The order of precedence in

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

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) served as the 50th president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronism, Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 13 years (from 1990 to 200 ...

, 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 (

Javier Milei Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since 2023. Milei also served as a national deputy representing the City of Buenos Aires for the party La Libertad ...

) # Vice President of the Nation ( Victoria Villarruel) # Provisional President of the Senate (

Bartolomé Abdala Esteban Bartolomé Abdala (born 2 September 1964) is an Argentine economist and politician. He currently serves as a Argentine Senate, National Senator for San Luis Province, and since 13 December 2023 he has been List of provisional presidents of ...

) # President of the Chamber of Deputies ( Martin Menem) # 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) is an Argentine politician who served as the 41st president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the List of elected and appointed female heads of s ...

## Adolfo Rodríguez Saá ##

Eduardo Duhalde Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentina, Argentine former peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President of Argentina, Vice President ...

## Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ## Mauricio Macri ## Alberto Fernández # Provincial Governors and the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires # Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers ( Guillermo Francos) # National Cabinet Ministers # General Secretary of the Presidency of the Nation ( Karina Milei) #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. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a ...

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

Navy A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the military branch, branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval warfare, naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral z ...

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 army aviati ...

and

Army An army, ground force or land force is an armed force that fights primarily on land. In the broadest sense, it is the land-based military branch, service branch or armed service of a nation or country. It may also include aviation assets by ...

) #Ministers of the

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

#General Prosecutor of the Nation ( Eduardo Casal) #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 An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or so ...

in office abroad # Cardinals #President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (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 el ...

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 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 member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

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 (Commissioner-Major Néstor Vallecca) #Commander of the Argentine National Gendarmerie ( Commandant-general Héctor Bernabé Schenone) #Commander of the Argentine Naval Prefecture (Prefect Oscar Adolfo Arce) # Brigade Generals of the Army #Rear Admirals - Lower Half #Brigade Generals of the Air Force #Argentine

Chargé d'affaires A (), 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 ambassador. The term is Frenc ...

in office abroad #Secretaries at the Supreme Court #Federal and National Judges #National Directors # Rectors of National Universities #Presidents of National Academies #President of the Central Bank of Argentina ( Santiago Bausili) #President of the Banco de la Nación Argentina (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 thro ...

s in office abroad #Argentine diplomatic Attachés 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.

References

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