2002 in Argentina

Incumbents

 * President: Eduardo Camaño (until January 2), Eduardo Duhalde (starting January 2)
 * Vice President: vacant

Governors

 * Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Carlos Ruckauf (until 3 January); Felipe Solá (starting 3 January)
 * Governor of Catamarca Province: Oscar Castillo
 * Governor of Chaco Province: Ángel Rozas
 * Governor of Chubut Province: José Luis Lizurume
 * Governor of Córdoba: José Manuel De la Sota
 * Governor of Corrientes Province: Ricardo Colombi
 * Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Montiel
 * 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: Roberto Iglesias
 * Governor of Misiones Province: Carlos Rovira
 * Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sobisch
 * Governor of Río Negro Province: Pablo Verani
 * Governor of Salta Province: Juan Carlos Romero
 * Governor of San Juan Province: Alfredo Avelín (until 22 August); Wbaldino Acosta (starting 22 August)
 * Governor of San Luis Province: María Alicia Lemme
 * Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Néstor Kirchner
 * Governor of Santa Fe Province: Carlos Reutemann
 * Governor of Santiago del Estero:
 * until 25 November: Carlos Ricardo Díaz
 * 25 November-12 December: Darío Moreno
 * starting 12 December: Mercedes Aragonés
 * Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Carlos Manfredotti
 * Governor of Tucumán: Julio Miranda

Vice Governors

 * Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Felipe Solá (until 3 January); vacant thereafter (starting 3 January)
 * Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Hernán Colombo
 * Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Roy Nikisch
 * Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Eduardo Leonel Galantini
 * Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti
 * Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
 * Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Rubén Daza
 * Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Heriberto Mediza
 * Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera
 * Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Mercedes Margarita Oviedo
 * Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Jorge Sapag
 * Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz
 * Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
 * Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Marcelo Lima
 * Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Blanca Pereyra
 * Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: vacant
 * Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Marcelo Muniagurria
 * Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: vacant
 * Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Daniel Gallo

January

 * January 1: The Legislative Assembly gathers and chooses senator Eduardo Duhalde as interim president.
 * January 2: President Duhalde announces the end of the 1:1 peso-dollar fixed exchange rate (convertibility) after almost 11 years.

June

 * June 25: The exchange rate briefly reaches 4 pesos per U.S. dollar in the free market, which means the national currency has lost 75% of its value in 7 months.

September

 * September 4: Argentina defeated the United States, 87–80, at the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first loss ever in international play for a United States team containing National Basketball Association players.

Deaths

 * October 8: César Milstein (b. 1927), scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies
 * December 23: Hilario Fernández Long (b. 1918), engineer and educator

Sports

 * See worldwide 2002 in sports