# 2002 in Argentina
## Incumbents

* President:
** Eduardo Camaño (until January 2)
** Eduardo Duhalde (starting January 2)
* 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 thereafter (starting 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.

### December
## 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