Vice President of Argentina

The Vice President of Argentina is a senior official of Argentina who integrates the electoral team accompanying the citizen who is elected President of Argentina, and whose main function is to replace him in case of temporary absence, or in case of permanent absence for disability, death or resignation. In Argentine history, there have also been de facto vice presidents, imposed as a result of coups d'état, although not all governments headed by de facto presidents had the presence of a vice president. This is the second highest political position in Argentina.

The Vice President replaces the President if the President cannot do the job. The vice president is not a member of the National Executive Power and only assumes the presidency in the absence or inability of the president to exercise power.  During the time that the vice president does not exercise the Executive Power, his function is to be president of the Senate, without a vote unless there is a tie, in which case he has the power to break the tie. The Argentine Constitution does not have any provision on the replacement of a Vice President.  The usual constitutional practice has been to leave the position vacant in the event of death, disability, removal or resignation.

Overview
The Argentine Constitution does not provide for the replacement of a vice president should their tenure be ended for any reason, and their office was thus made vacant on seventeen occasions since 1861.

The 1994 amendments modified the vice president's term—as well as the president's—from one unrenewable six-year term to two four-year terms renewable upon reelection of the joint ticket. The Vice President acts also as the president of the Senate.

The current incumbent, Victoria Villarruel, took office on December 10, 2023.

 List of vice presidents 

 Argentine Confederation (1854–1861) 

PortraitNameTerm of office Elections Politicalparty PresidentNotesStartEnd  100px Salvador María del Carril(1798–1883) 5 March 1854 5 March 1860 1853 Unitarian Justo José de Urquiza  100px Juan Esteban Pedernera(1796–1886) 5 March 1860 4 November 1861 1860 Unitarian Santiago DerquiAssumed the presidency after the resignation of Santiago Derqui. colspan=7  Juan Esteban PederneraJuan Esteban Pedernera resigned.

 Argentine Republic (1861–present) 

PortraitNameTerm of office Elections Politicalparty(Coalition) PresidentNotesStartEnd colspan=7  Bartolomé Mitre  100px Marcos Paz(1811–1868) 12 October 1862 2 January 1868 1862 LiberalActing president between 12 June 1865 and 2 January 1868. Died in office. colspan=7   100px Adolfo Alsina(1829–1877) 12 October 1868 12 October 1874 1868 Autonomist Domingo Sarmiento  100px Mariano Acosta(1825–1893) 12 October 1874 12 October 1880 1874 PAN Nicolás Avellaneda  100px Francisco Bernabé Madero(1816–1896) 12 October 1880 12 October 1886 1880 PAN Julio Argentino Roca  100px Carlos Pellegrini(1846–1906) 12 October 1886 6 August 1890 1886 PAN Miguel Juárez CelmanAssumed the presidency after the resignation of Miguel Juárez Celman. colspan=7  Carlos Pellegrini  100px José Evaristo Uriburu(1831–1914) 12 October 1892 22 January 1895 1892 PAN Luis Sáenz PeñaAssumed the presidency after the resignation of Luis Sáenz Peña. colspan=7  José Evaristo Uriburu  100px Norberto Quirno Costa(1844–1915) 12 October 1898 12 October 1904 1898 PAN Julio Argentino Roca  100px José Figueroa Alcorta(1860–1931) 12 October 1904 12 March 1906 1904 PAN - Modernist Manuel QuintanaActing president between 25 January 1906 and 12 March 1906. Assumed the presidency after the death of Manuel Quintana. colspan=7  José Figueroa Alcorta  100px Victorino de la Plaza(1840–1919) 12 October 1910 9 August 1914 1910 PAN Roque Sáenz PeñaAssumed the presidency after the death of Roque Sáenz Peña. colspan=7  Victorino de la Plaza  100px Pelagio Luna(1867–1919) 12 October 1916 25 June 1919 1916 UCR Hipólito YrigoyenDied in office. colspan=7   100px Elpidio González(1875–1951) 12 October 1922 12 October 1928 1922 UCR Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear – 100px Francisco Beiró(1876–1928) colspan=2  1928 UCR Hipólito YrigoyenDied before taking office.  100px Enrique Martínez(1887–1938) 12 October 1928 6 September 1930 UCRActing president between 5 and 6 September 1930. Ousted from office by a coup d'état.  100px Enrique Santamarina(1870–1937) 6 September 1930 20 October 1930 — — José Félix UriburuResigned. colspan=7   100px Julio Argentino Pascual Roca(1873–1942) 20 February 1932 20 February 1938 1931 PDN(Concordancia) Agustín Pedro Justo  100px Ramón Castillo(1873–1944) 20 February 1938 27 June 1942 1937 PDN(Concordancia) Roberto María OrtizActing president between 3 July 1940 and 27 June 1942. Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Roberto María Ortiz. colspan=7 rowspan=2  Ramón Castillo Arturo RawsonBeginning of the Revolution of '43.  100px Sabá Sueyro(1889–1943) 7 June 1943 15 October 1943 — Military Pedro Pablo RamírezDied in office.  100px Edelmiro Julián Farrell(1887–1980) 15 October 1943 9 March 1944 — MilitaryActing president between 25 February 1944 and 9 March 1944. Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Pedro Pablo Ramírez. colspan=7  Edelmiro Julián Farrell  100px Juan Perón(1895–1974) 8 July 1944 10 October 1945 — MilitaryRemoved from office.  100px Juan Pistarini(1882–1956) 10 October 1945 4 June 1946 — MilitaryEnd of the Revolution of '43.  100px Hortensio Quijano(1884–1952) 4 June 1946 3 April 1952 1946 UCR-JR Juan PerónDied in office. colspan=2  1951 PeronistReelected in 1951, but died before taking office on 4 June 1952. colspan=7   100px Alberto Teisaire(1891–1963) 7 May 1954 16 September 1955 1954 PeronistElected in the only vice-presidential election in the country. Ousted from office by the Revolución Libertadora. colspan=7 rowspan=2  Eduardo Lonardi  100px Isaac Rojas(1906–1993) 23 September 1955 1 May 1958 — Military Pedro Eugenio AramburuEnd of the Revolución Libertadora.  100px Alejandro Gómez(1908–2005) 1 May 1958 18 November 1958 1958 UCR-I Arturo FrondiziResigned. colspan=7 rowspan=2   José María Guido  100px Carlos Humberto Perette(1915–1992) 12 October 1963 28 June 1966 1963 UCR-P Arturo Umberto IlliaOusted from office by a coup d'état. colspan=7  Argentine Revolution Military dictatorship.  100px Vicente Solano Lima(1901–1984) 25 May 1973 13 July 1973 March1973 PCP(FREJULI) Héctor José CámporaResigned along with president Héctor José Cámpora. colspan=7  Raúl Alberto Lastiri  100px Isabel Perón(born 1931) 12 October 1973 1 July 1974 Sept.1973 PJ(FREJULI) Juan PerónActing president between 29 June 1974 and 1 July 1974. Assumed the presidency after the death of Juan Perón. colspan=7 rowspan=2  Isabel Perón National Reorganization Process Military dictatorship.  100px Víctor Hipólito Martínez(1924–2017) 10 December 1983 8 July 1989 1983 UCR Raúl Alfonsín  100px Eduardo Duhalde(born 1941) 8 July 1989 10 December 1991 1989 PJ(FREJUPO) Carlos MenemResigned to become Governor of Buenos Aires Province. colspan=7   100px Carlos Ruckauf(born 1944) 8 July 1995 10 December 1999 1995 PJ  100px Carlos Álvarez(born 1948) 10 December 1999 6 October 2000 1999 Broad Front(Alianza) Fernando de la RúaResigned. colspan=7 rowspan=3  Rodríguez Saá  Duhalde   100px Daniel Scioli(born 1957) 25 May 2003 10 December 2007 2003 PJ(FPV) Néstor Kirchner  100px Julio Cobos(born 1955) 10 December 2007 10 December 2011 2007 UCR(FPV) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner  100px Amado Boudou(born 1962) 10 December 2011 10 December 2015 2011 PJ(FPV)   100px Gabriela Michetti(born 1965) 10 December 2015 10 December 2019 2015 PRO(Cambiemos) Mauricio Macri Although her mandate begun on 10 December 2015 at 00:00 hs., it was only after she swore in the Congress at 11:45 hs. that she took office as Vice President.  100px Cristina Fernández de Kirchner(born 1953) 10 December 2019 10 December 2023 2019 PJ(FdT) Alberto Fernández Previously served as First Lady of Argentina (2003-2007) and President of Argentina (2007-2015).  100px Victoria Villarruel(born 1975) 10 December 2023 Incumbent 2023 PD(LLA) Javier Milei 

 Affiliation Keys 

 Abbreviation Party name (English) Party name (Spanish) Unitarian Unitarian Unitarios Liberal Liberal Party Partido Liberal Autonomist Autonomist Party Partido Autonomista PAN National Autonomist Party Partido Autonomista Nacional PAN-Modernist National Autonomist Party - Modernist Line Partido Autonomista Nacional - Línea Modernista UCR Radical Civic Union Unión Cívica Radical PDN National Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Nacional Concordancia Concordancia Concordancia Military Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina UCR-JR Radical Civic Union Renewal Board Unión Cívica Radical Junta Renovadora  Peronist Peronist Party Partido Peronista UCR-I Intransigent Radical Civic Union Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente  UCR-P People's Radical Civic Union Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo  PCP Conservative People's Party Partido Conservador Popular PJ Justicialist Party Partido Justicialista FREJULI Justicialist Liberation Front Frente Justicialista de Liberación  FREJUPO Justicialist Front of Popular Unity Frente Justicialista de Unidad Popular  Broad Front Broad Front Frente Grande Alianza Alliance for Work, Justice and Education Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación FPV Front for Victory Frente para la Victoria PRO Republican Proposal Propuesta Republicana Cambiemos Let's Change Cambiemos FDT Everyone's Front Frente de Todos  LLA Liberty Advances La Libertad Avanza

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