1999 in Argentina explained

Events from the year 1999 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Carlos Menem (1 January – 10 December), Fernando de la Rúa (10–31 December)^[1]
• Vice president: Carlos Ruckauf (1 January – 10 December), Carlos Álvarez (10-31 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

• Governor of Chubut Province

Carlos Maestro then José Luis Lizurume

• Governor of Córdoba

Ramón Mestre then José Manuel De la Sota

• Governor of Corrientes Province

• • until 19 June: Pedro Braillard Poccard
  • 19 June-17 December: Hugo Perié
  • from 17 December: Ramón Mestre
• 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 thereafter (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

• 31 August – A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas flight crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
• 17 September – Armed robbers take hostage six Banco de la Nación Argentina employees
• 24 October – Fernando de la Rúa wins the Argentine general election

Deaths

• 8 March – Adolfo Bioy Casares, writer, journalist, and translator (b. 1914)^[2]

See also

• List of Argentine films of 1999

Notes and References

1. Book: Mendelevich, Pablo. El Final. 2010. Ediciones B. Buenos Aires. 978-987-627-166-0. Spanish. 247–262.
2. News: Argentine literary great Adolfo Bioy Casares, dead at 84. 11 December 2012. CNN. 9 March 1999.