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| President of the Argentine Nation | |
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| Presidente de la Nación Argentina | |
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| Style | Excelentísimo Señor (m) Excelentísima Señora (f) |
| Residence | Casa Rosada(government office) Quinta de Olivos(official residence) Chapadmalal Residence(summer house) |
| Term length | Four years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Bernardino Rivadavia |
| Formation | first:1826 Constitution current:1853 Constitution (amended in 1994). |
| Deputy | Vice President |
| Salary | AR$1,281,328[1] (as of December 2022) |
| Website | Office of the President |
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Argentina has had many different types ofheads of state, as well as many different types of government. Duringpre-Columbian times, most of the territories that today form Argentina were inhabited byAmerindian peoples without any centralized government, with the exception of theInca subjects of theNorthwest andCuyo regions. During theSpanish colonization of the Americas, theKing of Spain retained the ultimate authority over the territories conquered in theNew World, appointingviceroys for local government. The territories that would later become Argentina were first part of theViceroyalty of Peru and then theViceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. TheMay Revolution started theArgentine War of Independence by replacing the viceroyBaltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros with the first national government. It was thePrimera Junta, ajunta of several members, which would grow into theJunta Grande with the incorporation of provincial deputies. The size of the juntas gave room to internal political disputes among their members, so they were replaced by theFirst andSecond Triumvirate, of three members. TheAssembly of the Year XIII created a new executive authority, with attributions similar to that of a head of state, called theSupreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata. A second Assembly, theCongress of Tucumán,declared independence in 1816 and promulgated theArgentine Constitution of 1819. However, this constitution was repealed duringarmed conflicts between thecentral government and theFederal League Provinces. This started a period known as the Anarchy of the Year XX, when Argentina lacked any type of head of state.
There was a new attempt to organize a central government in 1826. A new congress wrote a new constitution and electedBernardino Rivadavia asPresident in the process.[2] Rivadavia was the first President of Argentina. However, he resigned shortly after and the 1826 Constitution was repealed. The Argentine provinces then organized themselves as aconfederation without a central head of state. In this organization, thegovernors of Buenos Aires province took some duties such as the payment of external debt or the administration of theforeign relations in the name of all provinces.[3] Those governors were appointed by the Buenos Aires legislature, with the only exception ofJuan Lavalle.Juan Manuel de Rosas kept the governor office for seventeen consecutive years untilJusto José de Urquiza defeated him at the 1852Battle of Caseros. Urquiza then called for a new Constitutional Assembly and promulgated theArgentine Constitution of 1853, which is the currentConstitution of Argentina through amendments. In 1854, Urquiza became the firstPresident of modern Argentina, acting both as head of government and head of state.[4] However, theBuenos Aires Province had rejected the Constitution and became anindependent state until the aftermath of the 1859Battle of Cepeda, although the internecine conflict continued. Only after the subsequentBattle of Pavón in 1861, the formerbonaerense leaderBartolomé Mitre became the first president of a unifiedArgentine Republic.[5]
The succession line of constitutional presidents run uninterrupted until 1930, whenJosé Félix Uriburu took government through a civic-militarycoup d'état. For many decades, there was an alternance between legitimate presidents and others that took government through illegitimate means. Those means includedmilitary coups, but also proscriptions of major political parties[6] and electoral fraud.[6][7] The lastcoup d'état occurred in 1976 and resulted in theNational Reorganization Process, which ended in 1983. The retrospective recognition as presidents or heads of state of anyde facto ruler that exercised its authority outside the Constitutional mandate is a controversial and relevant issue in Argentine politics.[8][9][10] However, their government actions were recognized as valid following thede facto government doctrine that used to legitimize them.[11] This doctrine was rejected by the1994 amendment and would not be applicable for potential future coups. The current head of state is PresidentJavier Milei, who took office on 10 December 2023.
| Abbreviation | Party name (English) | Party name (Spanish) | Years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unitarian | Unitarian Party | Partido Unitario | 1826–1827, 1828–1829 | |
| Federal | Federalist Party | Partido Federal | 1827–1828, 1829–1861 | |
| Liberal | Liberal Party | Partido Liberal | 1862–1868 | |
| — | Independent politician | Político independiente | 1868–1874 | |
| PAN | National Autonomist Party | Partido Autonomista Nacional | 1874–1916 | |
| UCR | Radical Civic Union | Unión Cívica Radical | 1916–1930, 1958–1966, 1983–1989, 1999–2003 | |
| Military | Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic | Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina | 1930–1932, 1943–1946, 1955–1958, 1966–1973, 1976–1983 | |
| Concordancia | Concordancia | Concordancia | 1932–1943 | |
| PJ | Justicialist Party | Partido Justicialista | 1946–1955, 1973–1976, 1989–1999, 2003–2015, 2019–2023 | |
| PRO | Republican Proposal | Propuesta Republicana | 2015–2019 | |
| PL | Libertarian Party | Partido Libertario | 2023–present | |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Notes | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Time in office | ||||
 | Cornelio Saavedra (1759–1829) | 25 May 1810 | 18 December 1810 | President of thePrimera Junta, at the beginning of theArgentine War of Independence. He is regarded as the first president of a national government.[12] | 217 days | [13] |
| 18 December 1810 | 26 August 1811 | President of theJunta Grande. Left to serve in theArmy of the North. | 140 days | |||
 | Domingo Matheu (1765–1831) | 26 August 1811 | 23 September 1811 | President of the Junta Grande, from Saavedra's departure to the dissolution of it. | 13 days | [14] |
| First Triumvirate 23 September 1811 – 8 October 1812 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1811 – 23 March 1812 | 23 March 1812 – 8 October 1812 | ||
 Feliciano Chiclana (1761–1826) | |||
 Manuel de Sarratea (1774–1849) | |||
 Juan José Paso (1758–1833) |  Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (1776–1850) | ||
| Second Triumvirate 8 October 1812 – 31 January 1814 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 October 1812 – 20 February 1813 | 20 February 1813 – 19 August 1813 | 19 August 1813 – 5 November 1813 | 5 November 1813 – 31 January 1814 |
 Nicolás Rodríguez Peña (1775–1853) | |||
 Antonio Álvarez Jonte (1784–1820) |  Gervasio Antonio de Posadas (1757–1833) | ||
Juan José Paso (1758–1833) |  José Julián Pérez (1770–1840) |  Juan Larrea (1782–1847) | |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Notes | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | Time in office | ||||
| Gervasio Antonio de Posadas (1757–1833) | 31 January 1814 | 9 January 1815 | 343 days | Chosen by theAssembly of the Year 1813. | [15] |
 | Carlos María de Alvear (1789–1852) | 9 January 1815 | 18 April 1815 | 99 days | Forced to resign by a mutiny. | [16] |
  | José de San Martín (1778–1850) Matías de Irigoyen (1781–1839) Manuel de Sarratea (1774–1849) | 18 April 1815 | 20 April 1815 | 2 days | Third Triumvirate. Interim government until the appointment of a new Supreme Director. | |
 | José Rondeau (1773–1844) | 20 April 1815 | 21 April 1815 | 1 day | Appointed successor of Alvear, could not take office because he was in command of theArmy of the North | [17] |
 | Ignacio Álvarez Thomas (1787–1857) | 21 April 1815 | 16 April 1816 | 361 days | Acting, for Rondeau. Convened theCongress of Tucumán, that would declare Independence. | [18] |
 | Antonio González de Balcarce (1774–1819) | 16 April 1816 | 9 July 1816 | 84 days | Interim. | [19] |
| Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (1776–1850) | 9 July 1816 | 9 June 1819 | 2 years, 335 days | First Argentine Head of State after theArgentine Declaration of Independence. Supported theCrossing of the Andes. | [20] |
| José Rondeau (1773–1844) | 9 June 1819 | 1 February 1820 | 237 days | Decisively defeated at theBattle of Cepeda by Federalist forces opposed to the1819 centralist Constitution. | [21] |
 | Juan Pedro Aguirre (1781–1837) | 1 February 1820 | 11 February 1820 | 10 days | Interim. Dissolved the National Congress and endorsed the Buenos Aires Cabildo to choose a Governor for Buenos Aires Province instead of the previous post of Governor Mayor. | |
Between 1820 and 1826, the United Provinces functioned as a loose alliance of autonomous provinces put together by pacts and treaties (seeTreaty of Pilar,Treaty of Benegas,Quadrilateral Treaty), but lacking any actual central government until the 1825 Constitutional Congress.
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Notes | R. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||
| Matías de Irigoyen (1781–1839) | 11 February 1820 | 18 February 1820 | He had been Governor Mayor from 9 to 11 February 1820 and was promoted interim as Governor until the appointment of Manuel de Sarratea. | |
 | Manuel de Sarratea (1774–1849) | 18 February 1820 | 6 March 1820 | The political crisis that existed in the country led to his government lacked support from both Buenos Aires and the other provinces. Thus he resigned shortly afterwards. | |
 | Juan Ramón Balcarce (1773–1836) | 6 March 1820 | 11 March 1820 | Interim. Resigned. | |
| Manuel de Sarratea (1774–1849) | 11 March 1820 | 2 May 1820 | He returned to office after the end of the brief government of Balcarce. The circumstances did not improve and ended up resigning a second time. | |
 | Ildefonso Ramos Mexía (1769–1854) | 2 May 1820 | 20 June 1820 | ||
 | Ildefonso Ramos Mexía andMiguel Estanislao Soler | 20 June 1820 | 23 June 1820 | They took power simultaneously. | |
 | Miguel Estanislao Soler (1783–1849) | 23 June 1820 | 29 June 1820 | He assumed de facto, after an armed uprising, but his government lasted a few days, when the Board of Representatives appointed Manuel Dorrego. | |
 | Manuel Dorrego (1787–1828) | 29 June 1820 | 20 September 1820 | Interim. | |
 | Martín Rodríguez (1771–1845) | 20 September 1820 | 2 April 1824 | He signed the Treaty of Benegas and the Quadrilateral. | |
 | Juan Gregorio de las Heras (1780–1866) | 2 April 1824 | 7 February 1826 | He called a Constituent Congress that enacted several laws for which the Unitary Republic was proclaimed. He resigned because of that republic. | |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Elections | Political party | Notes | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | |||||||
 | Bernardino Rivadavia (1780–1845) | 8 February 1826 | 27 June 1827 | 1826 | Unitarian | Elected by the Constituent Assembly of 1826, before the promulgation of the1826 constitution.[2] Waged theCisplatine War. Resigned as the Constitution was rejected by the provinces and the outcome of the war generated popular discontent. | [2]: 23–32 | |
 | Vicente López y Planes (1785–1856) | 7 July 1827 | 18 August 1827 | — | Elected as interim president by the Constituent Assembly of 1826. His mandate was limited to close the Assembly and call for elections for a new governor of Buenos Aires. | [2] | ||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Notes | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
| Manuel Dorrego (1787–1828) | 18 August 1827 | 1 December 1828 | Federal | Ended theCisplatine War. Deposed and executed byJuan Lavalle. | [22] | |
 | Juan Lavalle (1797–1841) | 1 December 1828 | 26 June 1829 | Unitarian | Coup d'état.Defeated in battle,resigned under siege | [23] | |
 | Juan José Viamonte (1774–1843) | 26 June 1829 | 6 December 1829 | Federal | Interim. | [24] | |
 | Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793–1877) | 6 December 1829 | 4 January 1831 | First term. Convened theFederal Pact and waged war against theUnitarian League. | [25] | ||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Notes | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
| Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793–1877) | 4 January 1831 | 5 December 1832 | Federal | Governor of Buenos Aires Province. First term. Convened theFederal Pact and waged war against theUnitarian League. Resigned. | [25] | |
| Juan Ramón Balcarce (1773–1836) | 5 December 1832 | 4 November 1833 | Governor of Buenos Aires Province. Ousted by theRevolution of the Restorers. | [26] | ||
| Juan José Viamonte (1774–1843) | 4 November 1833 | 27 June 1834 | Governor of Buenos Aires Province. Interim. | [27] | ||
 | Manuel Vicente Maza (1779–1839) | 27 June 1834 | 7 March 1835 | Governor of Buenos Aires Province. Interim. | [28] | ||
| Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793–1877) | 7 March 1835 | 3 February 1852 | Governor of Buenos Aires Province with thesum of public power; it is usually considered as acoup. Second term. Waged theArgentine andUruguayan Civil Wars, theWar of the Confederation and theFrench andAnglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata. Designated "Supreme Chief of the Argentine Confederation" in 1851. Defeated byJusto José de Urquiza at theBattle of Caseros. Resigned. | [29] | ||
 | Vicente López y Planes (1785–1856) | 3 February 1852 | 6 April 1852 | — | Governor of Buenos Aires Province. Interim. From 6 April through 26 July 1852 remained as Governor of Bueros Aires Province, but without national powers. | ||
 | Justo José de Urquiza (1801–1870) | 6 April 1852 | 31 May 1852 | Federal | Governor of Entre Ríos Province in charge of the foreign relations of the Confederation. | ||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Political party | Notes | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||
| Justo José de Urquiza (1801–1870) | 31 May 1852 | 5 March 1854 | Federal | Simultaneously, Governor of Entre Ríos Province and of Buenos Aires Province (from 26 July 1852 to 4 September 1852). On 11 September 1852, theProvince of Buenos Aires seceded from the Confederation as theState of Buenos Aires. On 1 May 1853, the currentConstitution of Argentina was ratified by all the provinces, except from Buenos Aires. | [30] | |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Elections | Political party | Notes | Vice President | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||||
| Justo José de Urquiza (1801–1870) | 5 March 1854 | 5 March 1860 | 1853 | Federal | Indirect elections. First constitutionalPresident of Argentina. The reincoporation of theState of Buenos Aires was negotiated after the 1859Battle of Cepeda in thePact of San José de Flores. | Salvador María del Carril | [30] | |
 | Santiago Derqui (1809–1867) | 5 March 1860 | 5 November 1861 | 1860 | Indirect elections. On 18 October 1860, a Constitutional reform is adopted, proclaiming theArgentine Republic. Resigned after the failure of the Pact of San José de Flores and the national government defeat to Buenos Aires Province in theBattle of Pavón. | Juan Esteban Pedernera | [31] | ||
 | Juan Esteban Pedernera (1796–1886) | 5 November 1861 | 12 December 1861 | Unitarian [citation needed] | Vice President underDerqui, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Resigned on the dissolution of the national government. | Vacant | [31] | ||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Elections | Political party (Coalition) | Notes | Vice President | R. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||||||||
 | Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906) | 12 December 1861 | 12 April 1862 | — | Liberal | Governor ofBuenos Aires Provincede facto in charge of the national government after the Battle of Pavón and the resignation of Juan Esteban Pedernera. During the following months, the provinces gave Mitre different powers.[note 1] | Vacant | [32] | |
| 12 April 1862 | 2 June 1862 | Appointed himself by decree as "Governor of Buenos Aires Province in charge of the National Executive Power". | [33] | ||||||
| 2 June 1862 | 12 October 1862 | The National Congress appointed the Governor of Buenos Aires as the person in charge of the National Executive Power until elections were held. | [34] | ||||||
| 12 October 1862 | 12 October 1868 | 1862 | Liberal Nacionalist | Indirect elections with Mitre as the only candidate. First president of the unified country. Waged theWar of the Triple Alliance. | Marcos Paz (Died 2 January 1868) | [35] | |||
| Vacant | |||||||||
 | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888) | 12 October 1868 | 12 October 1874 | 1868 | — | Indirect elections. Ended the War of the Triple Alliance. | Adolfo Alsina | [35] | |
 | Nicolás Avellaneda (1837–1885) | 12 October 1874 | 12 October 1880 | 1874 | National ↓ PAN | Indirect elections.Federalization ofBuenos Aires City in September 1880. | Mariano Acosta | [35] | |
 | Julio Argentino Roca (1843–1914) | 12 October 1880 | 12 October 1886 | 1880 | PAN | Indirect elections. First term. End of theArgentine Civil Wars. | Francisco Bernabé Madero | [36] | |
 | Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman (1844–1909) | 12 October 1886 | 6 August 1890 | 1886 | PAN | Indirect elections. Resigned following theRevolution of the Park. | Carlos Pellegrini | [37] | |
 | Carlos Pellegrini (1846–1906) | 6 August 1890 | 12 October 1892 | PAN | Vice President underJuárez Celman, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Finished the presidential period 1886–1892. | Vacant | [37] | ||
 | Luis Sáenz Peña (1822–1907) | 12 October 1892 | 22 January 1895 | 1892 | PAN | Indirect elections. Government victory in theRevolution of 1893. Resigned. | José Evaristo Uriburu | [38] | |
 | José Evaristo Uriburu (1831–1914) | 22 January 1895 | 12 October 1898 | PAN | Vice President underSáenz Peña, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Finished the presidential period 1892–1898. | Vacant | [38] | ||
 | Julio Argentino Roca (1843–1914) | 12 October 1898 | 12 October 1904 | 1898 | PAN | Indirect elections. Second term. | Norberto Quirno Costa | [39] | |
 | Manuel Quintana (1835–1906) | 12 October 1904 | 12 March 1906 † | 1904 | PAN | Indirect elections. Government victory in theRevolution of 1905. Died in office. | José Figueroa Alcorta | [40] | |
 | José Figueroa Alcorta (1860–1931) | 25 January 1906 | 12 March 1906 | PAN | Vice President under Quintana. Acting president during his illness. | Himself | [40] | ||
| 12 March 1906 | 12 October 1910 | Vice President under Quintana, assumed the presidency after his death. Finished the presidential period 1904–1910. | Vacant | ||||||
.jpg) | Roque Sáenz Peña (1851–1914) | 12 October 1910 | 9 August 1914 † | 1910 | PAN Modernist | Indirect elections. Promoted theSáenz Peña law, which allowedsecret,universal andmandatory suffrage. Died in office. | Victorino de la Plaza | [41] | |
 | Victorino de la Plaza (1840–1919) | 9 August 1914 | 12 October 1916 | PAN | Vice President underSáenz Peña, assumed the presidency after his death. Finished the presidential period 1910–1916. | Vacant | [41] | ||
.jpg) | Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852–1933) | 12 October 1916 | 12 October 1922 | 1916 | UCR | Free indirect elections. First president elected under the Sáenz Peña law. First term. Maintained neutrality duringWorld War I. | Pelagio Luna (Died 25 June 1919) | [42] | |
| Vacant | |||||||||
 | Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1868–1942) | 12 October 1922 | 12 October 1928 | 1922 | UCR | Free indirect elections. | Elpidio González | [42] | |
| Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852–1933) | 12 October 1928 | 6 September 1930 | 1928 | UCR | Free indirect elections. Second term, ousted from office by acoup d'état. | Enrique Martínez | [43] | |
 | Enrique Martínez (1887–1938) | 5 September 1930 | 6 September 1930 | — | UCR | Vice President under Yrigoyen. Acting president during his illness. Ousted from office by acoup d'état. | Himself | ||
 | José Félix Uriburu (1868–1932) | 6 September 1930 | 20 February 1932 | — | Military (Nationalist Liberation Alliance) | Firstcoup d'état in modern Argentine history. Beginning of theInfamous Decade. Called for elections. | Enrique Santamarina (Resigned 20 October 1930) | [44] | |
| Vacant | |||||||||
 | Agustín Pedro Justo (1876–1943) | 20 February 1932 | 20 February 1938 | 1931 | UCR-A (Concordancia) | Indirect elections held with fraud and with theUCR barred from elections. | Julio Argentino Pascual Roca | [6] [45] | |
 | Roberto Marcelino Ortiz (1886–1942) | 20 February 1938 | 27 June 1942 | 1937 | UCR-A (Concordancia) | Indirect elections held with fraud. Resigned for health reasons, died one month later. | Ramón Castillo | [7] [46] | |
 | Ramón Castillo (1873–1944) | 3 July 1940 | 27 June 1942 | PDN (Concordancia) | Vice President under Ortiz. Acting president during his illness. | Himself | [7] | ||
| 27 June 1942 | 4 June 1943 | Vice President underOrtiz, assumed the presidency after his resignation. Deposed in acoup d'état. End of theInfamous Decade. | Vacant | ||||||
 | Arturo Rawson (1885–1952) | 4 June 1943 | 7 June 1943 | — | Military (Affilated with theUnited Officers' Group) | Coup d'état. Beginning of theRevolution of '43. Ousted from office. | [47] [7] | ||
 | Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884–1962) | 7 June 1943 | 9 March 1944 | — | Military (Affilated with theUnited Officers' Group) | Coup d'état. On 25 February 1944, Ramírez temporarily delegated powers to Edelmiro Farrell. Resigned. | Sabá Sueyro (Died 15 October 1943) | [7] | |
| Edelmiro Julián Farrell | |||||||||
 | Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887–1980) | 25 February 1944 | 9 March 1944 | — | Military (Affilated with theUnited Officers' Group) | Vice President under Ramírez. Acting president. | Himself | [7] | |
| 9 March 1944 | 4 June 1946 | Declared war on theAxis powers. Called for elections. End of theRevolution of '43. | Vacant | ||||||
| Juan Perón (8 July 1944–10 October 1945) | |||||||||
| Juan Pistarini | |||||||||
 | Juan Perón (1895–1974) | 4 June 1946 | 4 June 1952 | 1946 | Labour (UCR-JR) (Independent Party) | Free indirect elections. First term. Reelection enabled by theConstitution of 1949. | Hortensio Quijano (Died 3 April 1952) | [48] | |
| Vacant | |||||||||
| 4 June 1952 | 19 September 1955 | 1951 | Peronist | Free direct elections. Second term. First election to allowwomen's suffrage. Victory with 62.49% of votes, highest victory in Argentine elections. Ousted from office by acoup d'état. | |||||
| Alberto Teisaire (7 May 1954–16 September 1955) | |||||||||
| Vacant | |||||||||
_el_cargo.jpg) | Eduardo Lonardi (1896–1956) | 20 September 1955 | 23 September 1955 | — | Military | Coup d'état. Beginning of theRevolución Libertadora. By decree appointed himself as "Provisional President of the Nation", the real power was withJosé Domingo Molina Gómez from 20 September 1955 until 23 September 1955 as Junta leader. | [49] | ||
| 23 September 1955 | 13 November 1955 | Lonardi is sworn in as President. Ousted from office. | Isaac Rojas | ||||||
.jpg) | Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903–1970) | 13 November 1955 | 1 May 1958 | — | Military | Coup d'état. The1949 Constitution is repealed and the1853 Constitution is restored. End of theRevolución Libertadora. Called for elections withPeronism barred from elections. | [49] | ||
 | Arturo Frondizi (1908–1995) | 1 May 1958 | 29 March 1962 | 1958 | UCRI | Indirect elections withPeronism barred from elections. Ousted from office by acoup d'état. | Alejandro Gómez (Resigned 18 November 1958) | [50] | |
| Vacant | |||||||||
 | José María Guido (1910–1975) | 29 March 1962 | 12 October 1963 | — | UCRI | Provisional President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power, as the civil procedures to replace the deposed president were followed and Vice PresidentAlejandro Gómez had resigned in 1958. | [51] [50] | ||
 | Arturo Umberto Illia (1900–1983) | 12 October 1963 | 28 June 1966 | 1963 | UCRP | Indirect elections withPeronism barred from elections. Ousted from office by acoup d'état. | Carlos Humberto Perette | [52] | |
 | Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces | 28 June 1966 | 29 June 1966 | — | Military | Coup d'état Beginning of theArgentine Revolution. Members of the Junta: | Vacant | ||
 | Juan Carlos Onganía (1914–1995) | 29 June 1966 | 8 June 1970 | — | Military | Coup d'état. Ousted from office. | [52] | ||
| Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces | 8 June 1970 | 18 June 1970 | — | Military | Coup d'état. Members of the Junta:
| ||||
 | Roberto Marcelo Levingston (1920–2015) | 18 June 1970 | 23 March 1971 | — | Military | Appointed by the Military Junta. Ousted from office. | [52] | ||
| Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces | 23 March 1971 | 26 March 1971 | — | Military | Coup d'état Members of the Junta:
| ||||
 | Alejandro Agustín Lanusse (1918–1996) | 26 March 1971 | 25 May 1973 | — | Military | Appointed by the Military Junta. End of theArgentine Revolution. Called for elections.Peronism ban lifted. | |||
 | Héctor José Cámpora (1909–1980) | 25 May 1973 | 13 July 1973 | March 1973 | PJ (FREJULI) | Free direct elections. Because no candidate was able to get 50% of the votes needed to win, a runoff should have taken place between Cámpora andRicardo Balbín, but Balbín decided to withdraw his candidacy, making Cámpora president. FirstPeronist president after the ban. Cámpora annulled the ban that remained specifically overJuan Perón, and resigned along with his Vice President. | Vicente Solano Lima | [53] | |
.png) | Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1915–1978) | 13 July 1973 | 12 October 1973 | — | PJ (FREJULI) | President of the Chamber of Deputies exercising the Executive Power.Alejandro Díaz Bialet,President of the Senate and ahead of Lastiri in the succession line, was on a diplomatic mission in Africa at that time. | Vacant | [54] [53] | |
 | Juan Perón (1895–1974) | 12 October 1973 | 1 July 1974 † | Sept. 1973 | PJ (FREJULI) | Free direct elections. Third term. Died in office. | Isabel Perón | [53] | |
 | Isabel Perón (born 1931) | 29 June 1974 | 1 July 1974 | PJ (FREJULI) | First Lady and Vice President under Juan Perón. Acting president during his illness. | Herself | [55] | ||
| 1 July 1974 | 24 March 1976 | Vice President of Juan Perón, assumed the presidency after his death. First female president in the Americas. From the 13 September 1975 until the 16 October 1975, Provisional President of the SenateÍtalo Argentino Luder exercise the National Executive Power, he was provisionally delegated command due to the health problems of the president. During his term, he signed some of the decrees of annihilation. She got ousted from office by acoup d'état. | Vacant | ||||||
 | Military Junta | 24 March 1976 | 29 March 1976 | — | Military | Coup d'état. Beginning of theNational Reorganization Process. Members of the Junta: | |||
 | Jorge Rafael Videla (1925–2013) | 29 March 1976 | 29 March 1981 | — | Military | Coup d'état. President of the Military Junta. Longest government of ade facto ruler. | [56] | ||
 | Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924–1994) | 29 March 1981 | 11 December 1981 | — | Military | Appointed by Videla as President of the Military Junta. Powers and duties suspended on 21 November 1981 due to health problems. Ousted from office. | [56] | ||
 | Horacio Tomás Liendo (1924–2007) | 21 November 1981 | 11 December 1981 | — | Military | Appointed by the Military Junta. Acting president during Viola suspension. | |||
 | Carlos Lacoste (1929–2004) | 11 December 1981 | 22 December 1981 | — | Military | Appointed by the Military Junta. Interim. | |||
 | Leopoldo Galtieri (1926–2003) | 22 December 1981 | 18 June 1982 | — | Military | Appointed by the Military Junta. Waged theFalklands War. Ousted from office. | [56] | ||
.JPG) | Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean (1926–1987) | 18 June 1982 | 1 July 1982 | — | Military | Appointed by the Military Junta. Interim. | |||
.PNG) | Reynaldo Bignone (1928–2018) | 1 July 1982 | 10 December 1983 | — | Military | Appointed by the Military Junta. End of theNational Reorganization Process. Called for elections. | [56] | ||
 | (Presidency) Raúl Alfonsín (1927–2009) | 10 December 1983 | 8 July 1989 | 1983 | UCR | Free indirect elections. The1989 presidential elections were anticipated. Resigned during the transition and gave power toCarlos Menem six months in advance. | Víctor Hipólito Martínez | [57] | |
 | (Presidency) Carlos Menem (1930–2021) | 8 July 1989 | 8 July 1995 | 1989 | PJ (FREJUPO) | Free indirect elections. First term. The1994 amendment reduced the presidential term from 6 to 4 years and allowed a single consecutive reelection. | Eduardo Duhalde (Resigned 10 December 1991) | [58] | |
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| 8 July 1995 | 10 December 1999 | 1995 | PJ (UCeDe) | Free direct elections. Second term. His term was extended to 10 December 1999 according to the Tenth Temporary Provision of the Constitution of 1994. | Carlos Ruckauf | ||||
 | (Presidency) Fernando de la Rúa (1937–2019) | 10 December 1999 | 21 December 2001 | 1999 | UCR (Alianza) | Free direct elections. Faced a severeeconomic crisis. Resigned after theDecember 2001 riots. Because his Vice PresidentCarlos Álvarez had resigned in October 2000, the Congress Assembled selected a new President. | Carlos Álvarez (Resigned 6 October 2000) | [59] | |
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 | Ramón Puerta (born 1951) | 21 December 2001 | 23 December 2001 | — | PJ | Provisional President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power. | [60] | ||
.jpg) | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (born 1947) | 23 December 2001 | 30 December 2001 | — | PJ | Elected by the Congress for three months, with instructions to call for elections. Resigned. | [61] | ||
 | Eduardo Camaño (born 1946) | 30 December 2001 | 2 January 2002 | — | PJ | President of the Chamber of Deputies exercising the Executive Power. | [62] | ||
 | Eduardo Duhalde (born 1941) | 2 January 2002 | 25 May 2003 | — | PJ | Elected by the Congress, with instructions to completeDe la Rúa's term. Calledearly elections for 27 April 2003. | [61] | ||
 | (Presidency) Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010) | 25 May 2003 | 10 December 2007 | 2003 | PJ (FPV) | Free direct elections. Initially completed the remaining months ofDe la Rúa's term until 10 December 2003 then began his own mandate. Kirchner finished second toCarlos Menem in the first round and because no one was able to get 45% of the votes needed to win, a runoff should have taken place, but Menem decided to withdraw his candidacy, making Kirchner president. | Daniel Scioli | [63] | |
 | (Presidency) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (born 1953) | 10 December 2007 | 10 December 2011 | 2007 | PJ (FPV) | Free direct elections. First term. First elected female president of Argentina. | Julio Cobos | [64] | |
| 10 December 2011 | 10 December 2015 | 2011 | PJ (FPV) | Free direct elections. Second term. By judicial ruling, her mandate ended 9 December 2015 at midnight. | Amado Boudou | [65] | |||
.jpg) | Federico Pinedo (born 1955) | 10 December 2015 | — | PRO (Cambiemos) | Provisional President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power. Acting president from 00:00 hs. until Macri's swearing in at 11:45 hs. | Vacant | [65] | ||
 | (Presidency) Mauricio Macri (born 1959) | 10 December 2015 | 10 December 2019 | 2015 | PRO (Cambiemos) | Free direct elections. First president elected in aballotage, defeatingDaniel Scioli. Although his mandate begun on 10 December 2015 at 00:00 hs., it was only after he swore in the Congress at 11:45 hs. that he took office as President. | Gabriela Michetti | [65] | |
.jpg) | (Presidency) Alberto Fernández (born 1959) | 10 December 2019 | 10 December 2023 | 2019 | PJ (FdT) | Free direct elections. | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ||
.jpg) | (Presidency) Javier Milei (born 1970) | 10 December 2023 | Incumbent | 2023 | PL (LLA) | Free direct elections. Firstlibertarian head of state in the world. | Victoria Villarruel | ||
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