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The Chapadmalal Presidential Residence is the official summer residence of the President of Argentina.

History
The Chapadmalal Presidential Residence was comissioned by Juan Perón in 1947 as a summer retreat for the President of Argentina. It is located in the lot of the Chapadmalal Tourist Unit, a hotel complex of the Argentine state designed for low-income families. The land was acquired after Perón nationalized over 10,000 hectares in Chapadmalal, Buenos Aires, that previously belonged to the Martínez de Hoz family.

Numerous instances of the presidents at the residence have been documented. Juan Perón visited Chapadmalal with First Lady and Vice President of Argentina Isabel Martínez de Perón on March 25, 1974. Martínez de Perón stayed at the Chapadmalal residence and the Naval Base Mar del Plata for three weeks in January 1975. She was accompanied by her Minister of Social Welfare José López Rega. In February of the same year, she visited Chapadmalal with her friends, including Raúl Lastiri and hairdresser Miguel Romano with their wives. She also stayed on the residence on October 24 and November 1, 1975. The holidays of Jorge Rafael Videla at Chapadmalal were featured in an article of magazine Gente. Raúl Alfonsín visited the residence in several occasions. Carlos Menem became one of the most frequent visitors at Chapadmalal, hosting several official meetings and playing golf at a local course. He also made several renovations during the 1990s, including an expansion of the pool and the creation of a fishing pier of 200 metres. Menem stayed at the residence in January 1997. Fernando de la Rúa travelled to Chapadmalal with his family on January 7, 2000. During his term, he was often seen at the private beach and appeared in photo spreads on the property for magazines.

Following De La Rúa's resignation amidst the December 2001 riots, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá was chosen as the new president by the legislative assembly on December 23, 2001. However, only five days after his inauguration, the riots and cacerolazos resumed. Rodríguez Saá called for a summit with Peronist governors on the Chapadmalal residence on December 30, 2001. Then-Governor of Santa Cruz Néstor Kirchner suggested the location for the meeting, instead of Casa Rosada or Quinta de Olivos, to avoid protests. The summit was hosted by the president and the Governor of Buenos Aires Carlos Ruckauf on chalet N°3, but only six out of the fourteen governors attended as most of them chose to boicot. Rodríguez Saá felt affronted, left the residence and resigned from the presidency that night. During the meeting, a group of approximately 30 locals gathered outside the residence to protest the shutdown of the Chapadmalal Tourist Unit due to the economic crisis.

Rodríguez Saá was succeeded by Eduardo Duhalde on January 2, 2002. He usually visited the property with First Lady Chiche Duhalde and used the fishing pier during the weekends; Then-Secretary of Tourism and Sports Daniel Scioli and then-wife Karina Rabolini were regular guests at the property.

Nestor Kirchner and his wife Cristina Fernández did not spend much of their presidencies at Chapadmalal, as they preferred their private home in El Calafate, Santa Cruz. They first visited the residence during the weekend of November 7, 2003, with their children Máximo and Florencia. The couple visited Chapadmalal for the second time for a week starting January 2, 2004, with Florencia, her friends and Máximo with his girlfriend. The president, however, left after three days. For her first time as president, Fernández visited the residence with Florencia during a weekend in January 2008. Florencia later stayed at Chapadmalal with friends during the summer of 2009 and 2010.

En este momento, Cristina Kirchner está visitando por cuarta vez la residencia oficial de verano, es su segunda vez en carácter de Presidenta.

Property
The main presidential residence consists of fifteen chalets. The main chalets are located along a circular road with a small sqaure in the middle.

Chalet N°3 is known as the most comfortable house of the residence. One of the bedrooms with twin beds has floral where he decided he would resign from the presidency.

exclusive fishing pier of 200 metres, tennis and paddle tennis courts, heliport.

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and the staff are supported by the Ministry of Tourism of Argentina. heliport 200 metres dock Para su alojamiento eligieron la casa de Chapadmalal, que cuenta con jardines, un privilegiado mirador con vista a la costa y una pacífica playa privada. Security for the residence is provided by the Argentine Federal Police and the Argentine Naval Prefecture.

The residence is located 30 kilometres away from the city of Mar del Plata. The two closest airports are the Miramar Aerodrome and the Astor Piazzolla International Airport, which are 14 and 40 kilometres away from the residence, respectively. The president usually travels from the airport to the residence in a car or a helicopter. The Miramar Aerodrome was reconditioned in 1997 by Carlos Menem to have a shorter commute to the property.