2002 in Argentina

none 2002 Incumbents President: Eduardo Camaño (until January 2) Eduardo Duhalde (starting January 2)1 January 2002 Argentina gets new president for a day CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/12/31/argentina.resign/index.html 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 Vice President: Vacant Governors Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Ruckauf (until 3 January) Felipe Solá (from 3 January) Governor of Catamarca Province: Oscar Castillo Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas Governor of Chubut Province: José Luis Lizurume Governor of Córdoba: José Manuel De la Sota Governor of Corrientes Province: Ricardo Colombi Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Montiel 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: Roberto Iglesias Governor of Misiones Province: Carlos Rovira Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sobisch Governor of Río Negro Province: Pablo Verani Governor of Salta Province: Juan Carlos Romero Governor of San Juan Province: Alfredo Avelín (until 22 August) Wbaldino Acosta (from 22 August) Governor of San Luis Province: María Alicia Lemme Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner Governor of Santa Fe Province: Carlos Reutemann Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Ricardo Díaz (until 25 November) Darío Moreno (25 November-12 December) Mercedes Aragonés (from 12 December) Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Carlos Manfredotti Governor of Tucumán: Julio Miranda Vice Governors Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Felipe Solá (until 3 January) Vacant (from 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. Deaths March March 24: César Milstein, scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies (b. 1927) December December 23: Hilario Fernández Long, engineer and educator (b. 1918) Sports See worldwide 2002 in sports References 2002 in Category:Years of the 21st century in Argentina Category:2000s in Argentina Argentina Argentina