# Governor of Buenos Aires Province

The Governor of Buenos Aires Province (Spanish: Gobernador de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) is a citizen of the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, holding the office of governor for the corresponding period. The governor is elected alongside a vice-governor. Currently the governor of Buenos Aires Province is Axel Kicillof since December 11, 2019.

## Requirements

To be able to be elected governor, the person must be an Argentine citizen and must have been born in Argentina, or be the child of an Argentine citizen if born in a foreign country. The citizen must also be at least 30 years old, and have at least 5 uninterrupted years of residence in the province if not natural from it. The term lasts 4 years, with the chance of a single reelection.

## List of officeholders
### Governor-intendant

| Period | Governor |
| January 13, 1812 – February 10, 1813 | Miguel de Azcuénaga (interim) |
| February 14, 1813 – April 16, 1815 | Antonio González Balcarce |
| April 16, 1815 – May 19, 1815 | Buenos Aires Cabildo (interim) |
| May 19, 1815 – June 8, 1818 | Manuel Luis de Oliden |
| June 8, 1818 – Julio 30, 1818 | José Rondeau |
| July 30, 1818 – November 12, 1818 | Juan Ramón Balcarce |
| November 13, 1818 – March 16, 1819 | Eustaquio Díaz Vélez (interim) |
| March 17, 1819 – February 9, 1820 | Juan Ramón Balcarce |
| February 9, 1820 – February 11, 1820 | Matías de Irigoyen |

### United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Argentine Confederation

Governors managing international relations of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata and the Argentine Confederation (de facto Heads of State).
| Period | Governor |
| February 11, 1820 – February 18, 1820 | Matías de Irigoyen (interim) |
| February 18, 1820 – March 6, 1820 | Manuel de Sarratea (interim) |
| March 6, 1820 – March 11, 1820 | Juan Ramón González Balcarce (interim) |
| March 11, 1820 – May 2, 1820 | Manuel de Sarratea |
| May 2, 1820 – June 20, 1820 | Ildefonso Ramos Mexía |
| June 20, 1820 – June 23, 1820 | Buenos Aires Cabildo (interim) |
| June 23, 1820 – June 29, 1820 | Miguel Estanislao Soler (interim) |
| June 29, 1820 – September 20, 1820 | Manuel Dorrego (interim) |
| September 20, 1820 – April 2, 1824 | Martín Rodríguez |
| April 2, 1824 — March 7, 1826 | Juan Gregorio de Las Heras |
| March 7, 1826 — August 17, 1827 | No provincial authorities during the short existence of an official presidency |
| August 17, 1827 — December 1, 1828 | Manuel Dorrego |
| December 1, 1828 — June 26, 1829 | Juan Galo Lavalle (de facto) |
| June 26, 1829 — December 6, 1829 | Juan José Viamonte (interim) |
| December 6, 1829 — December 5, 1832 | Juan Manuel de Rosas |
| December 17, 1832 — November 4, 1833 | Juan Ramón González Balcarce |
| November 4, 1833 — June 27, 1834 | Juan José Viamonte |
| June 27, 1834 — March 7, 1835 | Manuel Vicente Maza (interim) |
| March 7, 1835 — February 3, 1852 | Juan Manuel de Rosas |
| February 3, 1852 — July 26, 1852 | Vicente López y Planes (interim) |

### Argentine Confederation

Governors without national power during the Argentine Confederation.
| Period | Governor | Portrait |
| July 26, 1852 — September 4, 1852 | Justo José de Urquiza (provisional, at the same time Head of State as Provisional Director) | |
| September 4, 1852 — September 11, 1852 | José Miguel Galán (interim) | |

### State of Buenos Aires (independent from Argentina)

| Period | Governor |
| September 11, 1852 — October 31, 1852 | Manuel Guillermo Pinto (interim) |
| October 31, 1852 — December 7, 1852 | Valentín Alsina |
| December 7, 1852 — June 28, 1853 | Manuel Guillermo Pinto (interim) |
| June 28, 1853 — July 24, 1853 | Junta de Representantes |
| July 24, 1853 — May 27, 1854 | Pastor Obligado (provisional) |
| May 27, 1854 – December 21, 1858 | Pastor Obligado (constitutional) |
| December 21, 1858 – November 8, 1859 | Valentín Alsina |
| November 8, 1859 – May 3, 1860 | Felipe Llavallol (interim) |
| May 3, 1860 – December 12, 1861 | Bartolomé Mitre |

### List of provincial governors before the enactment of the Sáenz Peña Law (1862–1914)

| Governor | Term in office | Party | Notes | Vice Governor |
| Vicente Cazón | 11 October 1862 – 15 October 1862 | Independent | Interim administration. | Vacant |
| Mariano Saavedra | 15 October 1862 – 1 May 1866 | Independent | | Vacant |
| Adolfo Alsina | 1 May 1866 – 10 October 1868 | Autonomist | | Vacant |
| Emilio Castro | 10 October 1868 – 3 May 1872 | Autonomist | | Vacant |
| Mariano Acosta | 3 May 1872 – 12 September 1874 | Autonomist | Resigned office. | Vacant |
| Álvaro Barros | 12 September 1874 – 1 May 1875 | Independent | Interim administration. | Vacant |
| Carlos Casares | 1 May 1875 – 1 May 1878 | PAN | | Luis Sáenz Peña |
| Carlos Tejedor | 1 May 1878 – 1 July 1880 | Independent | Resigned after the 1880 Uprising. | José María Moreno |
| José María Moreno | 1 July 1880 – 18 July 1880 | Independent | Assumed office upon Tejedor's resignation. | Vacant |
| José María Bustillo | 18 July 1880 – 11 October 1880 | Independent | Federal interventor appointed by Nicolás Avellaneda | Vacant |
| Juan José Romero | 11 October 1880 – 1 May 1881 | Independent | Federal interventor appointed by Nicolás Avellaneda | Vacant |
| Dardo Rocha | 1 May 1881 – 1 May 1884 | PAN | | Adolfo Gonzales Chaves |
| Carlos Alfredo D'Amico | 1 May 1884 – 1 May 1887 | Independent | | Matías Cardoso |
| Máximo Paz | 1 May 1887 – 1 May 1890 | PAN | | Claudio Stegmann |
| Julio A. Costa | 1 May 1890 – 8 August 1893 | PAN | | Víctor del Carril |
| Juan Carlos Belgrano | 8 August 1893 – 18 August 1893 | UCR | Governor during the 1893 Uprising. | Vacant |
| Eduardo Olivera | 18 August 1893 – 21 September 1893 | PAN | Federal interventor appointed by Luis Sáenz Peña | Vacant |
| Lucio Vicente López | 21 September 1893 – 1 May 1894 | PAN | Federal interventor appointed by Luis Sáenz Peña | Vacant |
| Guillermo Udaondo | 1 May 1894 – 1 May 1898 | UCN | | José Inocencio Arias |
| Bernardo de Irigoyen | 1 May 1898 – 1 May 1902 | UCR | | Alfredo Demarchi |
| Marcelino Ugarte | 1 May 1902 – 1 May 1906 | PAN | | Adolfo Saldías |
| Ignacio Darío Irigoyen | 1 May 1906 – 1 May 1910 | PAN | | Ezequiel de la Serna |
| José Inocencio Arias | 1 May 1910 – 12 September 1912 | Independent | | Faustino de Lezica |
| Ezequiel de la Serna | 12 September 1912 – 15 March 1913 | PAN | Assumed office upon Arias's death. | Vacant |
| Eduardo Arana | 15 March 1913 – 2 July 1913 | PAN | Provincial Senate president. Assumed office upon de la Serna's death. | Vacant |
| Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rosas | 2 July 1913 – 1 September 1913 | PAN | | Luis García |
| Luis García | 1 September 1913 – 1 May 1914 | PAN | Assumed office upon Ortiz de Rosas's death. | Vacant |

### List of governors since the enactment of the Sáenz Peña Law (1914–present)

| Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| Marcelino Ugarte | 1 May 1914 – 25 April 1917 | PAN | 1913 | Vicente Peralta Alvear |
| José Luis Cantilo | 25 April 1917 – 1 May 1918 | UCR | Federal interventor appointed by Hipólito Yrigoyen | Vacant |
| José Camilo Crotto | 1 May 1918 – 20 May 1921 | UCR | 1918 | Luis Monteverde |
| Luis Monteverde | 20 May 1921 – 1 May 1922 | UCR | 1918 | Vacant |
| José Luis Cantilo | 1 May 1922 – 1 May 1926 | UCR | 1922 | Pedro Solanet |
| Valentin Vergara | 1 May 1926 – 1 May 1930 | UCR | 1925 | Victoriano de Ortúzar |
| Nereo Crovetto | 1 May 1930 – 11 September 1930 | UCR | 1929 | Juan Garralda |
| Carlos Meyer Pellegrini (de facto) | 11 September 1930 – 31 December 1930 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Clodomiro Zavalía (de facto) | 31 December 1930 – 19 January 1931 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Carlos Meyer Pellegrini (de facto) | 19 January 1931 – 4 May 1931 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Mariano Vedia (de facto) | 4 May 1931 – 12 May 1931 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Manuel Ramón Alvarado (de facto) | 12 May 1931 – 2 October 1931 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Raymundo Meabe (de facto) | 2 October 1931 – 18 February 1932 | PLC | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Honorio Pueyrredón | Never took office | UCR | April 1931 | Mario Guido |
| Federico Martínez de Hoz | 15 March 1935 – 20 January 1936 | PDN | November 1931 | Raúl Díaz |
| Raúl Díaz | 15 March 1935 – 20 January 1936 | PDN | November 1931 | Vacant |
| Edgardo J. Míguez | 20 January 1936 – 18 February 1936 | PDN | — | Vacant |
| Raúl Díaz | 18 February 1936 – 7 March 1940 | PDN | — | Vacant |
| Manuel Fresco | 18 February 1936 – 7 March 1940 | PDN | 1935 | Aurelio Amodeo |
| Alberto Barceló | Never took office | PDN | 1940 | Edgardo J. Míguez |
| Luis Cassinelli | 7 March 1940 – 13 March 1940 | — | National commissioner appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Octavio R. Amadeo | 13 March 1940 – 27 May 1940 | — | Federal interventor appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Carlos Herrera | 27 May 1940 – 4 June 1940 | — | Federal interventor appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Octavio R. Amadeo | 4 June 1940 – 1 February 1941 | — | Federal interventor appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Eduardo T. López | 1 February 1941 – 10 February 1941 | — | Federal interventor appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Eleazar Videla | 10 February 1941 – 1 September 1941 | — | National commissioner appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Enrique Rottjer | 1 September 1941 – 13 September 1941 | — | Federal interventor appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Dimas González Gowland | 13 September 1941 – 7 January 1942 | — | National commissioner appointed by Ramón Castillo | Vacant |
| Rodolfo Moreno | 7 January 1942 – 12 June 1943 | PDN | 1941 | Edgardo J. Míguez |
| Edgardo J. Míguez | 13 April 1943 – 12 June 1943 | PDN | 1941 | Vacant |
| Oscar Cazalas (de facto) | 12 June 1943 – 17 June 1943 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Armando Verdaguer (de facto) | 17 June 1943 – 22 December 1943 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Faustino J. Legón (de facto) | 22 December 1943 – 5 January 1944 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Julio O. Ojea (de facto) | 5 January 1944 – 5 May 1944 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Luis García Mata (de facto) | 5 May 1944 – 19 July 1944 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Juan Carlos Sanguinetti (de facto) | 19 July 1944 – 27 December 1944 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Roberto M. Vanetta (de facto) | 27 December 1944 – 12 January 1945 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Juan Atilio Bramuglia (de facto) | 12 January 1945 – 19 September 1945 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Ramón del Río (de facto) | 19 September 1945 – 28 September 1945 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Alberto H. Reales (de facto) | 28 September 1945 – 17 October 1945 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Francisco Sáenz Kelly (de facto) | 17 October 1945 – 29 October 1945 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Ramón Albariño (de facto) | 29 October 1945 – 22 January 1946 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Juan Enrique Coronas (de facto) | 22 January 1946 – 24 January 1946 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Francisco Sáenz Kelly (de facto) | 24 January 1946 – 16 May 1946 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Domingo Mercante | 16 May 1946 – 4 June 1952 | Labour | 1946 | Juan Bautista Machado |
| Domingo Mercante | 16 May 1946 – 4 June 1952 | Peronist | 1950 | José Luis Passerini |
| Carlos Aloé | 4 June 1952 – 25 September 1955 | Peronist | 1951 | Carlos Antonio Díaz |
| Arturo Ossorio Arana (de facto) | 25 September 1955 – 10 November 1955 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Juan María Mathet (de facto) | 10 November 1955 – 15 November 1956 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Emilio A. Bonnecarrére (de facto) | 15 November 1956 – 2 May 1958 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Oscar Alende | 2 May 1958 – 19 May 1962 | UCRI | 1958 | Arturo Crosetti |
| Andrés Framini | Never took office | Popular Union | 1962 | Francisco Anglada |
| Guillermo Salas Martínez | 20 March 1962 – 13 April 1962 | — | Federal interventor appointed by Arturo Frondizi |
| Jorge Bermúdez Emparanza | 20 March 1962 – 13 April 1962 | UCR | Federal interventor appointed by Arturo Frondizi |
| Roberto Etchepareborda (de facto) | 13 April 1962 – 1 June 1962 | — | De facto national commissioner |
| Ceferino Merbilhaa (de facto) | 1 June 1962 – 24 October 1962 | — | De facto national commissioner |
| Félix Trigo Viera (de facto) | 24 October 1962 – 24 April 1963 | — | De facto national commissioner |
| Francisco A. Imaz (de facto) | 24 April 1963 – 12 October 1963 | — | De facto national commissioner |
| Anselmo Marini | 12 October 1963 – 28 June 1966 | UCR | 1963 | Ricardo Lavalle |
| Jorge Von Stecher (de facto) | 28 June 1966 – 5 July 1966 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Francisco A. Imaz (de facto) | 5 July 1966 – 16 June 1969 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Saturnino Llorente (de facto) | 16 June 1969 – 10 June 1970 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Horacio Rivara (de facto) | 10 June 1970 – 8 September 1971 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Miguel Moragues (de facto) | 8 September 1971 – 25 May 1973 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Oscar Bidegain | 25 May 1973 – 24 January 1974 | Justicialist | 1973 | Victorio Calabró |
| Victorio Calabró | 24 January 1974 – 24 March 1976 | Justicialist | 1973 | Vacant |
| Adolfo Sigwald (de facto) | 24 March 1976 – 7 April 1976 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Ibérico Saint-Jean (de facto) | 7 April 1976 – 29 March 1981 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Oscar Bartolomé Gallino (de facto) | 29 March 1981 – 14 January 1982 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Jorge Aguado (de facto) | 14 January 1982 – 10 December 1983 | — | De facto federal interventor | Vacant |
| Alejandro Armendáriz | 10 December 1983 – 10 December 1987 | UCR | 1983 | Elva Roulet |
| Antonio Cafiero | 10 December 1987 – 10 December 1991 | Justicialist (FR) | 1987 | Luis María Macaya |
| Eduardo Duhalde | 10 December 1991 – 10 December 1999 | Justicialist | 1991 | Rafael Romá |
| Eduardo Duhalde | 10 December 1991 – 10 December 1999 | Justicialist | 1995 | Rafael Romá |
| Carlos Ruckauf | 10 December 1999 – 3 January 2002 | Justicialist | 1999 | Felipe Solá |
| Felipe Solá | 3 January 2002 – 10 December 2007 | Justicialist | 1999 | Vacant |
| Felipe Solá | 3 January 2002 – 10 December 2007 | Justicialist | 2003 | Graciela Giannettasio |
| Daniel Scioli | 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2015 | Justicialist | 2007 | Alberto Balestrini |
| Daniel Scioli | 10 December 2007 – 10 December 2015 | Justicialist | 2011 | Gabriel Mariotto |
| María Eugenia Vidal | 10 December 2015 – 11 December 2019 | PRO (Cambiemos) | 2015 | Daniel Salvador |
| Axel Kicillof | 11 December 2019 – Incumbent | Justicialist (FDT • UP) | 2019 | Verónica Magario |
| Axel Kicillof | 11 December 2019 – Incumbent | Justicialist (FDT • UP) | 2023 | Verónica Magario |