2015 in Argentina
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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Argentina.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (until December 10) – Mauricio Macri
- Vice president: Amado Boudou (until December 10) – Gabriela Michetti
Governors[edit]
- Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Daniel Scioli (until 10 December); María Eugenia Vidal (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Catamarca Province: Lucía Corpacci
- Governor of Chaco Province:
- until 27 February: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
- 27 February-10 December: Jorge Capitanich
- starting 10 December: Domingo Peppo
- Governor of Chubut Province: Martín Buzzi (until 10 December); Mario Das Neves (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Córdoba: José Manuel De la Sota (until 10 December); Juan Schiaretti (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Corrientes Province: Ricardo Colombi
- Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Urribarri (until 10 December); Gustavo Bordet (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán
- Governor of Jujuy Province: Eduardo Fellner (until 10 December); Gerardo Morales (starting 10 December)
- Governor of La Pampa Province: Óscar Jorge (until 10 December); Carlos Verna (starting 10 December)
- Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera (until 10 December); Sergio Casas (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Mendoza Province: Francisco Pérez (until 10 December); Alfredo Cornejo (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Misiones Province: Maurice Closs (until 10 December); Hugo Passalacqua (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sapag (until 10 December); Omar Gutiérrez (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Río Negro Province: Alberto Weretilneck
- Governor of Salta Province: Juan Manuel Urtubey
- Governor of San Juan Province: José Luis Gioja (until 10 December); Sergio Uñac (starting 10 December)
- Governor of San Luis Province: Claudio Poggi (until 10 December); Alberto Rodríguez Saá (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Daniel Peralta (until 10 December); Alicia Kirchner (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Santa Fe Province: Antonio Bonfatti (until 10 December); Miguel Lifschitz (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Santiago del Estero: Claudia Ledesma Abdala
- Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Fabiana Ríos (until 10 December); Rosana Bertone (starting 10 December)
- Governor of Tucumán: José Alperovich (until 29 October); Juan Luis Manzur (starting 29 October)
Vice Governors[edit]
- Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Gabriel Mariotto (until 29 October); Daniel Salvador (starting 29 October)
- Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Dalmacio Mera (until 10 December); Octavio Gutiérrez (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Chaco Province:
- until 27 February: Vacant
- 27 February-10 December: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
- starting 10 December: Daniel Capitanich
- Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Gustavo Canteros
- Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: José Orlando Cáceres (until 10 December); Adán Bahl (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
- Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Guillermo Jenefes (until 10 December); Carlos Haquim (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Norma Durango (until 10 December); Mariano Fernández (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Sergio Casas (until 10 December); Néstor Bosetti (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Hugo Passalacqua (until 10 December); Oscar Herrera Ahuad (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Neuquén Province: Ana Pechen (until 10 December); Rolando Figueroa (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Carlos Peralta (until 10 December); Pedro Pesatti (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Salta Province: Andrés Zottos (until 10 December); Miguel Isa (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Sergio Uñac (until 10 December); Marcelo Lima (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Jorge Raúl Díaz (until 10 December); Carlos Ponce (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Fernando Cotillo (until 10 December); Pablo González (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Jorge Henn (until 10 December); Carlos Fascendini (starting 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: José Emilio Neder
- Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Roberto Crocianelli (until 10 December); Juan Carlos Arcando (starting 10 December)
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 2: Alberto Kryvszuk, former mayor of El Soberbio and fugitive, gives himself up to the police.[1]
- January 5: Héctor Eduardo Ruiz, former mayor of La Banda and fugitive, is captured by the police.[2]
- January 8: A new law adds the election of the members to the Mercosur Parliament in the upcoming general elections.[3]
- January 9: Judge Enrique Lavié Pico prevents the appointment of 16 kirchnerite prosecutors.[4]
- January 11
- Minister Héctor Timerman takes part in the Republican marches against the Charlie Hebdo shooting in France, despite the lack of presidential authorization.[5]
- Sergio Massa and Francisco de Narváez make an alliance for the general elections.[6]
- January 14: Prosecutor Alberto Nisman denounces president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and foreign minister Héctor Timerman of a plan to conceal the Iranian involvement in the 1994 AMIA Bombing.[7] The Republican Proposal party summons him to Congress, to explain the denounce in full detail.[8]
- January 18: Death of Alberto Nisman, prosecutor that investigated the AMIA Bombing.
February[edit]
- February 18 – The 18F demonstration takes place, a month after Nisman's death, still unresolved by then.
March[edit]
- March 1 – Cristina Kirchner opens the 2015 sessions of the Argentine Congress.
- March 9 – Two helicopters collide in mid-air in a remote area of northwestern Argentina leaving at least ten dead. Among the dead are a group of French sports stars participating in a reality-television show called Dropped.[9]
April[edit]
May[edit]
June[edit]
- #NiUnaMenos massive demonstration against femicides.
July[edit]
August[edit]
September[edit]
October[edit]
- October 25 – The general elections are held.
November[edit]
December[edit]
- 10: Mauricio Macri takes office as the president of Argentina.
Deaths[edit]
- January 18: Alberto Nisman
- February 27: Julio César Strassera
- March 8: Gerardo Sofovich
- June 13: Sergio Renán
- June 18: Roberto M. Levingston
- June 25: Alejandro Romay
- June 29: Mario Losada
- August 21: Ana Baron, journalist (b. 1950)[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Se entregó el ex intendente que huyó de la Policía a balazos" [The former mayor that escaped from the police with all guns blazing surrenders] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 2, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ Leonel Alberto Rodríguez (January 5, 2018). "Detuvieron en Ituzaingó al ex intendente santiagueño imputado por violación" [The former mayor from Santiago del Estero accused of rape is detained in Ituzaingó] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "Promulgan la ley que habilita la elección directa de los legisladores al Parlasur" [They sanction the law that allows the direct election of the members of the Parlasur] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ Hernán Cappiello (January 9, 2015). "Duro revés para Alejandra Gils Carbó: la Justicia frenó la designación de 16 fiscales afines al kirchnerismo" [Harsh blow for Alejandra Gils Carbó: the judiciary prevented the appointment of 16 kirchnerite loyalists as prosecutors] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "Héctor Timerman dijo que no consultó con la Presidenta su participación en la marcha en París: "Fue mi decisión"" [Héctor Timerman said that he did not ask the president for permission to take part in the rally in París: "It was my decision"] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 13, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ Javier Fuego Simondet (January 11, 2015). "Massa y De Narváez sellaron su alianza en suelo bonaerense" [Massa and De Narváez signed their alliance in Buenos Aires soil] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ Hernán Cappiello (January 14, 2018). "Denuncian a Cristina Kirchner y a Héctor Timerman por encubrir a Irán en el atentado a la AMIA" [They denounce Cristina Kirchner and Héctor Timerman for protecting Iran in the AMIA bombing] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "El fiscal Alberto Nisman irá al Congreso para informar sobre la imputación a Cristina Kirchner y Timerman" [Prosecutor Alberto Nisman will go to the Congress to explain the denounce against Cristina Kirchner and Timerman] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 14, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- ^ "French sports stars among 10 dead in Argentina air crash". March 9, 2015. Archived from the original on March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ Pisani, Silvia (August 22, 2015). "Ana Barón: la periodista que unió lucidez con generosidad" [Ana Barón: The Journalist Who United Lucidity with Generosity]. La Nación (in Spanish). Washington D.C. Archived from the original on August 7, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
External links[edit]
Media related to 2015 in Argentina at Wikimedia Commons
