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Argentina

[Spanish War Ensign (1785-1931)]
    to 25 May 1810; 1811 - 18 Feb 1812

[Argentina flag 1810]
               25 May 1810 - 1811

[Argentina 1812]
           18 Feb 1812 - 27 Feb 1812

[Argentina flag 1812-1816]
          27 Feb 1812 - 20 Jul 1816

[Argentina flag 1816-18, 1820-36]
20 Jul 1816 - 9 Jan 1818; 1820 - 13 Apr 1836

[Argentina flag 1818-19, 1853-62]
   9 Jan 1818 - 1819; 1853 - 12 Apr 1862

[Argentina flag 1819-20]
                     1819 - 1820

[Argentina flag 1836-53]
                13 Apr 1836 - 1853

[Argentine flag]
                      Adopted 2 Apr 1862

Map of Argentina Hear National Anthem
"Marcha de la Patria"
(March of the Fatherland) Text of National Anthem
Adopted 11 Mar 1813 Constitution
(1 May 1853)

Capital: Buenos Aires
(confederal capital
1852-1862: Paraná) Currency: Argentine Peso
(ARS) National Holiday: 25 May (1810)
Revolution Day Population: 40,301,927 (2007)

GDP: $599.1 billion (2006) Exports: $46 billion (2006)
Imports: $31.6 billion (2006) Ethnic groups: white 86.4%, mestizo 6.5%,
Amerindian 3.4%, Arab 3.3% (2000)

Total Armed Forces: 71,400 (2003)
Merchant marine: 41 ships (2006) Religions: Roman Catholic 79.8%, Protestant 5.4%,
Muslim 1.9%, Jewish 1.3%, other 11.6% (2000)

International Organizations/Treaties: AfDB, AG, ANT, APM, BCIE (nonregional), BIS, BTWC, CAN (associate), CSN, CTBT, ENMOD, FAO, G-6, G-15, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, LAES, LAIA, LU (observer), Mercosur, MIGA, MTCR, NAM (guest), NPT, NSG, NTBT, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, SEGIB, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

Argentina Index Chronology
1535/1536                  Spanish colonize Río de la Plata, part of
                             Viceroyalty of Peru.
1580                       Province of Río de la Plata; Buenos Aires
                             re-founded.
1618                       Province of Buenos Aires.
1661 - 1671                Audiencia of Buenos Aires.
1671 - 1776                Subordinated to the Audiencia of Charcas
                             (see Bolivia).
1 Aug 1776                (Spanish) Viceroyalty of Río de la Plata separated
                             from Peru (modern Argentina, Bolivia [Charcas or
                             Upper Peru], Paraguay, and Uruguay).
27 Jun 1806 - 12 Aug 1806 British occupation of Buenos Aires.
25 May 1810                First autonomous government, claiming initially to
                             rule on behalf of deposed King Fernando VII of
                             Spain.
12 Oct 1813                Secession of Paraguay.
9 Jul 1816                Independence (United Provinces in South America).
16 Feb 1820                Collapse of the national government.
18 Jul 1821 - 25 Aug 1825 Uruguay annexed by Brazil.
25 Aug 1825                Uruguay separated from Brazil and
                             re-incorporation into the United Provinces of
                             the Río de la Plata declared.
1 Dec 1828                Independence of Uruguay.
23 Jan 1825                United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
4 Jan 1831                Argentine Confederation
11 Sep 1852 - 3 Jun 1862 Buenos Aires in secession from Argentina
                             (see under Provinces 1820-1862).
1 Oct 1860                Argentine Nation (also styled Argentine Republic).
12 Dec 1861                Collapse of the national government.
12 Apr 1862                National government restored.
2 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982 Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands
                             (Islas Malvinas).

Provinces
(since 1983)

Provinces
1820-1862

Antártida e Islas
del Atlántico Sur

Note: There was no universally accepted national government from 16 Feb 1820 until roughly 1852. Therefore, the governments of each province during that period are listed separately. Most of the time there was civil war, and the "national" authorities were acknowledged by
only a partial (and varying) set of provinces. There was also a gap in national government between 1861 and 1862, for which the governments of the provinces are also listed. The
Province of Buenos Aires was actually in secession between 1852 and 1862.

Governors
1536 - 1537 Pedro de Mendoza
1682 - 1691 José de Herrera y Sotomayor
(interim)
1691 - 1698 Augustín de Robles Lorenzana
1698 - 1701 Manuel de Prado y Maldonaldo
1701 - 1708 Alonso José de Valdés y Inclán
1708 - 1712 Manuel de Velasco y Tejada
1712 - 1714 Alonso de Arce y Soria
1714 - 1715 José Bermúdez de Castro (interim)
1715 - 1717 Baltasar García Ros
1717 - 1734 Bruno Mauricio de Zavala y Cortázar
1734 - 1742 Miguel de Salcedo y Sierra Alta
1742 - 1745 Domingo Ortiz de Rosas García de
Villasuso, marqués de Poblaciones
1745 - 1756 José de Andonaegui y la Plaza
1756 - 1766 Pedro Antonio de Ceballos Cortés (b. 1715 - d. 1778)
y Calderón
1766 - 1770 Francisco de Paula Bucareli y Ursúa
1770 - 1777 Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo (b. 1719 - d. 1799)
Viceroys
Oct 1777 - 12 Jun 1778 Pedro Antonio de Ceballos Cortés (s.a.)
y Calderón
12 Jun 1778 - 7 Mar 1784 Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo (s.a.)
7 Mar 1784 - 4 Dec 1789 Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del
Campo, marqués de Loreto
4 Dec 1789 - 16 Mar 1795 Nicolás Antonio de Arredondo (b. 1740 - d. 1802)
16 Mar 1795 - 15 Apr 1797 Pedro de Melo y Portugal y Vilhena (b. 1733 - d. 1797)
2 May 1797 - 14 Mar 1799 Antonio Olaguer y Feliú Heredia
López y Donec (b. 1740 - d. 1807)
14 Mar 1799 - 20 May 1801 Gabriel de Avilés y del Fierro,
marqués de Avilés (b. 1730 - d. 1810)
20 May 1801 - 11 Apr 1804 Joaquín del Pino y Rozas, Romero
y Negrete (b. 1729 - d. 1804)
23 Apr 1804 - 10 Feb 1807 Rafael de Sobremonte Núñez (b. 1746 - d. 1827)
Castillo Angulo y Bullón Ramírez
de Arellano, marqués de Sobremonte
(acting to 6 Oct 1804)
27 Jun 1806 - 13 Aug 1806 William Carr Beresford, (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
Viscount Beresford
(British commander in Buenos Aires)
10 Feb 1807 - 30 Jun 1809 Santiago Antonio María de Liniers (b. 1753 - d. 1810)
y Bremont (Jacques de Liniers)
(acting)
30 Jun 1809 - 25 May 1810 Baltazar Hidalgo de Cisneros y (b. 1775 - d. 1829)
la Torre
25 May 1810 - 12 Feb 1811 Elías Galván (acting) (nominally) (b. 1774 - d. 1844)
12 Feb 1811 - 9 Jul 1816 Francisco Javier de Elío (b. 1767 - d. 1822)
(nominally)
President of the First Junta
25 May 1810 - 18 Dec 1810 Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra (b. 1760 - d. 1829)
Rodríguez
Presidents of the (Second) Big Junta
18 Dec 1810 - 26 Aug 1811 Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra (s.a.)
Rodríguez
26 Aug 1811 - 23 Sep 1811 Domingo Matheu Chicola (b. 1765 - d. 1831)
23 Sep 1811 - 8 Oct 1812 First Triumvirate
- Feliciano Antonio Chiclana y (b. 1761 - d. 1826)
Ximénez de Paz
- Manuel de Sarratea Altoguirre (b. 1774 - d. 1849)
- Juan José Esteban Paso Fernández (b. 1758 - d. 1833)
(to 23 Mar 1812)
- Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y (b. 1777 - d. 1850)
O'Dogan (from 23 Mar 1812)
8 Oct 1812 - 31 Jan 1814 Second Triumvirate
- Juan José Esteban Paso Fernández (s.a.)
- Nicolás Santiago Rodríguez de (b. 1775 - d. 1853)
la Peña y Funes
- Antonio Álvarez de Jonte (b. 1784 - d. 1820)
(to 19 Aug 1813)
- Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y (b. 1757 - d. 1833)
Dávila (from 19 Aug 1813)
Supreme Directors
31 Jan 1814 - 9 Jan 1815 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y (s.a.)
Dávila
9 Jan 1815 - 15 Apr 1815 Carlos María de Alvear y Balbastro (b. 1789 - d. 1852)
18 Apr 1815 - 20 Apr 1815 Juan José Viamonte González (b. 1774 - d. 1843)
20 Apr 1815 José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra (b. 1775 - d. 1844)
(1st time)
20 Apr 1815 - 17 Apr 1816 Ignacio Álvarez Thomas (b. 1787 - d. 1857)
17 Apr 1816 - 12 Jul 1816 Antonio González de Balcarce (b. 1774 - d. 1819)
(acting for Pueyrredón from 3 May 1816)
3 May 1816 - 9 Jun 1819 Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y (s.a.)
O'Dogan
12 Jul 1816 - 29 Jul 1816 Governmental Commission
(acting for Pueyrredón)
9 Jun 1819 - 11 Feb 1820 José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra (s.a.)
(2nd time)
11 Feb 1820 - 16 Feb 1820 Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López (b. 1781 - d. 1837)
de Anaya (acting)
Governor of Buenos Aires, exercising the National Executive Power
23 Jan 1825 - 8 Feb 1826 Juan Gualberto Gregorio de Las (b. 1780 - d. 1866)
Heras y Ventura de la Gacha
Presidents
8 Feb 1826 - 9 Aug 1827 Bernardino de la Trinidad Gónzalez (b. 1780 - d. 1845) Uni
Rivadavia y Rivadavia
9 Aug 1827 - 17 Aug 1827 Alejandro Vicente López y Planes (b. 1785 - d. 1856) Con
(provisional)
Governors of Buenos Aires, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
17 Aug 1827 - 1829 see under Buenos Aires
Governor of Santa Fe, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
1829 Estanislao López (b. 1786 - d. 1838) Fed
Governors of Buenos Aires, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
1829 - 20 Sep 1851 see under Buenos Aires
Supreme Chief of the Confederation
20 Sep 1851 - 3 Feb 1852 Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de (b. 1793 - d. 1877) Fed
Rosas y López de Osornio
Governor of Entre Ríos, entrusted with the Foreign Relations
3 Feb 1852 - 31 May 1852 Justo José de Urquiza y García (b. 1801 - d. 1870) Fed
Presidents
31 May 1852 - 5 Mar 1860 Justo José de Urquiza y García (s.a.) Fed
(Provisional Director to 5 Mar 1854)
María Derqui Rodríguez
5 Nov 1861 - 12 Dec 1861 Juan Esteban Pedernera (acting) (b. 1796 - d. 1886) Mil
12 Apr 1862 - 12 Oct 1868 Bartolomé Mitre Martínez (b. 1821 - d. 1906) Lib
(Governor of Buenos Aires, exercising the
National Executive Power, to 12 Oct 1862)
12 Oct 1868 - 12 Oct 1874 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (b. 1811 - d. 1888) Lib
Albarracín
12 Oct 1874 - 12 Oct 1880 Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda (b. 1837 - d. 1885) UC
Silva
12 Oct 1880 - 12 Oct 1886 Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (b. 1843 - d. 1914) UC
(1st time)
12 Oct 1886 - 6 Aug 1890 Miguel Jerónimo del Corazón de (b. 1844 - d. 1909) PAN
Jesús Juárez Celman
6 Aug 1890 - 12 Oct 1892 Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini (b. 1846 - d. 1906) PAN
Bevans
12 Oct 1892 - 23 Jan 1895 Luis Sáenz Peña Dávila (b. 1822 - d. 1907) UC
23 Jan 1895 - 12 Oct 1898 José Evaristo de Uriburu y (b. 1831 - d. 1914) PAN
Álvarez de Arenales
12 Oct 1898 - 12 Oct 1904 Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (s.a.) PAN
(2nd time)
12 Oct 1904 - 12 Mar 1906 Manuel Pedro de Quintana y Sáenz (b. 1835 - d. 1906) PC
de Gaona
12 Mar 1906 - 12 Oct 1910 José María Cornelio Figueroa (b. 1860 - d. 1931) PC
Alcorta
12 Oct 1910 - 9 Aug 1914 Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte (b. 1851 - d. 1914) PC
Apr 1914 - 12 Oct 1916 Victorino de la Plaza y Palacios (b. 1840 - d. 1919) PC
(acting for Sáenz to 9 Aug 1914)
12 Oct 1916 - 12 Oct 1922 Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón (b. 1852 - d. 1933) UCR
de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem (1st time)
12 Oct 1922 - 12 Oct 1928 Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (b. 1868 - d. 1942) UCR
Pacheco
12 Oct 1928 - 6 Sep 1930 Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón (s.a.) UCR
de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem (2nd time)
6 Sep 1930 - 20 Feb 1932 José Félix Benito de Uriburu y (b. 1868 - d. 1932) Mil
Uriburu
(president of the Provisional Government)
20 Feb 1932 - 20 Feb 1938 Agustín Pedro Justo Rolón (b. 1876 - d. 1943) CC
20 Feb 1938 - 27 Jun 1942 Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino (b. 1886 - d. 1942) UCR
María Ortiz Lizardi
12 Aug 1940 - 4 Jun 1943 Ramón S. Castillo Barrionuevo (b. 1873 - d. 1944) UCR
(acting for incapacitated Ortiz to 27 Jun 1942)
4 Jun 1943 - 7 Jun 1943 Arturo Rawson Corvalán (b. 1884 - d. 1952) Mil
(president of the Provisional Government)
7 Jun 1943 - 9 Mar 1944 Pedro Pablo Ramírez Machuca (b. 1884 - d. 1962) Mil
(president of the Provisional Government to 18 Jun 1943)
25 Feb 1944 - 4 Jun 1946 Edelmiro Julián Farrell Plaul (b. 1887 - d. 1980) Mil
(acting for Ramírez to 9 Mar 1944)
4 Jun 1946 - 21 Sep 1955 Juan Domingo Perón Sosa (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1974) Mil/PL/PP
21 Sep 1955 - 23 Sep 1955 José Domingo Molina Gómez (b. 1896 - d. 1969) Mil
(chairman of military junta)
23 Sep 1955 - 13 Nov 1955 Eduardo A. Lonardi Doucet (b. 1896 - d. 1956) Mil
(provisional)
13 Nov 1955 - 1 May 1958 Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Cilveti (b. 1903 - d. 1970) Mil
(provisional)
1 May 1958 - 29 Mar 1962 Arturo Frondizi Ercoli (b. 1908 - d. 1995) UCRI
29 Mar 1962 - 12 Oct 1963 José María Guido (acting) (b. 1910 - d. 1975) UCRI
12 Oct 1963 - 28 Jun 1966 Arturo Umberto Illia Francesconi (b. 1900 - d. 1983) UCRP
28 Jun 1966 - 29 Jun 1966 Revolutionary Junta
- Pascual Ángel Pistarini Ludena (b. 1915 - d. 1999) Mil
- Benigno Ignacio Marcelino Varela (b. 1917 - d. 1996) Mil
Bernadou
- Adolfo Teodoro Álvarez Melendi (b. 1919) Mil
29 Jun 1966 - 8 Jun 1970 Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo (b. 1914 - d. 1995) Mil
8 Jun 1970 - 18 Jun 1970 Pedro Alberto José Gnavi Mil
(chairman Junta of Commanders)
18 Jun 1970 - 22 Mar 1971 Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (b. 1920) Mil
22 Mar 1971 - 25 May 1973 Alejandro Agustín Lanusse Gelly (b. 1918 - d. 1996) Mil
(chairman Junta of Commanders to 26 Mar 1971)
25 May 1973 - 13 Jul 1973 Héctor José Cámpora Demaestre (b. 1909 - d. 1980) FJL
13 Jul 1973 - 12 Oct 1973 Raúl Alberto Lastiri (acting) (b. 1915 - d. 1978) FJL
12 Oct 1973 - 1 Jul 1974 Juan Domingo Perón Sosa (2nd time)(s.a.) PJ
29 Jun 1974 - 24 Mar 1976 María Estela "Isabel" Martínez (b. 1931) PJ
Cartas de Perón (f)
(to 1 Jul 1974 acting for Juan Perón)
13 Sep 1975 - 16 Oct 1975 Italo Argentino Luder (b. 1916) PJ
(acting for Isabel Perón)
24 Mar 1976 - 29 Mar 1976 Military Junta
- Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (b. 1925) Mil
- Emilio Eduardo Massera Padula (b. 1925) Mil
- Orlando Ramón Agosti Echenique (b. 1924 - d. 1997) Mil
29 Mar 1976 - 29 Mar 1981 Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (s.a.) Mil
29 Mar 1981 - 11 Dec 1981 Roberto Eduardo Viola Prevedini (b. 1924 - d. 1994) Mil
11 Dec 1981 - 22 Dec 1981 Carlos Alberto Lacoste (acting) (b. 1929 - d. 2004) Mil
22 Dec 1981 - 18 Jun 1982 Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri (b. 1926 - d. 2003) Mil
Castelli
18 Jun 1982 - 1 Jul 1982 Alfredo Óscar Saint Jean (acting) (b. 1926) Mil
1 Jul 1982 - 10 Dec 1983 Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone (b. 1928) Mil
Ramayón
10 Dec 1983 - 8 Jul 1989 Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes (b. 1927) UCR
8 Jul 1989 - 10 Dec 1999 Carlos Saúl Menem Akil (b. 1930) PJ
10 Dec 1999 - 21 Dec 2001 Fernando de la Rúa Bruno (b. 1937) UCR/AL
21 Dec 2001 - 23 Dec 2001 Federico Ramón Puerta (acting) (b. 1951) PJ
23 Dec 2001 - 1 Jan 2002 Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Páez Montero (b. 1947) PJ
(interim)
31 Dec 2001 - 2 Jan 2002 Eduardo Oscar Camaño (b. 1946) PJ
(acting [for Rodríguez Saá to 1 Jan 2002])
2 Jan 2002 - 25 May 2003 Eduardo Alberto Duhalde Maldonado (b. 1941) PJ
25 May 2003 - 10 Dec 2007 Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoic (b. 1950) PJ
10 Dec 2007 - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (f) (b. 1953) PJ


Cabinet Chiefs (ministerial coordinators)
8 Jun 1995 - 28 Mar 1996 Eduardo Bauzá (b. 1939) PJ
28 Mar 1996 - 10 Dec 1999 Jorge Alberto Rodríguez (b. 1944) PJ
10 Dec 1999 - 5 Oct 2000 Rodolfo Héctor Terragno (b. 1943) AL
5 Oct 2000 - 21 Dec 2001 Chrystian Gabriel Colombo (b. 1952) AL
21 Dec 2001 - 23 Dec 2001 Humberto Luis Schiavoni (b. 1958) PJ
23 Dec 2001 - 31 Dec 2001 Luis Bernardo Lusquiños (acting) (b. 1951?) PJ
31 Dec 2001 - 3 Jan 2002 Antonio Francisco Cafiero Cafiero (b. 1922) PJ
3 Jan 2002 - 3 May 2002 Jorge Milton Capitanich (b. 1964) PJ
3 May 2002 - 25 May 2003 Alfredo Néstor Atanasof (b. 1949) PJ
25 May 2003 - Alberto Fernández (b. 1959) PJ

Territorial Disputes: Argentina continues to assert its claims to the U.K.-administered Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in its constitution, forcibly occupying the Falklands in 1982, but in 1995 agreed no longer to seek settlement by force; territorial claim in Antarctica, (Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) since 1943 partially overlaps UK and Chilean claims and is not recognized by the United Nations, U.S., Russia or most other countries; unruly region at convergence of Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay borders is locus of money laundering, smuggling, arms and illegal narcotics trafficking, and fundraising for extremist organizations; uncontested dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over Braziliera Island in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint with Argentina in question; action by the joint boundary commission, established by Chile and Argentina in 2001, for mapping and demarcating the disputed boundary in the Andean Southern Ice Field (Campo de Hielo Sur) remains pending.

Party abbreviations: AL = Alianza (Alliance, coalition: UCR and Frente País Solidario [Federation for a Country in Solidarity, Frepaso], anti-Peronist, center-left); FJL = Frente Justicialista de Liberación (Justicalist Liberation Front); PJ = Partido Justicialista (Justicalist Party, conservative, personalist: ex-PP); UCR = Unión Civica Radical (Radical Civic Union, centrist); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: CC= Concordancista (Concordance); Con = Conciliador (Conciliator);
Fed = Federalista (Federalist); Lib = Liberal; PAN = Partido Autonomista Nacional (National Autonomist Party); PC = Partido Conservador (Conservative Party); PL = Partitdo Laborista (Labor Party, from 1947 PP); PP = Partido Peronista (Peronist Party, conservative, Juan Peron personalist); UC = Unión Civica (Civic Union); UCRI = Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente (Civic Radical Union-Intransigente); UCRP = Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo (Radical Civic Union of the People [UCR]); Uni = Unitario (Unitarian)

Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur


Adopted Jun 1999

Governors
21 Oct 1942 - 1943         Horacio A. Rotondaro
21 Sep 1943 - 1944         Fidel L. Anadón
1 Jan 1944 - 1946         Gregorio Antonio Portillo
12 Feb 1946 - 2 Nov 1946 Fidel A. Degaudenzi
15 Nov 1946 - 1947         Mario E. Sánchez Negreto
1947 - 1948                Antonio Pietranera
Jan 1948                   Horacio Howard
15 Jan 1948 - 1949         Manlio Buldrini
24 Sep 1949 - Jan 1950     Pedro Cases
17 Jan 1950 - Jan 1952     Guillermo Carro Cattáneo
17 Jan 1952 - 1954         Jorge E. Suaya
1954                       Suárez Doriga
1 Jan 1955 - 1955         Juan José Jáuregui
1955 - 1957                José María Guzmán
1957 - 1958                Pedro Carlos Florido
7 Jun 1958 - 1963         Ernesto M. Campos
1963 - 1965                Pérez Farías
Dec 1965 - 1966            Ruperto Bilbao                     (b. 1908)
10 Jul 1966 - 1969         José María Guzmán
1969 - 13 Jun 1973         Gregorio Lloret (1st time)
20 Jun 1973 - 4 Dec 1974 Mariano E. Loedel
1974 - 1975                Justo Guillermo Padilla
1975 - 1976                Gregorio Lloret (2nd time)
1976 - 1981                Jorge Luis Arigotti
1981 - 1983                Raúl Eduardo Suárez del Cierro
10 Dec 1983 - 14 May 1984 Ramón Alberto Trejo Noel           (b. 1920 - d. 1984)
17 May 1984 - 15 Jul 1984 Jorge Néstor Vera (acting)
15 Jul 1984 - 26 May 1986 Adolfo Luis Sciurano (b. 1931 - d. 2007)
26 May 1986 - 12 Dec 1987 Alfredo Ferro
12 Dec 1987 - 13 Jul 1989 Elios Eseverry                     (b. 1930 - d. 2007)
13 Jul 1989 - 1990         Martín Torres
1990 - 17 Jan 1991         Adrián Aquiles Fariña
17 Jan 1991 - 10 Jan 1992 Matilde Svatetz de Menéndez (f) (b. 1943/44)
10 Jan 1992 - 10 Jan 2000 José Estabillo                     (b. 1949)            MPF
10 Jan 2000 - 10 Jan 2004 Carlos Manfredotti                 (b. 1953)            PJ
10 Jan 2004 - 2 Dec 2005 Jorge Colazo                       (b. 1954)            UCR
                             (suspended from 25 Oct 2005)
25 Oct 2005 - 17 Dec 2007 Hugo Cóccaro                       (b. 1954/55)         PJ
                             (acting for suspended Colazo to 2 Dec 2005)17 Dec 2007 -              Fabiana Ríos (f)                 (b. 1964)    ARI

Territorial Disputes: Argentine territorial claim in Antarctica (Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur) since 1943, partially overlaps British and Chilean claims and is not recognized by the United Nations, U.S., Russia or most other countries.

Party abbreviations: ARI = Alternativa por un República de Iguales (Alternative for a Republic of Equals); MPF = Movemiento Popular de Tierra de Fuego (Tierra del Fuego Popular Movement); PJ = Partido Justicialista (Justicialist Party, conservative, personalist, ex-Partido Peronista); UCR = Unión Civica Radical (Radical Civic Union, centrist)