# 1999 in Argentina

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Events from the year 1999 in Argentina

## Incumbents

* President:
** Carlos Menem (1 January – 10 December)
** Fernando de la Rúa (from 10 December)
* Vice President:
** Carlos Ruckauf (1 January – 10 December)
** Carlos Álvarez (from 10 December)

### Governors

* Governor of Buenos Aires Province:
** Eduardo Duhalde (until 10 December)
** Carlos Ruckauf (from 10 December)
* Governor of Catamarca Province:
** Arnoldo Castillo (until 10 December)
** Oscar Castillo (from 10 December)
* Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas
* Governor of Chubut Province:
** Carlos Maestro
** José Luis Lizurume
* Governor of Córdoba:
** Ramón Mestre (until 12 July)
** José Manuel De la Sota (from 12 July)
* Governor of Corrientes Province:
** Pedro Braillard Poccard (until 19 June)
** Hugo Perié (19 June-17 December)
** Ramón Mestre (from 17 December)
* Governor of Entre Ríos Province:
** Jorge Busti (until 11 December)
** Sergio Montiel (from 11 December)
* 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 (until 10 December)
** Roberto Iglesias (from 10 December)
* Governor of Misiones Province:
** Ramón Puerta (until 10 December)
** Carlos Rovira (from 10 December)
* 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 (until 10 December)
** Alfredo Avelín (from 10 December)
* Governor of San Luis Province: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
* Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner
* Governor of Santa Fe Province:
** Jorge Obeid (until 10 December)
** Carlos Reutemann (from 10 December)
* Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Juárez
* Governor of Tierra del Fuego: José Arturo Estabillo
* Governor of Tucumán:
** Antonio Domingo Bussi (until 29 October)
** Julio Miranda (from 29 October)

### Vice Governors

* Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province:
** Rafael Romá (until 10 December)
** Felipe Solá (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Catamarca Province:
** Simón Hernández (until 10 December)
** Hernán Colombo (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Chaco Province:
** Miguel Pibernus (until 10 December)
** Roy Nikisch (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Corrientes Province:
** Victor Hugo Maidana (until 19 June)
** Vacant (from 19 June)
* Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province:
** Héctor Alanis (until 11 December)
** Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti (from 11 December)
* Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
* Vice Governor of Jujuy Province:
** Vacant (until 10 December)
** Rubén Daza (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of La Pampa Province:
** Manuel Baladrón (until 10 December)
** Heriberto Mediza (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of La Rioja Province:
** Miguel Ángel Asís (until 10 December)
** Luis Beder Herrera (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Misiones Province:
** Julio Alberto Ifrán (until 10 December)
** Mercedes Margarita Oviedo (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Nenquen Province:
** Ricardo Corradi (until 10 December)
** Jorge Sapag (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
* Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
* Vice Governor of San Juan Province:
** Rogelio Rafael Cerdera (until 10 December)
** Wbaldino Acosta (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of San Luis Province:
** Mario Merlo (until 10 December)
** María Alicia Lemme (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Santa Cruz:
** Eduardo Arnold (until 10 December)
** Sergio Acevedo (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province:
** Gualberto Venesia (until 10 December)
** Marcelo Muniagurria (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero:
** Darío Moreno (until 10 December)
** Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez (from 10 December)
* Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Miguel Ángel Castro

## Events
### January

* 18 January: The Argentine peso continues to decline in value against the U.S. dollar, which is a source of concern for both businesses and individuals. There is talk of abandoning the Argentine peso for the US dollar.

### May

* 13 May: Ricardo Gangeme, a prominent journalist known for exposing corruption, is found murdered in Trelew, Chubut Province.

### August

* 31 August: A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas flight crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. There are 65 fatalities (63 occupants of the aircraft and 2 on the ground) – as well as injuries, some serious, to at least 34 people.

### September

* 17 September: Armed robbers take six Banco de la Nación Argentina employees hostage in Ramallo, Buenos Aires. After several hours, the theives try to escape in a car with three hostages (the bank manager and an accountant). After a few meters, a special group of the provincial police, kill one of the suspects and the two hostages.

### October

* 24 October: Argentine general elections are held with Fernando de la Rúa (Radical Civic Union) winning the Presidency with 48% of the vote, defeating Eduardo Duhalde (Peronist Party).

## Deaths
### January

* 1 January – Rafael Iglesias, heavyweight boxer (b. 1924)
* 14 January – Sabina Olmos, actress (b. 1913)

### March

* 8 March – Adolfo Bioy Casares, writer, journalist, and translator (b. 1914)

### May

* 13 May – Ricardo Gangeme, journalist (b. 1943)

### December

* 3 December – Enrique Cadícamo, tango lyricist, poet and novelist (b. 1900)