1999 in Argentina
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Events from the year 1999 in Argentina
Incumbents
- President:
- Carlos Menem (1 January – 10 December)
- Fernando de la Rúa (from 10 December)[1]
- Vice President:
- Carlos Ruckauf (1 January – 10 December)
- Carlos Álvarez (from 10 December)
Governors
- Governor of Buenos Aires Province:
- Eduardo Duhalde (until 10 December)
- Carlos Ruckauf (from 10 December)
- Governor of Catamarca Province:
- Arnoldo Castillo (until 10 December)
- Oscar Castillo (from 10 December)
- Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas
- Governor of Chubut Province:
- Carlos Maestro
- José Luis Lizurume
- Governor of Córdoba:
- Ramón Mestre (until 12 July)
- José Manuel De la Sota (from 12 July)
- Governor of Corrientes Province:
- Pedro Braillard Poccard (until 19 June)
- Hugo Perié (19 June-17 December)
- Ramón Mestre (from 17 December)
- Governor of Entre Ríos Province:
- Jorge Busti (until 11 December)
- Sergio Montiel (from 11 December)
- 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
- Governor of Mendoza Province:
- Arturo Lafalla (until 10 December)
- Roberto Iglesias (from 10 December)
- Governor of Misiones Province:
- Ramón Puerta (until 10 December)
- Carlos Rovira (from 10 December)
- Governor of Neuquén Province: Felipe Sapag
- Governor of Río Negro Province: Pablo Verani
- Governor of Salta Province: Juan Carlos Romero
- Governor of San Juan Province:
- Jorge Escobar (until 10 December)
- Alfredo Avelín (from 10 December)
- Governor of San Luis Province: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
- Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner
- Governor of Santa Fe Province:
- Jorge Obeid (until 10 December)
- Carlos Reutemann (from 10 December)
- Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Juárez
- Governor of Tierra del Fuego: José Arturo Estabillo
- Governor of Tucumán:
- Antonio Domingo Bussi (until 29 October)
- Julio Miranda (from 29 October)
Vice Governors
- Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province:
- Rafael Romá (until 10 December)
- Felipe Solá (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Catamarca Province:
- Simón Hernández (until 10 December)
- Hernán Colombo (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Chaco Province:
- Miguel Pibernus (until 10 December)
- Roy Nikisch (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Corrientes Province:
- Victor Hugo Maidana (until 19 June)
- Vacant (from 19 June)
- Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province:
- Héctor Alanis (until 11 December)
- Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti (from 11 December)
- Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
- Vice Governor of Jujuy Province:
- Vacant (until 10 December)
- Rubén Daza (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of La Pampa Province:
- Manuel Baladrón (until 10 December)
- Heriberto Mediza (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of La Rioja Province:
- Miguel Ángel Asís (until 10 December)
- Luis Beder Herrera (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Misiones Province:
- Julio Alberto Ifrán (until 10 December)
- Mercedes Margarita Oviedo (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Nenquen Province:
- Ricardo Corradi (until 10 December)
- Jorge Sapag (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
- Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
- Vice Governor of San Juan Province:
- Rogelio Rafael Cerdera (until 10 December)
- Wbaldino Acosta (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of San Luis Province:
- Mario Merlo (until 10 December)
- María Alicia Lemme (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santa Cruz:
- Eduardo Arnold (until 10 December)
- Sergio Acevedo (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province:
- Gualberto Venesia (until 10 December)
- Marcelo Muniagurria (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero:
- Darío Moreno (until 10 December)
- Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Miguel Ángel Castro
Events
January
- 18 January: The Argentine peso continues to decline in value against the U.S. dollar, which is a source of concern for both businesses and individuals. There is talk of abandoning the Argentine peso for the US dollar.[2]
May
- 13 May: Ricardo Gangeme, a prominent journalist known for exposing corruption, is found murdered in Trelew, Chubut Province.[3][4]
August
- 31 August: A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas flight crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. There are 65 fatalities (63 occupants of the aircraft and 2 on the ground) – as well as injuries, some serious, to at least 34 people.[5][6]
September
- 17 September: Armed robbers take six Banco de la Nación Argentina employees hostage in Ramallo, Buenos Aires. After several hours, the thieves try to escape in a car with three hostages (the bank manager and an accountant). After a few meters, a special group of the provincial police, kill one of the suspects and the two hostages.[7]
October
- 24 October: Argentine general elections are held with Fernando de la Rúa (Radical Civic Union) winning the Presidency with 48% of the vote, defeating Eduardo Duhalde (Peronist Party).[8][9]
Births
Deaths
January
- 1 January – Rafael Iglesias, heavyweight boxer (b. 1924)
- 14 January – Sabina Olmos, actress (b. 1913)
March
- 8 March – Adolfo Bioy Casares, writer, journalist, and translator (b. 1914)[10]
May
- 13 May – Ricardo Gangeme, journalist (b. 1943)
December
- 3 December – Enrique Cadícamo, tango lyricist, poet and novelist (b. 1900)[11]
See also
References
- ^ Mendelevich, Pablo (2010). El Final (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones B. pp. 247–262. ISBN 978-987-627-166-0.
- ^ "Dollar for Argentina?". CNN Money. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
- ^ "Americas: Journalist murdered in Argentina". BBC News.
- ^ Canal 13 (14 May 1999). "Argentina: Prominent Journalist Assassinated". Associated Press.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Cómo fue la tragedia del vuelo 3142 a Córdoba" [The way the tragedy of flight 3142 to Córdoba was]. La Nación (in Spanish). 23 December 2000. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012.
- ^ Masacre de Ramallo: piden que se investigue como un crimen el caso del asaltante que murió en la comisaría (in Spanish)
- ^ "Recorriendo las Elecciones de 1983 a 2013 - Presidenciales". Dirección Nacional Electoral. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Elecciones Nacionales ESCRUTINIO DEFINITIVO 1999" (PDF). Ministry of the Interior. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Argentine literary great Adolfo Bioy Casares, dead at 84". CNN. 9 March 1999. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ Enrique Cadícamo: el autor de los 1000 tangos (in Spanish)
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