title: 2015 in Argentina
text: # 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)
  