The Governor of Buenos Aires Province ( es, Gobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is a citizen of the

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

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 List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...

, holding the office of

governor 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 ...

for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Currently the governor of Buenos Aires Province is

Axel Kicillof Axel Kicillof (, born 25 September 1971) is an Argentine Peronist economist and politician who has been Governor of Buenos Aires since 2019. Kicillof completed an ideological turn, from teaching Marxist economics to the doctrine of Perón, jo ...

since December 11, 2019. Casa de Gobierno de la Provincia de Buenos Aires-La Plata-1

Requirements

To be able to be elected governor, the person must be an Argentine citizen and must have been born in Argentina, or be the child of an Argentine citizen if born in a foreign country.Constitución de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
- Art- 121 The citizen must also be at least 30 years old, and have at least 5 uninterrupted years of residence in the province if not natural from it. The term lasts 4 years, with the chance of a single reelection.

List of officeholders

Governor-intendant

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Argentine Confederation

Governors managing international relations of the

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and the

Argentine Confederation The Argentine Confederation (Spanish: ''Confederación Argentina'') was the last predecessor state of modern Argentina; its name is still one of the official names of the country according to the Argentine Constitution, Article 35. It was the name ...

(''de facto'' Heads of State).

Argentine Confederation

Governors without national power during the

State of Buenos Aires The State of Buenos Aires ( es, Estado de Buenos Aires) was a secessionist republic resulting from the overthrow of the Argentine Confederation government in the Province of Buenos Aires on September 11, 1852. The State of Buenos Aires was nev ...
(independent from Argentina)

List of provincial governors before the enactment of the Sáenz Peña Law (1862–1914)

List of governors since the enactment of the Sáenz Peña Law (1914–present)

References

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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 ...