1997 in Argentina

Events from the year 1997 in Argentina

Incumbents

 * President: Carlos Menem
 * Vice president: Carlos Ruckauf

Governors

 * Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Eduardo Duhalde
 * Governor of Catamarca Province: Arnoldo Castillo
 * Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas
 * Governor of Chubut Province: Carlos Maestro
 * Governor of Córdoba: Ramón Mestre
 * Governor of Corrientes Province: Raúl Rolando Romero Feris (until 10 December); Pedro Braillard Poccard (from 10 December)
 * Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Jorge Busti
 * Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán
 * Governor of Jujuy Province: Carlos Ferraro
 * Governor of La Pampa Province: Rubén Marín
 * Governor of La Rioja Province: Ángel Maza
 * Governor of Mendoza Province: Arturo Lafalla
 * Governor of Misiones Province: Ramón Puerta
 * 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
 * Governor of San Luis Province: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
 * Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner
 * Governor of Santa Fe Province: Jorge Obeid
 * Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Juárez
 * Governor of Tierra del Fuego:
 * until 4 November: José Arturo Estabillo
 * 4 November-10 December: Miguel Ángel Castro
 * from 10 December: José Arturo Estabillo
 * Governor of Tucumán: Antonio Domingo Bussi

Vice Governors

 * Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Rafael Romá
 * Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Simón Hernández
 * Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Miguel Pibernus
 * Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Lázaro Chiappe (until 10 December); Víctor Hugo Maidana (from 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Héctor Alanis
 * Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
 * Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: vacant
 * Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Manuel Baladrón
 * Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Miguel Ángel Asís
 * Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Julio Alberto Ifrán
 * Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Ricardo Corradi
 * Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
 * Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
 * Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Rogelio Rafael Cerdera
 * Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Mario Merlo
 * Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Eduardo Arnold
 * Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Gualberto Venesia
 * Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Darío Moreno
 * Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Miguel Ángel Castro

Events

 * 13 April - The 1997 Argentine Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires, and is won by Jacques Villeneuve.
 * 14 September - The 1997 Buenos Aires Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez and won by Gabriel Furlán.
 * 26 October - The Argentine legislative election is dominated by the Justicialist Party, who win 119 seats. The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education, with a larger share of the vote, wins only 110 seats.   The results anticipate the end of President Menem's dominance of Argentine politics.
 * date unknown - La Voz del Interior, the leading daily newspaper of Córdoba, is acquired by the Clarín Group.

Deaths

 * 29 January - Osvaldo Soriano, journalist and writer (born 1943)