Events from the year 2010 in Argentina

Incumbents

* President – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner * Vice president –

Julio Cobos Julio César Cleto Cobos (; born 30 April 1955) is an Argentine politician who was the Vice President of Argentina in the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2007 to 2011. He started his political career as member of ...

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 ...

Daniel Scioli Daniel Osvaldo Scioli (, ; born 13 January 1957) is an Argentine politician, sportsman, and businessman. He was Vice President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and Governor of Buenos Aires Province from 2011 to 2015. From 2020 to 2022 he was Argen ...

* Governor of Catamarca Province: Eduardo Brizuela del Moral * Governor of Chaco Province: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff *

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 ...

: Mario Das Neves * Governor of Córdoba:

Juan Schiaretti Juan Schiaretti (born June 19, 1949) known as ''El Gringo'', is an Argentine accountant and Justicialist Party politician. He is the Governor of the Córdoba Province. Early life Schiaretti was born in Córdoba, Argentina, to Julia Álamo ...

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 ...

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 Urribarri Sergio Daniel Urribarri (born 7 October 1958) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician and former governor of Entre Ríos Province. Since 2020 he has been Argentina's ambassador to Israel. In April 2022 he resigned from office after b ...

* Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán * Governor of Jujuy Province: Walter Barrionuevo * Governor of La Pampa Province: Óscar Jorge * 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 ...

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 ...

: Francisco Pérez *

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 ...

: Maurice Closs *

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 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 ...

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 ...

Miguel Saiz Miguel Saiz (May 17, 1949 – October 22, 2019) was an Argentine politician latterly of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), who served as governor of Río Negro Province from 2003 until 2011. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saiz studied at the National ...

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 Manuel Urtubey Juan Manuel Urtubey (born September 6, 1969) is an Argentine politician, lawyer, university professor and former governor of Salta Province. Formerly a senior figure in the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party (PJ) in the ...

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 ...

José Luis Gioja José Luis Gioja (born 1949) is an Argentine Justicialist Party (PJ) politician, former governor of San Juan Province and former President of the Argentine Senate. Early life and education Gioja was born in Rawson, a suburb of San Juan, Argentin ...

* Governor of San Luis Province:

Alberto Rodríguez Saá Alberto José Rodriguez Saá (born August 21, 1949) is an Argentine lawyer and politician. He is the Governor of San Luis Province. He was presidential candidate for the center-right peronism, Federal Peronism, in 2007 and 2011. The Rodrigue ...

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 ...

Daniel Peralta Daniel Román Peralta (born 1 July 1955) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician who was governor of Santa Cruz Province from 2007 to 2015. Early life and career Peralta was born in Cañada de Gómez, Santa Fe Province. His parents, N� ...

* Governor of Santa Fe Province: Hermes Binner *

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 ...

: Gerardo Zamora *

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 ...

: Fabiana Ríos * Governor of Tucumán: José Alperovich

Vice Governors

*Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province:

Alberto Balestrini Alberto Edgardo Balestrini (9 March 1947 – 4 April 2017) was an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party. Balestrini held a number of important posts throughout his career: he served as Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province under Daniel ...

*Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Marta Grimaux *Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff *Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Pedro Braillard Poccard *Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: José Lauritto *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: Pedro Segura *Vice Governor of La Pampa Province:

Luis Alberto Campo Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

*Vice Governor of La Rioja Province:

Teresita Luna Mirtha María Teresita Luna (born 19 February 1964) is an Argentine politician. Formerly a member of the Justicialist Party, she served as Vice Governor of La Rioja Province from 2007 to 2011, and later as a National Senator for La Rioja from 2 ...

*Vice Governor of Misiones Province:

Sandra Giménez Sandra Daniela Giménez (born 2 September 1967) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Senator for Misioness from 10 December 2011 to 9 December 2017, as Vice Governor of Misiones from 2007 to 2011, under Maurice Closs. Born in Ja ...

*Vice Governor of Neuquén Province:

Ana Pechen Ana María Pechen de D'Angelo (born 19 June 1949) is an Argentine biochemist and former politician who served as Vice Governor of Neuquén Province from 2007 to 2015, under Governor Jorge Sapag. She also served as rector of the National Universi ...

*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:

Andrés Zottos Miguel Andrés Costas Zottos (born 30 December 1961) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Salta Province from 2017 to 2021. A member of the localist Salta Renewal Party, Zottos previously served in both houses of ...

*Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Rubén Uñac *Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Jorge Luis Pellegrini *Vice Governor of Santa Cruz:

Luis Martínez Crespo Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

*Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province:

Griselda Tessio Griselda Rosa de las Mercedes Tessio (born 1946 in Esperanza, Santa Fe) is the Vice-Governor of the Argentine province of Santa Fe since 11 December 2007. Formerly a federal prosecutor based on Santa Fe City, she accompanied Governor Hermes Binne ...

*Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero:

Ángel Niccolai Angel is a given name meaning " angel", "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls. From the medieval Latin masculine name ''Angelus'', which was derived from the name of the heavenly creature (itself derive ...

*Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Carlos Basanetti

Events

January

* 1–16 January – Dakar Rally * 18–24 January – Tour de San Luis

February

* 15–21 February –

Copa Telmex The ATP Buenos Aires ( es, Abierto de Buenos Aires, ) originally known as the Argentina International Championships and established in 1927 is an annual tennis event for male tennis players held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament is an A ...

* 27 February – Salta earthquake

March

* 19–21 March – Rally Argentina

May

* 25 May –

Argentina Bicentennial The Argentina Bicentennial ( es, bicentenario argentino) was a series of ceremonies, festivals, and observances celebrated on May 25, 2010, and throughout the year. They commemorated the 200th anniversary of the May Revolution, a sequence of histo ...

June

* 5–21 June – IRB Junior World Championship

December

* 3–5 December – FIA GT1 San Luis round

Births

Deaths

* 18 February – Ariel Ramírez, composer, pianist and music director * 30 August – Francisco Varallo,

football forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

* 20 October –

Mariano Ferreyra On 20 October 2010, Argentine student and Trotskyist activist Mariano Ferreyra was shot dead in Buenos Aires by members of a railway workers union. Incident Mariano Ferreyra (born 3 June 1987 in Sarandí) was an Argentine student active in t ...

, political activist is killed during a confrontation against rail union leaders. * 27 October – Néstor Kirchner, former

President of Argentina The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...

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