2002 in Argentina explained

Incumbents

• President

Eduardo Camaño (until January 2), Eduardo Duhalde (starting January 2)^[1]

• Vice President

vacant

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province

Carlos Ruckauf (until 3 January); Felipe Solá (starting 3 January)

• Governor of Catamarca Province

• Governor of Chaco Province

• Governor of Chubut Province

• Governor of Córdoba

• Governor of Corrientes Province

• Governor of Entre Ríos Province

• Governor of Formosa Province

Gildo Insfrán

• Governor of Jujuy Province

• Governor of La Pampa Province

• Governor of La Rioja Province

• Governor of Mendoza Province

• Governor of Misiones Province

Carlos Rovira

• Governor of Neuquén Province

• Governor of Río Negro Province

• Governor of Salta Province

• Governor of San Juan Province

Alfredo Avelín (until 22 August); Wbaldino Acosta (starting 22 August)

• Governor of San Luis Province

• Governor of Santa Cruz Province

• Governor of Santa Fe Province

• Governor of Santiago del Estero

• • • • until 25 November: Carlos Ricardo Díaz 25 November-12 December: Darío Moreno
  • starting 12 December: Mercedes Aragonés
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego

• Governor of Tucumán

Julio Miranda

Vice Governors

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Felipe Solá (until 3 January); vacant thereafter (starting 3 January)
  • • Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Hernán Colombo Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Roy Nikisch Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Eduardo Leonel Galantini
      • • • Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Rubén Daza Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Heriberto Mediza Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Mercedes Margarita Oviedo
      • Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Jorge Sapag Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Marcelo Lima
  • Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Blanca Pereyra Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: vacant
  • Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Marcelo Muniagurria Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: vacant
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Daniel Gallo

Events

January

• January 1: The Legislative Assembly gathers and chooses senator Eduardo Duhalde as interim president.
• January 2: President Duhalde announces the end of the 1:1 peso-dollar fixed exchange rate (convertibility) after almost 11 years.

June

• June 25: The exchange rate briefly reaches 4 pesos per U.S. dollar in the free market, which means the national currency has lost 75% of its value in 7 months.

September

• September 4: Argentina defeated the United States, 87–80, at the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first loss ever in international play for a United States team containing National Basketball Association players.

December

Deaths

• October 8: César Milstein (b. 1927), scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies
• December 23: Hilario Fernández Long (b. 1918), engineer and educator

Sports

See worldwide 2002 in sports

Notes and References

1. News: 1 January 2002 . Argentina gets new president for a day . CNN . live . 17 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20020103060833/https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/12/31/argentina.resign/index.html . 3 January 2002.