1998 in Argentina

Events from the year 1998 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Carlos Menem
• Vice President: Carlos Ruckauf

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Eduardo Duhalde
• Governor of Catamarca Province: Arnoldo Castillo
• Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas
• Governor of Chubut Province: Carlos Maestro
• Governor of Córdoba: Ramón Mestre
• Governor of Corrientes Province: Pedro Braillard Poccard
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Jorge Busti
• 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
• Governor of Misiones Province: Ramón Puerta
• 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
• Governor of San Luis Province: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner
• Governor of Santa Fe Province: Jorge Obeid
• Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Juárez
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego: José Arturo Estabillo
• Governor of Tucumán: Antonio Domingo Bussi

Vice Governors

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Rafael Romá
• Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Simón Hernández
• Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Miguel Pibernus
• Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Victor Hugo Maidana
• Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Héctor Alanis
• Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
• Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Vacant
• Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Manuel Baladrón
• Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Miguel Ángel Asís
• Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Julio Alberto Ifrán
• Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Ricardo Corradi
• Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
• Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
• Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Rogelio Rafael Cerdera
• Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Mario Merlo
• Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Eduardo Arnold
• Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Gualberto Venesia
• Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Darío Moreno
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Miguel Ángel Castro

Events

January

• 6 January: United States President Bill Clinton officially designates Argentina as a major non-NATO ally.

April

• 12 April – The 1998 Argentine Grand Prix is held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires, and is won by Michael Schumacher.

September

• 12 September – The Argentina national rugby union team plays the first match in its tour of Japan and Europe.

Births

• 18 January – Lisandro Martínez, footballer

Deaths

February

• 5 February – Eduardo Francisco Pironio, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1920).

May

• 3 May – René Mugica, actor, film director and screenwriter (born 1909)

October

• 17 October – Antonio Agri, violinist, composer and conductor (born 1932)

See also

• List of Argentine films of 1998

References