List of Vice Presidents of Argentina
Vice President of Argentina
Vicepresidente de la Nación Argentina | |
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Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | Salvador María del Carril |
Formation | Argentine Constitution of 1853 |
Website | Secretaría de Comunicación Pública. Vicepresidencia. |
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The office of Vice President of Argentina is the second highest political position in Argentina, and first in the line of succession to the Presidency of Argentina. The office was established with the enactment of the Argentine Constitution of 1853.
The Vice President assumes presidential duties in a caretaker in case of absence or temporary incapacity of the head of state, and may succeed to the Presidency in case of resignation, permanent incapacity, or death of the President. The longest Vice Presidential tenure as caretaker in Argentine history took place between 1865 and 1868, while President Bartolomé Mitre was preoccupied with the Paraguayan War. Seven Argentine Vice Presidents have succeeded to the Presidency: Juan Esteban Pedernera (1861); Carlos Pellegrini (1890); José Evaristo Uriburu (1895); José Figueroa Alcorta (1906); Victorino de la Plaza (1914); Ramón Castillo (1942); and Isabel Perón (1974).
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 (see list).
The 1994 amendments gave the Vice President the additional title of President of the Senate; this made the role a more legislative than executive one, with the power to vote in the case of a tie in the Senate. It also 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.
A list of the Vice Presidents follows, including de facto Vice Presidents during military regimes and vacant periods. The current Vice President of Argentina is Gabriela Michetti.
List of Vice Presidents
№ | Portrait | Term of office | Vice-President (Birth–Death) |
President(s) | Notes |
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1 | March 5, 1854 to March 5, 1860 |
Salvador María del Carril (1798–1883) |
Justo José de Urquiza | ||
2 | March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861 |
Juan Esteban Pedernera (1796–1886) |
Santiago Derqui | Succession to interim Presidency | |
November 5, 1861 to October 12, 1862 |
Vacant | Juan Esteban Pedernera and Bartolomé Mitre | |||
3 | October 12, 1862 to January 2, 1868 |
Marcos Paz (1813–1868) |
Bartolomé Mitre | Died in office | |
January 2, 1868 to October 12, 1868 |
Vacant | Bartolomé Mitre | |||
4 | October 12, 1868 to October 12, 1874 |
Adolfo Alsina (1829–1877) |
Domingo Sarmiento | ||
5 | October 12, 1874 to October 12, 1880 |
Mariano Acosta (1825–1893) |
Nicolás Avellaneda | ||
6 | October 12, 1880 to October 12, 1886 |
Francisco Bernabé Madero (1816–1896) |
Julio A. Roca | ||
7 | October 12, 1886 to August 6, 1890 |
Carlos Pellegrini (1846–1906) |
Miguel Juárez Celman | Succession to Presidency | |
August 6, 1890 to October 2, 1892 |
Vacant | Carlos Pellegrini | |||
8 | October 12, 1892 to January 23, 1895 |
José Evaristo de Uriburu (1831–1914) |
Luis Sáenz Peña | Succession to Presidency | |
January 23, 1895 to October 12, 1898 |
Vacant | José Evaristo Uriburu | |||
9 | October 12, 1898 to October 12, 1904 |
Norberto Quirno Costa (1844–1915) |
Julio A. Roca | ||
10 | October 12, 1904 to March 12, 1906 |
José Figueroa Alcorta (1860–1931) |
Manuel Quintana | Succession to Presidency | |
March 12, 1906 to October 12, 1910 |
Vacant | José Figueroa Alcorta | |||
11 | October 12, 1910 to August 9, 1914 |
Victorino de la Plaza (1840–1919) |
Roque Sáenz Peña | Succession to Presidency | |
August 9, 1914 to October 12, 1916 |
Vacant | Victorino de la Plaza | |||
12 | October 12, 1916 to June 25, 1919 |
Pelagio B. Luna (1867–1919) |
Hipólito Yrigoyen | Died in office | |
June 25, 1919 to October 12, 1922 |
Vacant | Hipólito Yrigoyen | |||
13 | October 12, 1922 to October 12, 1928 |
Elpidio González (1875–1951) |
Marcelo T. de Alvear | ||
14 | October 12, 1928 to September 6, 1930 |
Enrique Martínez (1887–1938) |
Hipólito Yrigoyen | Coup d'état | |
15 | September 6, 1930 to October 20, 1930 |
Enrique Santamarina (1870–1937) |
José Félix Uriburu | De facto; resigned | |
October 20, 1930 to February 20, 1932 |
Vacant | José Félix Uriburu | |||
16 | February 20, 1932 to February 20, 1938 |
Julio A. P. Roca (1873–1942) |
Agustín P. Justo | ||
17 | February 20, 1938 to June 27, 1942 |
Ramón S. Castillo (1873–1944) |
Roberto M. Ortiz | Succession to Presidency | |
June 27, 1942 to June 7, 1943 |
Vacant | Ramón Castillo and Arturo Rawson | |||
18 | June 7, 1943 to October 15, 1943 |
Sabá Héctor Sueyro (1889–1943) |
Pedro Pablo Ramírez | De facto; died in office | |
19 | October 15, 1943 to February 24, 1944 |
Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887–1980) |
Pedro Pablo Ramírez | De facto; succession to Presidency | |
February 24, 1944 to July 8, 1944 |
Vacant | Edelmiro Julián Farrell | |||
20 | July 8, 1944 to October 10, 1945 |
Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) |
Edelmiro Julián Farrell | De facto; removed from office | |
21 | October 10, 1945 to June 4, 1946 |
Juan Pistarini (1882–1956) |
Edelmiro Julián Farrell | De facto; replaced after elections | |
22 | June 4, 1946 to April 3, 1952 |
Juan Hortensio Quijano (1884–1952) |
Juan Domingo Perón | Died in office | |
April 3, 1952 to May 7, 1954 |
Vacant | Juan Domingo Perón | |||
23 | May 7, 1954 to September 23, 1955 |
Alberto Teisaire (1891–1962) |
Juan Domingo Perón | Coup d'état | |
24 | September 23, 1955 to May 1, 1958 |
Isaac Rojas (1906–1993) |
Eduardo Lonardi and Pedro E. Aramburu | De facto; replaced after elections | |
25 | May 1, 1958 to November 19, 1958 |
Alejandro Gómez (1908–2005) |
Arturo Frondizi | Resigned | |
November 19, 1958 to October 12, 1963 |
Vacant | Arturo Frondizi and José María Guido | |||
26 | October 12, 1963 to June 28, 1966 |
Carlos Humberto Perette (1915–1992) |
Arturo Illia | Coup d'état | |
June 28, 1966 to May 25, 1973 |
Vacant | Military Juntas: Juan Carlos Onganía, Roberto Levingston, and Alejandro Lanusse | |||
27 | May 25, 1973 to July 13, 1973 |
Vicente Solano Lima (1901–1984) |
Héctor Cámpora | Resigned | |
July 13, 1973 to October 12, 1973 |
Vacant | Raúl Lastiri | |||
28 | October 12, 1973 to July 1, 1974 |
Isabel Perón (1931–) |
Juan Domingo Perón | Succession to Presidency | |
July 1, 1974 to December 10, 1983 |
Vacant | Isabel Perón; Military Juntas: Jorge Videla, Roberto Viola, Leopoldo Galtieri, and Reynaldo Bignone | |||
29 | December 10, 1983 to July 8, 1989 |
Víctor Martínez (1924–) |
Raúl Alfonsín | Resigned | |
30 | July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1991 |
Eduardo Duhalde (1941–) |
Carlos Menem | Elected Governor of Buenos Aires Province | |
December 10, 1991 to July 8, 1995 |
Vacant | Carlos Menem | |||
31 | July 8, 1995 to December 10, 1999 |
Carlos Ruckauf (1944–) |
Carlos Menem | ||
32 | December 10, 1999 to October 6, 2000 |
Carlos Chacho Álvarez (1948–) |
Fernando de la Rúa | Resigned | |
October 6, 2000 to May 25, 2003 |
Vacant | Fernando de la Rúa, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, and Eduardo Duhalde | |||
33 | May 25, 2003 to December 10, 2007 |
Daniel Scioli (1957–) |
Néstor Kirchner | ||
34 | December 10, 2007 to December 10, 2011 |
Julio Cobos (1955–) |
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ||
35 | December 10, 2011 to December 10, 2015 |
Amado Boudou (1962–) |
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner | ||
36 | December 10, 2015 – present |
Gabriela Michetti (1965–) |
Mauricio Macri |