# List of rectors of the University of Buenos Aires

The following is a list of rectors of the University of Buenos Aires, the largest and most prestigious university in Argentina, since its establishment in 1821.
Since August 2022, the rector of UBA is Dr. Ricardo Gelpi, former Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences.

## List of rectors

    Names in italics correspond to interventors appointed by the national government of Argentina.
| N° | Rector | Term | Profession |
| 1 | Antonio Sáenz | 13 June 1821 – 25 July 1825 | Cleric |
| 2 | Valentín Gómez | 10 April 1826 – 23 August 1830 | Cleric |
| 3 | Santiago Figueredo | 23 August 1830 – 22 February 1832 | Cleric |
| 4 | Paulino Gari | 13 December 1833 – November 1842 | Cleric |
| 5 | Miguel García | November 1849 – 26 June 1852 | Cleric |
| 6 | José Barros Pazos | 12 July 1852 – 5 May 1857 | Lawyer |
| 7 | Antonio Cruz Obligado | 9 May 1857 – March 1861 | Lawyer |
| 8 | Juan María Gutiérrez | 1 April 1861 – 3 October 1873 | Lawyer |
| 9 | Vicente Fidel López | 15 February 1874 – 12 June 1877 | Lawyer |
| 10 | Manuel Quintana | 12 June 1877 – 26 January 1881 | Lawyer |
| 11 | Eufemio Uballes | 1 March 1906 – 1 March 1922 | Doctor |
| 12 | José Arce | 1 March 1922 – 1 March 1926 | Doctor |
| 13 | Ricardo Rojas | 2 March 1926 – 1 March 1930 | Journalist |
| 14 | Enrique Butty | 1 March 1930 – 11 December 1930 | Engineer |
| – | Benito Nazar Anchorena | 16 December 1930 – 1 June 1931 | Lawyer |
| 16 | Mariano Rafael Castex | 1 June 1931 – 9 March 1932 | Doctor |
| 17 | Ángel Gallardo | 11 May 1932 – 9 April 1934 | Engineer |
| 18 | Vicente Gallo | 11 May 1934 – 11 May 1941 | Lawyer |
| – | Coriolano Alberini | 12 May 1941 – 16 October 1941 | Philosophy |
| 19 | Carlos Saavedra Lamas | 17 October 1941 – 30 July 1943 | Lawyer |
| – | Alfredo Labougle | 31 July 1943 – 1 November 1943 | Economist |
| – | Emilio Ravignani | 2 November 1943 – 4 November 1943 | Historian |
| – | Tomás D. Casares | 4 November 1943 – 9 March 1944 | Lawyer |
| – | David Arias | 10 March 1944 – 18 May 1944 | Lawyer |
| – | Carlos Obligado | 19 May 1944 – 31 August 1944 | Writer |
| – | Nicolás Matienzo | 1 September 1944 – 30 October 1944 | Doctor |
| – | Carlos Waldorp | 30 October 1944 – 16 February 1945 | Doctor |
| – | Antonio J. Benítez | 17 February 1945 – 1 March 1945 | Lawyer |
| – | Salvador Oría | 15 March 1945 – 26 April 1945 | Lawyer |
| 20 | Horacio Rivarola | 27 April 1945 – 2 May 1946 | Lawyer |
| – | Nicolás Matienzo | 2 May 1946 – 2 May 1946 | Doctor |
| – | Oscar Ivanissevich | 4 May 1946 – 5 June 1949 | Doctor |
| 21 | Julio Otaola | 6 June 1949 – 12 June 1952 | Architect |
| 22 | Carlos A. Bancalari | 13 June 1952 – 16 October 1953 | Doctor |
| – | José Fernández Moreno | 17 October 1953 – 3 November 1953 | Lawyer |
| 23 | Jorge A. Taiana | 4 November 1953 – 3 June 1955 | Doctor |
| 24 | Ernesto Crámer | 4 June 1955 – 31 July 1955 | Lawyer |
| 25 | Francisco Cholvis | 1 August 1955 – 26 September 1955 | Economist |
| FUBA Provisional Government Board (27 September – 30 September 1955) | FUBA Provisional Government Board (27 September – 30 September 1955) | FUBA Provisional Government Board (27 September – 30 September 1955) | FUBA Provisional Government Board (27 September – 30 September 1955) |
| – | José Luis Romero | 1 October 1955 – 1 October 1955 | Historian |
| – | José Babini | 1 January 1956 – 19 February 1956 | Engineer |
| – | Alejandro Ceballos | 5 May 1956 – 27 December 1957 | Doctor |
| 26 | Risieri Frondizi | 27 December 1957 – 28 December 1962 | Anthropologist |
| 27 | Julio H. G. Olivera | 28 December 1962 – 18 March 1965 | Lawyer |
| 28 | Hilario Fernández Long | 26 March 1965 – 29 July 1966 | Engineer |
| 29 | Luis Botet | 11 August 1966 – 7 February 1968 | Lawyer |
| 30 | Raúl A. Devoto | 7 February 1968 – 24 July 1969 | Doctor |
| 31 | Andrés Santas | 25 July 1969 – 21 July 1971 | Doctor |
| 32 | Bernabé J. Quartino | 22 July 1971 – 29 January 1973 | Geologist |
| 33 | Carlos Alberto Durrieu | 29 January 1973 – 29 May 1973 | Doctor |
| – | Rodolfo Puiggrós | 29 May 1973 – 2 October 1973 | Historian |
| – | Alberto Banfi | 2 October 1973 – 4 October 1973 | Dentist |
| – | Ernesto Villanueva | 4 October 1973 – 28 March 1974 | Sociologist |
| – | Vicente Solano Lima | 28 March 1974 – 25 July 1974 | Lawyer |
| – | Raúl Federico Laguzzi | 25 July 1974 – 17 September 1974 | Pharmacist |
| – | Alberto Ottalagano | 17 September 1974 – 26 December 1974 | Lawyer |
| – | Eduardo Mangiante | 27 August 1975 – 12 February 1976 | Economist |
| – | José Alocén | 27 August 1975 – 12 February 1976 | Accountant |
| – | Edmundo E. Said | 29 March 1976 – 6 August 1976 | Navy officer |
| 34 | Alberto Costantini | 5 August 1976 – 14 September 1976 | Engineer |
| – | Sol Rabasa | 5 August 1976 – 14 September 1976 | Doctor |
| 35 | Luis Carlos Cabral | 25 February 1977 – 31 August 1978 | Lawyer |
| – | Alberto V. Donnes | 31 August 1978 – 23 November 1978 | Doctor |
| 36 | Lucas Lennon | 25 November 1978 – 20 November 1981 | Lawyer |
| – | Alberto V. Donnes | 20 November 1981 – 28 December 1981 | Doctor |
| 37 | Alberto Rodríguez Varela | 28 December 1981 – 23 December 1982 | Lawyer |
| 38 | Carlos Segovia Fernández | 27 December 1982 – 23 December 1983 | Mathematician |
| – | Francisco Delich | 26 December 1983 – 19 March 1985 | Sociologist |
| 39 | Oscar Julio Shuberoff | 19 March 1985 – 6 May 2002 | Accountant |
| 40 | Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry | 6 May 2002 – 7 May 2006 | Doctor |
| – | Berardo Dujovne | 7 May 2006 – 16 May 2006 | Architect |
| – | Alfredo Buzzi | 16 May 2006 – 18 December 2006 | Architect |
| 41 | Rubén Eduardo Hallú | 18 December 2006 – 5 December 2013 | Veterinarian |
| 42 | Alberto Barbieri | 5 December 2013 – 2 August 2022 | Accountant |
| 43 | Ricardo Gelpi | 2 August 2022 – present | Doctor |