2015 in Argentina
# 2015 in Argentina

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Argentina.

## Incumbents

* President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (until December 10) – Mauricio Macri
* Vice president: Amado Boudou (until December 10) – Gabriela Michetti

### Governors

* 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

* 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

### January

* January 2: Alberto Kryvszuk, former mayor of El Soberbio and fugitive, gives himself up to the police.
* January 5: Héctor Eduardo Ruiz, former mayor of La Banda and fugitive, is captured by the police.
* January 8: A new law adds the election of the members to the Mercosur Parliament in the upcoming general elections.
* January 9: Judge Enrique Lavié Pico prevents the appointment of 16 kirchnerite prosecutors.
* January 11
   * Minister Héctor Timerman takes part in the Republican marches against the Charlie Hebdo shooting in France, despite the lack of presidential authorization.
   * Sergio Massa and Francisco de Narváez make an alliance for the general elections.
* 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. The Republican Proposal party summons him to Congress, to explain the denounce in full detail.
* January 18: Death of Alberto Nisman, prosecutor that investigated the AMIA Bombing.

### February

* February 18 – The 18F demonstration takes place, a month after Nisman's death, still unresolved by then.

### March

* 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.

### June

* #NiUnaMenos massive demonstration against femicides.

### October

* October 25 – The general elections are held.

### December

* 10: Mauricio Macri takes office as the president of Argentina.

## Deaths

* 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)
