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2015 in Argentina
The following lists events that happened during
2015
in
Argentina
.
Incumbents
President:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
-
Mauricio Macri
Vice president:
Amado Boudou
-
Gabriela Michetti
Events
January
January 2:
Alberto Kryvszuk
, former
mayor
of
El Soberbio
and fugitive,
gives
himself up to
the police
.
January 5:
Héctor Eduardo Ruiz
, former mayor of
La Banda
and fugitive, is captured by the police.
January 8: A new law adds the election of the members to the
Mercosur Parliament
in the upcoming
general elections
.
January 9: Judge
Enrique Lavié Pico
prevents the appointment of 16 kirchnerite prosecutors.
January 11
* Minister
Héctor Timerman
takes part in the
Republican marches
against the
Charlie Hebdo shooting
in France, despite the lack of presidential authorization.
*
Sergio Massa
and
Francisco de Narváez
make an alliance for the general elections.
January 14: Prosecutor
Alberto Nisman
denounces president
Cristina Fernández
de Kirchner and
foreign minister
Héctor Timerman of a plan to conceal the Iranian involvement in the
1994 AMIA Bombing
.
The Republican
Proposal party summons him to Congress, to explain the denounce in
full
detail.
January 18:
Death of Alberto Nisman
, prosecutor that investigated the
AMIA Bombing
.
February
February 18
- The
18F
demonstration takes place, a month after Nisman's
death
, still unresolved by then.
March
March 1
-
Cristina Kirchner
opens the 2015 sessions of the
Argentine Congress
.
March 9
- Two helicopters
collide in mid-air
in a remote area of northwestern Argentina leaving at least ten dead. Among
the dead
are a group of French
sports
stars participating in a
reality-television show
called
Dropped
.
April
May
June
#NiUnaMenos
massive demonstration against femicides.
July
August
September
October
October 25
-
The general elections
are held.
November
December
10:
Mauricio
Macri takes office as the
president of Argentina
.
Deaths
January 18: Alberto Nisman
February 27:
Julio César Strassera
March 8:
Gerardo Sofovich
June 13:
Sergio Renán
June 18: Roberto M. Levingston
June 25:
Alejandro Romay
June 29:
Mario Losada
August 21:
Ana Baron
, journalist