2001 in Argentina

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See also:	Other events of 2001 List of years in Argentina

Events from the year 2001 in Argentina

• President:
  • until 20 December: Fernando de la Rúa
  • 20 December-22 December: Ramón Puerta
  • 22 December-30 December: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
  • starting 30 December: Eduardo Camaño
• Vice President: vacant

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Ruckauf
• Governor of Catamarca Province: Oscar Castillo
• Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas
• Governor of Chubut Province: José Luis Lizurume
• Governor of Córdoba: José Manuel De la Sota
• Governor of Corrientes Province:
  • until 20 March: Ramón Mestre
  • 20 March-10 December: Oscar Aguad
  • starting 10 December: Ricardo Colombi
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Montiel
• Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán
• Governor of Jujuy Province: Eduardo Fellner
• Governor of La Pampa Province: Rubén Marín
• Governor of La Rioja Province: Ángel Maza
• Governor of Mendoza Province: Roberto Iglesias
• Governor of Misiones Province: Carlos Rovira
• Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sobisch
• Governor of Río Negro Province: Pablo Verani
• Governor of Salta Province: Juan Carlos Romero
• Governor of San Juan Province: Alfredo Avelín
• Governor of San Luis Province: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (until 23 December); María Alicia Lemme (starting 23 December)
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner
• Governor of Santa Fe Province: Carlos Reutemann
• Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Juárez (until 15 December); Carlos Ricardo Díaz (starting 15 December)
• Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Carlos Manfredotti
• Governor of Tucumán: Julio Miranda

• Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Felipe Solá
• Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Hernán Colombo
• Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Roy Nikisch
• Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: vacant (until 10 December); Eduardo Leonel Galantini (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti
• Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
• Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Rubén Daza
• Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Heriberto Mediza
• Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera
• Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Mercedes Margarita Oviedo
• Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Jorge Sapag
• Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
• Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
• Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Marcelo Lima
• Vice Governor of San Luis Province: María Alicia Lemme (until 10 December); vacant thereafter (starting 10 December)
• Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: vacant
• Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Marcelo Muniagurria
• Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: vacant
• Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Daniel Gallo

• 4 February: Murder of Natalia Melmann in Miramar.
• 16 December: Unemployed activists and protestors demanding food from supermarkets cause several incidents in Greater Buenos Aires.
• 18 December: Supermarkets and convenience stores start being looted in several places of Greater Buenos Aires and Rosario.
• 19 December: President de la Rúa declares a state of emergency. Cacerolazos erupt in major cities. Minister Domingo Cavallo resigns.
• 20 December: Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires. Violent incidents in Plaza de Mayo between protestors and police, and in other parts of the country. 26 people die. The president resigns.^[1] President Fernando de la Rúa resigns two days later.^{[citation needed]}
• 22 December: After Congress deliberations, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá is appointed interim president.
• 30 December: Rodríguez Saá fails to obtain political support from his fellow party members, and resigns after only a week in office.

• La cumparsita rock 72 band is formed in Villa Elvira, La Plata.^[2]

• January 17: Enzo Fernández, footballer^[3]
• July 18: Agustina Roth, BMX rider^[4]

• January 19: Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
• March 4: Gerardo Barbero (b. 1961), chess grandmaster
• October 3: Gregorio Peralta (b. 1935), heavyweight boxer

See worldwide 2001 in sports