Rioja Province:

Luis Beder Herrera Luis Beder Herrera (born 26 May 1951) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician. He was the governor of La Rioja Province from 2007 to 2015. Born in Campanas, La Rioja, Herrera graduated as a lawyer in 1976 from the National Univer ...

*Vice Governor of Misiones Province:

Mercedes Margarita Oviedo Mercedes Margarita Oviedo (born 29 October 1952) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party who served as a National Senator for Misiones from 2001 to 2005, and as Vice Governor of Misiones from 1999 to 2001, under Carlos Rovira. Bor ...

*Vice Governor of Nenquen Province:

Jorge Sapag Jorge Augusto Sapag (b. July 18, 1951) is an Argentine politician and lawyer, a member of the Neuquino People's Movement (MPN) and governor of Neuquén Province in Argentina since 2007. Born in Zapala, Neuquén Province, Jorge Sapag is a mem ...

*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: Marcelo Lima *Vice Governor of San Luis Province: María Alicia Lemme (until 10 December); vacant thereafter (starting 10 December) *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

* 4 February: Murder of Natalia Melmann in Miramar. * 16 December: Unemployed activists and protestors demanding food from supermarkets cause several incidents in Greater Buenos Aires. * 18 December: Supermarkets and convenience stores start being looted in several places of Greater Buenos Aires and Rosario. * 19 December: President de la Rúa declares a state of emergency.

Cacerolazo A cacerolazo ( or ), cacerolada (, ) or casserole is a form of popular protest which consists of a group of people making noise by banging pots, pans, and other utensils in order to call for attention. The first documented protests of this styl ...

s erupt in major cities. Minister Domingo Cavallo resigns. * 20 December: Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

. Violent incidents in

Plaza de Mayo The Plaza de Mayo (; en, May Square) is a city square and main foundational site of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was formed in 1884 after the demolition of the Recova building, unifying the city's Plaza Mayor and Plaza de Armas, by that time kn ...

between protestors and police, and in other parts of the country. 26 people die. The president resigns. President

resigns two days later. * 22 December: After Congress deliberations,

is appointed interim president. * 30 December: Rodríguez Saá fails to obtain political support from his fellow party members, and resigns after only a week in office.

Full date unknown

* La cumparsita rock 72 band is formed in Villa Elvira, La Plata.

Births

* January 17: Enzo Fernández, footballer * July 18:

Agustina Roth Agustina Roth (born 18 July 2001) is an Argentine BMX rider. Roth competed at the 2018 Youth Olympics where she won a gold medal in the mixed BMX freestyle park event. She won a bronze medal at the Cycling at the 2019 Pan American Games Cycl ...

, BMX rider

Deaths

* January 19: Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921) * March 4: Gerardo Barbero (b. 1961), chess grandmaster * October 3:

Gregorio Peralta Gregorio Manuel Peralta (May 8, 1935 – October 3, 2001), better known as Gregorio "Goyo" Peralta, was a top Argentine boxer. Peralta enjoyed success as both a light heavyweight and a heavyweight, one of a select group Latin American Heavy ...

(b. 1935), heavyweight boxer

Sports

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2001 in sports 2001 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Alpine skiing * Alpine Skiing World Cup ** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria ** Women's overall season champion: Janica Kostelić, Croatia American football * Super ...

References

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