List of vice presidents of Argentina

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The vice president of Argentina (Spanish: Vicepresidente de Argentina), officially known as the vice president of the Argentine Nation (Spanish: Vicepresidente de la Nación Argentina), is the second highest political position in Argentina, and first in the line of succession to the president of Argentina.

Vice President of Republic of Argentina
Vicepresidente de la Nación Argentina
National standard
since 10 December 2023
StyleThe Most Excellent
StatusSecond highest executive branch officer
Member ofExecutive branch of the Government of Argentina
ResidencePrivate residence
SeatBuenos Aires
Term lengthFour years, renewable once
Inaugural holderSalvador María del Carril
FormationArgentine Constitution of 1853
SuccessionFirst
Websitecasarosada.gob.ar

The office was established with the enactment of the Argentine Constitution of 1853.

The vice president assumes presidential duties in a caretaker capacity in case of absence or temporary incapacity of the head of state, and may succeed to the presidency in case of resignation, permanent incapacity, or death of the president. The longest vice presidential tenure as caretaker in Argentine history took place between 1865 and 1868, while President Bartolomé Mitre was preoccupied with the Paraguayan War. Seven Argentine vice presidents have succeeded to the presidency: Juan Esteban Pedernera (1861); Carlos Pellegrini (1890); José Evaristo Uriburu (1895); José Figueroa Alcorta (1906); Victorino de la Plaza (1914); Ramón Castillo (1942); and Isabel Perón (1974).

The Argentine Constitution does not provide for the replacement of a vice president should their tenure be ended for any reason, and their office was thus made vacant on seventeen occasions since 1861 (see list).

The 1994 amendments modified the vice president's term—as well as the president's—from one unrenewable six-year term to two four-year terms renewable upon reelection of the joint ticket. The Vice President acts also as the president of the Senate.

A list of the vice presidents follows, including de facto vice presidents during military regimes and vacant periods. The current vice president of Argentina is Victoria Villarruel.

List of vice presidents

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Argentine Confederation (1854–1861)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Elections Political
party
President Notes
Start End
  Salvador María del Carril
(1798–1883)
5 March 1854 5 March 1860 1853 Unitarian Justo José de Urquiza
  Juan Esteban Pedernera
(1796–1886)
5 March 1860 4 November 1861 1860 Unitarian Santiago Derqui Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Santiago Derqui.
Vacant
4 November 1861 – 12 December 1861
Juan Esteban Pedernera Juan Esteban Pedernera resigned.

Argentine Republic (1861–present)

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Elections Political
party
(Coalition)
President Notes
Start End
Vacant
12 December 1861 – 12 October 1862
Bartolomé Mitre
  Marcos Paz
(1811–1868)
12 October 1862 2 January 1868 1862 Liberal Acting president between 12 June 1865 and 2 January 1868. Died in office.
Vacant
2 January 1868 – 12 October 1868
  Adolfo Alsina
(1829–1877)
12 October 1868 12 October 1874 1868 Autonomist Domingo Sarmiento
  Mariano Acosta
(1825–1893)
12 October 1874 12 October 1880 1874 PAN Nicolás Avellaneda
  Francisco Bernabé Madero
(1816–1896)
12 October 1880 12 October 1886 1880 PAN Julio Argentino Roca
  Carlos Pellegrini
(1846–1906)
12 October 1886 6 August 1890 1886 PAN Miguel Juárez Celman Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Miguel Juárez Celman.
Vacant
6 August 1890 – 12 October 1892
Carlos Pellegrini
  José Evaristo Uriburu
(1831–1914)
12 October 1892 22 January 1895 1892 PAN Luis Sáenz Peña Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Luis Sáenz Peña.
Vacant
22 January 1895 – 12 October 1898
José Evaristo Uriburu
  Norberto Quirno Costa
(1844–1915)
12 October 1898 12 October 1904 1898 PAN Julio Argentino Roca
  José Figueroa Alcorta
(1860–1931)
12 October 1904 12 March 1906 1904 PAN - Modernist Manuel Quintana Acting president between 25 January 1906 and 12 March 1906. Assumed the presidency after the death of Manuel Quintana.
Vacant
12 March 1906 – 12 October 1910
José Figueroa Alcorta
  Victorino de la Plaza
(1840–1919)
12 October 1910 9 August 1914 1910 PAN Roque Sáenz Peña Assumed the presidency after the death of Roque Sáenz Peña.
Vacant
9 August 1914 – 12 October 1916
Victorino de la Plaza
  Pelagio Luna
(1867–1919)
12 October 1916 25 June 1919 1916 UCR Hipólito Yrigoyen Died in office.
Vacant
25 June 1919 – 12 October 1922
  Elpidio González
(1875–1951)
12 October 1922 12 October 1928 1922 UCR Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear
  Francisco Beiró
(1876–1928)
Died before taking office 1928 UCR Hipólito Yrigoyen Died before taking office.
  Enrique Martínez
(1887–1938)
12 October 1928 6 September 1930 UCR Acting president between 5 and 6 September 1930. Ousted from office by a coup d'état.
  Enrique Santamarina
(1870–1937)
6 September 1930 20 October 1930 José Félix Uriburu Resigned.
Vacant
20 October 1930 – 20 February 1932
  Julio Argentino Pascual Roca
(1873–1942)
20 February 1932 20 February 1938 1931 PDN
(Concordancia)
Agustín Pedro Justo
  Ramón Castillo
(1873–1944)
20 February 1938 27 June 1942 1937 PDN
(Concordancia)
Roberto María Ortiz Acting president between 3 July 1940 and 27 June 1942. Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Roberto María Ortiz.
Vacant
27 June 1942 – 7 June 1943
Ramón Castillo
Arturo Rawson Beginning of the Revolution of '43.
  Sabá Sueyro
(1889–1943)
7 June 1943 15 October 1943 Military Pedro Pablo Ramírez Died in office.
  Edelmiro Julián Farrell
(1887–1980)
15 October 1943 9 March 1944 Military Acting president between 25 February 1944 and 9 March 1944. Assumed the presidency after the resignation of Pedro Pablo Ramírez.
Vacant
9 March 1944 – 8 July 1944
Edelmiro Julián Farrell
  Juan Perón
(1895–1974)
8 July 1944 10 October 1945 Military Removed from office.
  Juan Pistarini
(1882–1956)
10 October 1945 4 June 1946 Military End of the Revolution of '43.
  Hortensio Quijano
(1884–1952)
4 June 1946 3 April 1952 1946 UCR-JR Juan Perón Died in office.
Died before taking office 1951 Peronist Reelected in 1951, but died before taking office on 4 June 1952.
Vacant
3 April 1952 – 7 May 1954
  Alberto Teisaire
(1891–1963)
7 May 1954 16 September 1955 1954 Peronist Elected in the only vice-presidential election in the country. Ousted from office by the Revolución Libertadora.
Vacant
16 September 1955 – 23 September 1955
Eduardo Lonardi
  Isaac Rojas
(1906–1993)
23 September 1955 1 May 1958 Military
Pedro Eugenio Aramburu End of the Revolución Libertadora.
  Alejandro Gómez
(1908–2005)
1 May 1958 18 November 1958 1958 UCR-I Arturo Frondizi Resigned.
Vacant
18 November 1958 – 12 October 1963
José María Guido
  Carlos Humberto Perette
(1915–1992)
12 October 1963 28 June 1966 1963 UCR-P Arturo Umberto Illia Ousted from office by a coup d'état.
Vacant
28 June 1966 – 25 May 1973
Argentine Revolution Military dictatorship.
  Vicente Solano Lima
(1901–1984)
25 May 1973 13 July 1973 March
1973
PCP
(FREJULI)
Héctor José Cámpora Resigned along with president Héctor José Cámpora.
Vacant
13 July 1973 – 12 October 1973
Raúl Alberto Lastiri
  Isabel Perón
(born 1931)
12 October 1973 1 July 1974 Sept.
1973
PJ
(FREJULI)
Juan Perón Acting president between 29 June 1974 and 1 July 1974. Assumed the presidency after the death of Juan Perón.
Vacant
1 July 1974 – 10 December 1983
Isabel Perón
National Reorganization Process Military dictatorship.
  Víctor Hipólito Martínez
(1924–2017)
10 December 1983 8 July 1989 1983 UCR Raúl Alfonsín
  Eduardo Duhalde
(born 1941)
8 July 1989 10 December 1991 1989 PJ
(FREJUPO)
Carlos Menem Resigned to become Governor of Buenos Aires Province.
Vacant
10 December 1991 – 8 July 1995
  Carlos Ruckauf
(born 1944)
8 July 1995 10 December 1999 1995 PJ
  Carlos Álvarez
(born 1948)
10 December 1999 6 October 2000 1999 Broad Front
(Alianza)
Fernando de la Rúa Resigned.
Vacant
6 October 2000 – 25 May 2003
Rodríguez Saá
Duhalde
  Daniel Scioli
(born 1957)
25 May 2003 10 December 2007 2003 PJ
(FPV)
Néstor Kirchner
  Julio Cobos
(born 1955)
10 December 2007 10 December 2011 2007 UCR
(FPV)
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
  Amado Boudou
(born 1962)
10 December 2011 10 December 2015 2011 PJ
(FPV)
  Gabriela Michetti
(born 1965)
10 December 2015 10 December 2019 2015 PRO
(Cambiemos)
Mauricio Macri Although her mandate begun on 10 December 2015 midnight, it was only after she swore in the Congress at 11:45 that she took office as Vice President.
  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
(born 1953)
10 December 2019 10 December 2023 2019 PJ
(FdT)
Alberto Fernández Previously served as First Lady of Argentina (2003–2007) and President of Argentina (2007–2015).
  Victoria Villarruel
(born 1975)
10 December 2023 Incumbent 2023 PD
(LLA)
Javier Milei

Affiliation keys

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Abbreviation Party name (English) Party name (Spanish)
Unitarian Unitarian Unitarios
Liberal Liberal Party Partido Liberal
Autonomist Autonomist Party Partido Autonomista
PAN National Autonomist Party Partido Autonomista Nacional
PAN-Modernist National Autonomist Party - Modernist Line Partido Autonomista Nacional - Línea Modernista
UCR Radical Civic Union Unión Cívica Radical
PDN National Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Nacional
Concordancia Concordancia Concordancia
Military Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina
UCR-JR Radical Civic Union Renewal Board Unión Cívica Radical Junta Renovadora
Peronist Peronist Party Partido Peronista
UCR-I Intransigent Radical Civic Union Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente
UCR-P People's Radical Civic Union Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo
PCP Conservative People's Party Partido Conservador Popular
PJ Justicialist Party Partido Justicialista
FREJULI Justicialist Liberation Front Frente Justicialista de Liberación
FREJUPO Justicialist Front of Popular Unity Frente Justicialista de Unidad Popular
Broad Front Broad Front Frente Grande
Alianza Alliance for Work, Justice and Education Alianza para el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación
FPV Front for Victory Frente para la Victoria
PRO Republican Proposal Propuesta Republicana
Cambiemos Let's Change Cambiemos
FdT Everyone's Front Frente de Todos
LLA Liberty Advances La Libertad Avanza
PD Democratic Party Partido Demócrata

Timeline

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Victoria VillarruelCristina Fernández de KirchnerGabriela MichettiAmado BoudouJulio CobosDaniel ScioliEduardo DuhaldeCarlos RuckaufEduardo DuhaldeVíctor Hipólito MartínezIsabel PerónVicente Solano LimaCarlos Humberto PeretteAlejandro GómezIsaac RojasAlberto TeisaireHortensio QuijanoJuan PistariniJuan PerónEdelmiro Julián FarrellSabá SueyroRamón CastilloJulio Argentino Pascual RocaEnrique SantamarinaEnrique MartínezElpidio GonzálezPelagio LunaVictorino de la PlazaJosé Figueroa AlcortaNorberto Quirno CostaJosé Evaristo UriburuCarlos PellegriniFrancisco Bernabé MaderoMariano Acosta (politician)Adolfo AlsinaMarcos PazJuan Esteban PederneraSalvador María del Carril

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