Events from the year 2001 in Argentina

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• President:
  • until 20 December: Fernando de la Rúa
  • 20 December-22 December: Ramón Puerta
  • 22 December-30 December: Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
  • starting 30 December: Eduardo Camaño
• Vice President: vacant

• 4 February: Murder of Natalia Melmann in Miramar.
• 16 December: Unemployed activists and protestors demanding food from supermarkets cause several incidents in Greater Buenos Aires.
• 18 December: Supermarkets and convenience stores start being looted in several places of Greater Buenos Aires and Rosario.
• 19 December: President de la Rúa declares a state of emergency. Cacerolazos erupt in major cities. Minister Domingo Cavallo resigns.
• 20 December: Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires. Violent incidents in Plaza de Mayo between protestors and police, and in other parts of the country. 26 people die. The president resigns.^[1] President Fernando de la Rúa resigns two days later.^{[citation needed]}
• 22 December: After Congress deliberations, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá is appointed interim president.
• 30 December: Rodríguez Saá fails to obtain political support from his fellow party members, and resigns after only a week in office.

• January 17: Enzo Fernández, footballer^[3]
• July 18: Agustina Roth, BMX rider^[4]

• January 19: Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
• March 4: Gerardo Barbero (b. 1961), chess grandmaster
• October 3: Gregorio Peralta (b. 1935), heavyweight boxer

See worldwide 2001 in sports