2011 in Argentina

Events from the year 2011 in Argentina.

Incumbents

 * President – Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
 * Vice President – Julio Cobos

Governors

 * Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Daniel Scioli
 * Governor of Catamarca Province: Eduardo Brizuela del Moral (until 10 December); Lucía Corpacci (starting 10 December)
 * Governor of Chaco Province: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
 * Governor of Chubut Province: Mario Das Neves (until 10 December); Martín Buzzi (starting 10 December)
 * Governor of Córdoba: Juan Schiaretti (until 10 December); José Manuel De la Sota (starting 10 December)
 * Governor of Corrientes Province: Ricardo Colombi
 * Governor of Entre Ríos Province: Sergio Urribarri
 * Governor of Formosa Province: Gildo Insfrán
 * Governor of Jujuy Province: Walter Barrionuevo (until 10 December); Eduardo Fellner (starting 10 December)
 * Governor of La Pampa Province: Óscar Jorge (until 10 December); Celso Jaque (starting 10 December)
 * Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera
 * Governor of Mendoza Province: Francisco Pérez
 * Governor of Misiones Province: Maurice Closs
 * Governor of Neuquén Province: Jorge Sapag
 * Governor of Río Negro Province: Miguel Saiz (until 10 December); Carlos Ernesto Soria (starting 10 December)
 * Governor of Salta Province: Juan Manuel Urtubey
 * Governor of San Juan Province: José Luis Gioja
 * Governor of San Luis Province: Alberto Rodríguez Saá (until 23 December); Claudio Poggi (starting 23 December)
 * Governor of Santa Cruz Province: Daniel Peralta
 * Governor of Santa Fe Province: Hermes Binner (until 11 December); Antonio Bonfatti (starting 11 December)
 * Governor of Santiago del Estero: Gerardo Zamora
 * Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Fabiana Ríos
 * Governor of Tucumán: José Alperovich

Vice Governors

 * Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Alberto Balestrini (until 10 December); Gabriel Mariotto (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Marta Grimaux (until 10 December); Dalmacio Mera (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Juan Carlos Bacileff Ivanoff
 * Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Pedro Braillard Poccard
 * Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: José Lauritto (until 10 December); José Orlando Cáceres (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
 * Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Pedro Segura (until 10 December); Guillermo Jenefes (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Luis Alberto Campo (until 10 December); Norma Durango (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Teresita Luna (until 10 December); Sergio Casas (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Sandra Giménez (until 10 December); Hugo Passalacqua (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Neuquén Province: Ana Pechen
 * Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz (until 10 December); Alberto Weretilneck (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Salta Province: Andrés Zottos
 * Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Rubén Uñac (until 10 December); Sergio Uñac (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Jorge Luis Pellegrini (until 10 December); Jorge Raúl Díaz (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Luis Martínez Crespo (until 10 December); Fernando Cotillo (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Griselda Tessio (until 10 December); Jorge Henn (starting 10 December)
 * Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Ángel Niccolai
 * Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Carlos Basanetti (until 10 December); Roberto Crocianelli (starting 10 December)

March

 * Lucía Corpacci wins the elections for governor of Catamarca.
 * The elections for governor of Chubut end in a technical tie; the candidate Carlos Eliceche denounced electoral fraud. Mario Das Neves, governor of Chubut, declines his candidature to the 2011 presidential elections.
 * The judiciary of Suiza requests information about truck union leader Hugo Moyano. Moyano calls for a massive strike.

April

 * Julio Cobos declines his candidature to run for the presidency of Argentina. Ernesto Sanz does the same a pair of weeks later. Thus, Ricardo Alfonsín is appointed candidate to the presidency for the Radical Civic Union.

May

 * Mauricio Macri declines his candidature to run for the presidency of Argentina, running instead for reelection as mayor of Buenos Aires.
 * Cristina Fernández choose Daniel Filmus to run for mayor of Buenos Aires.
 * A show of the rock band La Renga ends with a death caused by pyrotechnic flare.

June

 * River Plate lost a two-ledged match against Belgrano, being relegated to the National B tournament. The second match ends with a massive riot at the Monumental.

July

 * Mauricio Macri runs for reelection as mayor of Buenos Aires, getting nearly 47% of the vote. The results call for a runoff election against Daniel Filmus, the second candidate, who got the 27% of the vote.
 * Socialist Antonio Bonfatti becomes governor of Santa Fe. Miguel del Sel gets an unexpected second place in the election, leaving the kirchnerist candidate Agustín Rossi in the third place.
 * In the Noble siblings case, Marcela and Felipe Noble Herrera (adoptive sons of Ernestina Herrera de Noble) accepted a DNA profiling against a database of disappeared women during the Dirty War. All results are negative, confirming that they were not sons of disappeared women.
 * Argentina hosts the 2011 Copa América. The Argentina national football team, however, is defeated early, in a penalty shoot-out against Uruguay.

Deaths

 * January 4 – Gustavo Kupinski, 36, guitarist
 * January 10 – María Elena Walsh, 80, musician, poet and writer
 * January 12 – Clemar Bucci, 90, racing driver
 * February 1 – Julio Barragán, 82, painter
 * February 2 – Daniela Castelo, 47, journalist and radio host
 * February 20 – Noemí Simonetto de Portela, 85, athlete
 * March 5 – Alberto Granado, 88, Argentine-born biochemist and companion of Che Guevara
 * March 10 – David Viñas, dramatist, critic, and novelist
 * March 12 – Shifra Lerer, 95, Argentine-born actress
 * March 20 – Néstor de Vicente, 46, footballer
 * March 25 – Hugo Midón, 67, children's literature writer
 * April 20 – Osvaldo Miranda, 95, actor
 * April 30 – Ernesto Sábato, 99, writer and physicist
 * May 6 – Rolo Puente, 71, actor
 * May 8 – Carlos Trillo, 68, comic book writer
 * June 22 – Carmelo Juan Giaquinta, 81, archbishop
 * July 7 – José Carlos Martínez, 48, politician
 * July 9 – Facundo Cabral, 74, singer
 * August 1 – Florentina Gómez Miranda, 99, teacher and lawyer
 * August 12 – Francisco Solano López, 83, comic book artist
 * August 15 – Hugo Perié, 67, politician
 * August 21 – Ezra Sued, 88, footballer
 * November 24 – Antonio Domingo Bussi, 85, military