Every president of Argentina since the return to democracy (1983)
The top 3 according to 22 votes from people: Raúl Alfonsín · Mauricio Macri · Fernando de la Rúa. (Updated Dec 2, 2025.)
From Raúl Alfonsín, who took office on 10 December 1983 after the last dictatorship, to Javier Milei: the presidents of Argentina in democracy, in order, with term and party. The December 2001 crisis brought five presidents in barely two weeks.
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Top 12
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1
Raúl Alfonsín
December 1983 – July 1989. UCR. The first president after the dictatorship; promoted the Trial of the Juntas.
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2
Mauricio Macri
December 2015 – December 2019. Cambiemos (PRO). The first elected president since 1916 who was neither Radical nor Peronist.
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3
Fernando de la Rúa
December 1999 – December 2001. Alianza (UCR). Resigned in the middle of the December 2001 crisis.
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4
Ramón Puerta
21–23 December 2001. PJ. Acting president, as provisional president of the Senate.
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5
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
23–30 December 2001. PJ. Chosen by Congress; resigned after a week, having declared the debt default.
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6
Javier Milei
since December 2023. La Libertad Avanza. A libertarian economist.
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7
Eduardo Duhalde
January 2002 – May 2003. PJ. Chosen by Congress; ended the peso-dollar convertibility.
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8
Eduardo Camaño
30 December 2001 – 1 January 2002. PJ. Acting president, as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies.
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9
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
December 2007 – December 2015. Frente para la Victoria (PJ). The first woman elected president at the ballot box; re-elected in 2011.
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10
Carlos Menem
July 1989 – December 1999. PJ. Re-elected in 1995 after the 1994 constitutional reform.
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11
Néstor Kirchner
May 2003 – December 2007. Frente para la Victoria (PJ).
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12
Alberto Fernández
December 2019 – December 2023. Frente de Todos (PJ).
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