2015 in Argentina

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Argentina.

Incumbents

• President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (until 10 December) – Mauricio Macri
• Vice president: Amado Boudou (until 10 December) – Gabriela Michetti

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province:
• Daniel Scioli (until 10 December)
• María Eugenia Vidal (from 10 December)
• Governor of Catamarca Province: Lucía Corpacci
• Governor of Chaco Province:
• until 27 February: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
• 27 February-10 December: Jorge Capitanich
• starting 10 December: Domingo Peppo
• Governor of Chubut Province: Martín Buzzi (until 10 December); Mario Das Neves (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Córdoba: José Manuel De la Sota (until 10 December); Juan Schiaretti (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Corrientes Province: Ricardo Colombi
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Urribarri (until 10 December); Gustavo Bordet (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán
• Governor of Jujuy Province: Eduardo Fellner (until 10 December); Gerardo Morales (starting 10 December)
• Governor of La Pampa Province: Oscar Jorge (until 10 December); Carlos Verna (starting 10 December)
• Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera (until 10 December); Sergio Casas (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Mendoza Province: Francisco Pérez (until 10 December); Alfredo Cornejo (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Misiones Province: Maurice Closs (until 10 December); Hugo Passalacqua (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sapag (until 10 December); Omar Gutiérrez (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Río Negro Province: Alberto Weretilneck
• Governor of Salta Province: Juan Manuel Urtubey
• Governor of San Juan Province: José Luis Gioja (until 10 December); Sergio Uñac (starting 10 December)
• Governor of San Luis Province: Claudio Poggi (until 10 December); Alberto Rodríguez Saá (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Daniel Peralta (until 10 December); Alicia Kirchner (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Santa Fe Province: Antonio Bonfatti (until 10 December); Miguel Lifschitz (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Santiago del Estero: Claudia Ledesma Abdala
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Fabiana Ríos (until 10 December); Rosana Bertone (starting 10 December)
• Governor of Tucumán: José Alperovich (until 29 October); Juan Luis Manzur (starting 29 October)

Vice Governors

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Gabriel Mariotto (until 29 October); Daniel Salvador (starting 29 October)
• Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Dalmacio Mera (until 10 December); Octavio Gutiérrez (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Chaco Province:
• until 27 February: Vacant
• 27 February-10 December: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
• starting 10 December: Daniel Capitanich
• Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Gustavo Canteros
• Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: José Orlando Cáceres (until 10 December); Adán Bahl (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
• Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Guillermo Jenefes (until 10 December); Carlos Haquim (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Norma Durango (until 10 December); Mariano Fernández (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Sergio Casas (until 10 December); Néstor Bosetti (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Hugo Passalacqua (until 10 December); Oscar Herrera Ahuad (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Neuquén Province: Ana Pechen (until 10 December); Rolando Figueroa (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Carlos Peralta (until 10 December); Pedro Pesatti (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Salta Province: Andrés Zottos (until 10 December); Miguel Isa (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Sergio Uñac (until 10 December); Marcelo Lima (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Jorge Raúl Díaz (until 10 December); Carlos Ponce (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Fernando Cotillo (until 10 December); Pablo González (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Jorge Henn (until 10 December); Carlos Fascendini (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: José Emilio Neder
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Roberto Crocianelli (until 10 December); Juan Carlos Arcando (starting 10 December)

Events

January

• January 2: Alberto Kryvszuk, former mayor of El Soberbio and fugitive, gives himself up to the police.
• January 5: Héctor Eduardo Ruiz, former mayor of La Banda and fugitive, is captured by the police.
• January 8: A new law adds the election of the members to the Mercosur Parliament in the upcoming general elections.
• January 9: Judge Enrique Lavié Pico prevents the appointment of 16 kirchnerite prosecutors.
• January 11
• Minister Héctor Timerman takes part in the Republican marches against the Charlie Hebdo shooting in France, despite the lack of presidential authorization.
• Sergio Massa and Francisco de Narváez make an alliance for the general elections.
• January 14: Prosecutor Alberto Nisman denounces president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and foreign minister Héctor Timerman of a plan to conceal the Iranian involvement in the 1994 AMIA Bombing. The Republican Proposal party summons him to Congress, to explain the denounce in full detail.
• January 18: Death of Alberto Nisman, prosecutor that investigated the AMIA Bombing.

February

• February 18 – The 18F demonstration takes place, a month after Nisman's death, still unresolved by then.

March

• March 1 – Cristina Kirchner opens the 2015 sessions of the Argentine Congress.
• March 9 – Two helicopters collide in mid-air in a remote area of northwestern Argentina leaving at least ten dead. Among the dead are a group of French sports stars participating in a reality-television show called Dropped.

April

May

June

• #NiUnaMenos massive demonstration against femicides.

July

August

September

October

• October 25 – The general elections are held.

November

December

• 10: Mauricio Macri takes office as the president of Argentina.

Deaths

January

• January 18 - Alberto Nisman

February

• February 27 - Julio César Strassera

March

• March 8 - Gerardo Sofovich

June

• June 13 - Sergio Renán
• June 18 - Roberto M. Levingston
• June 25 - Alejandro Romay
• June 29 - Mario Losada

August

• August 21 - Ana Baron, journalist (b. 1950)

See also

• List of Argentine films of 2015

References

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