Events from the year 1999 in Argentina
Incumbents
- President:
- Carlos Menem (1 January – 10 December)
- Fernando de la Rúa (from 10 December)[1]
- Vice President:
- Carlos Ruckauf (1 January – 10 December)
- Carlos Álvarez (from 10 December)
Governors
- Governor of Buenos Aires Province:
- Eduardo Duhalde (until 10 December)
- Carlos Ruckauf (from 10 December)
- Governor of Catamarca Province:
- Arnoldo Castillo (until 10 December)
- Oscar Castillo (from 10 December)
- Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas
- Governor of Chubut Province: Carlos Maestro then José Luis Lizurume
- Governor of Córdoba: Ramón Mestre then José Manuel De la Sota
- Governor of Corrientes Province:
- Pedro Braillard Poccard (until 19 June)
- Hugo Perié (19 June-17 December)
- Ramón Mestre (from 17 December)
- Governor of Entre Ríos Province:
- Jorge Busti (until 11 December)
- Sergio Montiel (from 11 December)
- 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: Arturo Lafalla (until 10 December); Roberto Iglesias (from 10 December)
- Governor of Misiones Province: Ramón Puerta (until 10 December); Carlos Rovira (from 10 December)
- Governor of Neuquén Province: Felipe Sapag
- Governor of Río Negro Province: Pablo Verani
- Governor of Salta Province: Juan Carlos Romero
- Governor of San Juan Province: Jorge Escobar (until 10 December); Alfredo Avelín (from 10 December)
- Governor of San Luis Province: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
- Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner
- Governor of Santa Fe Province: Jorge Obeid (until 10 December); Carlos Reutemann (from 10 December)
- Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Juárez
- Governor of Tierra del Fuego: José Arturo Estabillo
- Governor of Tucumán:
- Antonio Domingo Bussi (until 29 October)
- Julio Miranda (from 29 October)
Vice Governors
- Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province:
- Rafael Romá (until 10 December)
- Felipe Solá (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Catamarca Province:
- Simón Hernández (until 10 December)
- Hernán Colombo (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Miguel Pibernus (until 10 December); Roy Nikisch (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Victor Hugo Maidana (until 19 June); vacant thereafter (from 19 June)
- Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Héctor Alanis (until 11 December); Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti (from 11 December)
- Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
- Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: vacant (until 10 December); Rubén Daza (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Manuel Baladrón (until 10 December); Heriberto Mediza (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Miguel Ángel Asís (until 10 December); Luis Beder Herrera (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Julio Alberto Ifrán (until 10 December); Mercedes Margarita Oviedo (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Ricardo Corradi (until 10 December); Jorge Sapag (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
- Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
- Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Rogelio Rafael Cerdera (until 10 December); Wbaldino Acosta (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Mario Merlo (until 10 December); María Alicia Lemme (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Eduardo Arnold (until 10 December); Sergio Acevedo (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Gualberto Venesia (until 10 December); Marcelo Muniagurria (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Darío Moreno (until 10 December); Mercedes Aragonés de Juárez (from 10 December)
- Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Miguel Ángel Castro
Events
August
- 31 August: A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas flight crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery. There are 65 fatalities (63 occupants of the aircraft and 2 on the ground) – as well as injuries, some serious, to at least 34 people.[2][3]
September
- 17 September: Armed robbers take six Banco de la Nación Argentina employees hostage in Ramallo, Buenos Aires. After several hours, the theives try to escape in a car with three hostages (the bank manager and an accountant). After a few meters, a special group of the provincial police, kill one of the suspects and the two hostages.[4]
October
- 24 October – Fernando de la Rúa wins the Argentine general election
Births
Deaths
January
- 1 January - Rafael Iglesias, heavyweight boxer (b. 1924)
- 14 January - Sabina Olmos, actress (b. 1913)
March
- 8 March – Adolfo Bioy Casares, writer, journalist, and translator (b. 1914)[5]
December
- 3 December – Enrique Cadícamo, tango lyricist, poet and novelist (b. 1900)[6]
See also
References
- ^ Mendelevich, Pablo (2010). El Final (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones B. pp. 247–262. ISBN 978-987-627-166-0.
- ^ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 25 May 2011.
- ^ "Cómo fue la tragedia del vuelo 3142 a Córdoba" [The way the tragedy of flight 3142 to Córdoba was]. La Nación (in Spanish). 23 December 2000. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012.
- ^ Masacre de Ramallo: piden que se investigue como un crimen el caso del asaltante que murió en la comisaría (in Spanish)
- ^ "Argentine literary great Adolfo Bioy Casares, dead at 84". CNN. 9 March 1999. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ Enrique Cadícamo: el autor de los 1000 tangos (in Spanish)
