Chief of Government of Buenos Aires

**The Government Headquarters of the City of Buenos Aires** is the form of government adopted by the Executive Power of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires since 1996, after the declaration of autonomy of this city, capital of the Argentine Republic.

This form of government is exercised by a Head of Government elected by popular vote, whose duration in office is four years and with the possibility of consecutive re-election for a single period. Along with the Head of Government there is also the figure of the Deputy Head of Government, who is also elected by popular vote with the same periods as the Head of Government and whose function is to temporarily assume command of the Executive Power in case of absence, or definitively in case of acephaly.

The figure of the Head of Government of the City of Buenos Aires replaced the previous figure of the Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires, who was appointed by the President in office, with the agreement of the Senate of Argentina.

Before 1996, the position of Chief of Government was known as Mayor of Buenos Aires. Back then, you were appointed mayor not elected. After a 1994 referendum, the title changed to Chief of Government and it became an elected position.

## Chiefs of government (1996–present)

|#||width=70|Portrait|width=25%|Name|colspan="2" width=35%|Term of office|width=20%|Political party|colspan="2" width=30%|Deputy Chief (s)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Fernando de la Rúa**|6 August 1996|10 December 1999|Radical Civic Union|style="background:#E60026;"||align="center"|Enrique Olivera||||||
||**Enrique Olivera** <small>(1940–2014)</small>|10 December 1999|5 August 2000|Radical Civic Union|style="background:grey;"||align="center"|_vacant_||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Aníbal Ibarra**|rowspan="2"|6 August 2000|rowspan="2"|7 March 2006|rowspan="2"|Broad Front|style="background:#E60026;"||align="center"|Cecilia Felgueras|
|style="background:#318CE7;"||Jorge Telerman||||||||||||
||**Jorge Telerman**|7 March 2006|10 December 2007|Justicialist Party|style="background:grey;"||align="center"|_vacant_||||||
|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|**Mauricio Macri**|rowspan="2"|10 December 2007|rowspan="2"|10 December 2015|rowspan="2"|Republican Proposal|style="background:yellow;"||align="center"|Gabriela Michetti|
|style="background:yellow;"||María Eugenia Vidal||||||||||||
|style="background:yellow;"||align="center"|Diego Santilli|||||||||||
|style="background:grey;"||_vacant_||||||||||||

## Other websites

- Official website of Buenos Aires City

## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Chief of Government
- **body**: Buenos Aires
- **insignia**: Escudo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.svg
- **insigniasize**: 100px
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Buenos Aires
- **image**: Jorge Macri, Teatro Colón (cropped).jpg
- **alt**: Mayor of Buenos Aires
- **incumbent**: Jorge Macri
- **incumbentsince**: 7 December 2023
- **style**: No courtesy, title or style
- **residence**: Buenos Aires City Hall
- **appointer**: Citizens of Buenos Aires
- **termlength**: 4 years (renewable)
- **formation**: 10 May 1883 (mayor)
6 August 1996 (chief)
- **inaugural**: Torcuato de Alvear (mayor)
Fernando de la Rúa (chief)