Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Argentina

Heads of State of Argentina

Argentine Republic

President of the Argentine Nation
Juan Domingo Perón

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1895; d. July 1 1974.

Justicialist Party

1946 – 1955

Arturo Umberto Illia

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1900; d. January 18 1983.

Radical Civic Union

1963 – 1966

Arturo Umberto Illia was overthrown in a military coup on June 28 1966. The following day, the junta named Juan Carlos Onganía president.

Juan Carlos Onganía Carballo

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1914; d. June 8 1995.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1966 – 1970

Following the overthrow of Juan Carlos Ongania on June 8 1970, the executive power in Argentina was held a junta of military officers for ten days until Roberto Marcelo Levingston was named president on June 18 1970.

Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1920; d. June 17 2015.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1970 – 1971

Following the overthrow of Roberto Marcelo Levingston on March 23 1971, the executive power in Argentina was held a junta of military officers for three days until Alejandro Agustín Lanusse was named president on March 26 1971.

Alejandro Agustín Lanusse Gelly

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1918; d. August 26 1996.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1971 – 1973

Héctor José Cámpora

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1909; d. December 18 1980.

Justicialist Party

1973

Raúl Alberto Lastiri (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1915; d. December 11 1978.

Justicialist Party

1973

Juan Domingo Perón

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1895; d. July 1 1974.

Justicialist Party

1973 – 1974

Isabel Martínez de Perón

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1931.

Justicialist Party

1974 – 1976

Following a military coup on March 24 1976, the executive power in Argentina was held by a junta of military officers led by Jorge Rafael Videla, Emilio Eduardo Massera, and Orlando Ramón Agosti. The junta made Videla president on March 29 1976.

Jorge Rafael Videla

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1925; d. May 17 2013.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1976 – 1981

Roberto Eduardo Viola

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1924; d. September 30 1994.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1981

Horacio Tomás Liendo (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1924; d. August 27 2007.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1981

Carlos Alberto Lacoste (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 2 1929; d. June 24 2004.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1981

Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1926; d. January 12 2003.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1981 – 1982

Alfredo Oscar Saint-Jean

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1926; d. September 2 1987.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1982

Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 21 1928; d. March 7 2018.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1982 – 1983

Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1927; d. March 31 2009.

Radical Civic Union

1983 – 1989

Carlos Saúl Menem

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1930; d. February 14 2021.

Justicialist Party

1989 – 1999

Fernando de la Rúa

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1937; d. July 9 2019.

Radical Civic Union

1999 – 2001

Adolfo Rodríguez-Saá (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1947.

Justicialist Party

2001

Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (*acting)

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1941.

Justicialist Party

2002 – 2003

Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1950; d. October 27 2010.

Justicialist Party

2003 – 2007

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 19 1953.

Justicialist Party

2007 – 2015

Mauricio Macri

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1959.

Republican Proposal

2015 – 2019

Alberto Ángel Fernández

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1959.

Justicialist Party

2019 – 2023

Javier Gerardo Milei

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1970.

La Libertad Avanza

2023 – present


Vice President of the Argentine Nation
Juan Domingo Perón

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1895; d. July 1 1974.

Non-Partisan (Military)

1944 – 1945

Isabel Martínez de Perón

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 4 1931.

Justicialist Party

1973 – 1974

Eduardo Alberto Duhalde

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 5 1941.

Justicialist Party

1989 – 1991

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 19 1953.

Justicialist Party

2019 – 2023