The order of precedence in

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is a symbolic hierarchy of officials used to direct protocol. It is regulated by Presidential Decree 2072 of 10 October 1993, signed by then President

Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. ...

, and former ministers Guido di Tella and Carlos Ruckauf. The order of succession should the presidency unexpectedly become vacant is specified by Law 25716 of 2002.

Order of precedence

Precedence is determined by the office; names of incumbents are listed. # President of the Nation (

Alberto Fernández Alberto Ángel Fernández (; born 2 April 1959) is an Argentine politician, lawyer and professor, serving as president of Argentina since 2019. Born in Buenos Aires, Fernández attended the University of Buenos Aires, where he earned his la ...

) # Vice President of the Nation (

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...

) # Provisional President of the Senate ( Claudia Ledesma Abdala) # President of the Chamber of Deputies ( Cecilia Moreau) # President of the Supreme Court (Justice Horacio Rosatti) # Living former Presidents of the Nation in order of seniority ##

Isabel Perón Isabel Martínez de Perón (, born María Estela Martínez Cartas, 4 February 1931), also known as Isabelita, is an Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads ...

Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (born 25 July 1947) is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province, he became the province's governor in 1983, after the end of the National Reorg ...

Eduardo Duhalde Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s. Bor ...

(appears above as Vice President) ##

Mauricio Macri Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previou ...

# Provincial Governors and the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires #

Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers The Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Argentine Nation ( es, Jefe de Gabinete de Ministros de la Nación Argentina; JGM), more commonly known simply as the Cabinet Chief ( es, Jefe de Gabinete) is a ministerial office within the governme ...

( Juan Luis Manzur) # National Cabinet Ministers # General Secretary of the Presidency of the Nation ( Julio Vitobello) #Chief of Staff of the

Armed Forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

(Lt. Gen. (Air Force) Jorge Alberto Chevalier) #Commanders of each armed force (

Navy A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It i ...

Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...

and

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

) #Ministers of the

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions ...

#General Prosecutor of the Nation ( Alejandra Gils Carbó) #National Prosecutor for Administrative Investigations (Sergio Rodríguez) #Secretaries of the Presidency of the Nation #Chief of the Casa Militar #Vice presidents of both chambers of the National Congress #Provincial Vice-governors #Argentine ambassadors in office abroad # Cardinals #President of the

Argentine Episcopal Conference The Argentine Episcopal Conference ( es, Conferencia Episcopal Argentina) is an episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina that gathers the bishops of the country in order to discuss pastoral issues and in general all matters th ...

(Archbishop José María Arancedo) # Archbishop of Buenos Aires ( Mario Poli) #Presidents of each parliamentary bloc at the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the e ...

and the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation # National Senators and National Deputies #Archbishops #Vice presidents of Provincial Senates and Chambers of Deputies #Presidents of Provincial Supreme Courts #

Major Generals Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

of the Army #Rear Admirals - Upper Half #Major Generals of the Air Force #Argentine Ambassadors based in Argentina #President of the National Criminal Court of Appeals (Judge Juan Carlos Rodríguez Basavilbaso) #Presidents of National and Federal Courts of Appeals #

Bishops A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

and their equivalents in other officially recognised religions #Secretaries at the National Congress #Members of the National Court of Criminal Appeals #Members of National and Federal Courts of Appeals #Undersecretaries of State #Undersecretary of the Treasury #Commander of the

Argentine Federal Police The Argentine Federal Police ( es, Policía Federal Argentina or PFA) is the national civil police force of the Argentine federal government. The PFA has detachments throughout the country. Until January 1, 2017, it also acted as the local la ...

(Commissioner-Major Néstor Vallecca) #Commander of the

Argentine National Gendarmerie The Argentine National Gendarmerie ( es, Gendarmería Nacional Argentina, GNA) is the national gendarmerie force and corps of border guards of the Argentine Republic. It has a strength of 70,000. The gendarmerie is primarily a frontier guard forc ...

(

Commandant-general Commandant-general is a military rank in several countries and is generally equivalent to that of major-general. Argentina Commandant general is the highest rank in the Argentine National Gendarmerie, and is held by the national director of the g ...

Héctor Bernabé Schenone) #Commander of the

Argentine Naval Prefecture The Argentine Naval Prefecture ( es, Prefectura Naval Argentina or PNA) is a service of Argentina's Security Ministry charged with protecting the country's rivers and maritime territory. It therefore fulfills the functions of other countries' coa ...

(Prefect Oscar Adolfo Arce) #

Brigade General Brigadier general or Brigade general is a military rank used in many countries. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries. The rank is usually above a colonel, and below a major general or divisional general. When appointed to ...

s of the Army #Rear Admirals - Lower Half #Brigade Generals of the Air Force #Argentine

Chargé d'affaires A ''chargé d'affaires'' (), plural ''chargés d'affaires'', often shortened to ''chargé'' (French) and sometimes in colloquial English to ''charge-D'', is a diplomat who serves as an embassy's chief of mission in the absence of the ambassado ...

in office abroad #Secretaries at the Supreme Court #Federal and National Judges #National Directors # Rectors of

National Universities A national university is mainly a university created or managed by a government, but which may also at the same time operate autonomously without direct control by the state. Some national universities are associated with national cultural or po ...

#Presidents of National Academies #President of the

Central Bank of Argentina The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic ( es, Banco Central de la República Argentina, BCRA) is the central bank of Argentina, being an autarchic entity. Article 3 of the Organic Charter lists the objectives of this Institution: “The bank ...

( Miguel Ángel Pesce) #President of the

Banco de la Nación Argentina Banco de la Nación Argentina ( en, Bank of the Argentine Nation) is a national bank in Argentina, and the largest in the country's Banking of Argentina, banking sector. History The Bank of the Argentine Nation was founded on 18 October 1891 by ...

(Eduardo Hecker) #Presidents of state-owned companies (''reparticiones autárquicas'') #Deputy Rectors of National Universities #General Directors #Argentine

Consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throu ...

s in office abroad #Argentine diplomatic

Attaché In diplomacy, an attaché is a person who is assigned ("to be attached") to the diplomatic or administrative staff of a higher placed person or another service or agency. Although a loanword from French, in English the word is not modified accor ...

s in office abroad #Director of the Argentine National Library ( Juan Sasturain) #Director of National Museums # Deans of National Faculties #Presidents of National Professional Associations

Order of succession

The order of succession should the presidency unexpectedly become vacant is specified by Law 25716 of 2002:Ley de acefalía del Poder Ejecutivo
Document covers law 20972 as modified by law 25716. * The Vice President * The Provisional President of the Senate * The President of the Chamber of Deputies * The President of the Supreme Court of Justice until Congress designates a president according to article 88 of the

Constitution of Argentina The Constitution of the Argentine Nation ( es, Constitución de la Nación Argentina) is the basic governing document of Argentina, and the primary source of existing law in Argentina. Its first version was written in 1853 by a constitutional ...

References

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