2002 in Argentina

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 (starting 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 (starting 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:
until 25 November: Carlos Ricardo Díaz
25 November-12 December: Darío Moreno
starting 12 December: Mercedes Aragonés
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.
February
March
April
May
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.
July
August
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.
October
November
December
Deaths
October 8: César Milstein (b. 1927), scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies
December 23: Hilario Fernández Long (b. 1918), engineer and educator
Sports
See worldwide 2002 in sports
Years of the 21st century in Argentina
2000s in Argentina
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