List of mayors and chiefs of government of Buenos Aires City

{{Short description|None}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use Oxford spelling|date = December 2024}} {{Infobox official post | post = Chief of Government | body = [[Buenos Aires]] | insignia = Escudo de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.svg | insigniasize = 100px | insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Buenos Aires |native_name = {{langx|es|Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires}} | image = Jorge Macri, Teatro Colón (cropped).jpg | alt = Mayor of Buenos Aires | incumbent = [[Jorge Macri]] | incumbentsince = 10 December 2023 | style = No courtesy, title or style | residence = [[Buenos Aires City Hall]] | appointer = Citizens of [[Buenos Aires]] | termlength = 4 years (renewable) | formation = 10 May 1883 (mayor) 6 August 1996 (chief) | inaugural = [[Torcuato de Alvear]] (mayor) [[Fernando de la Rúa]] (chief) | deputy = | salary = | website = {{URL|http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/}} }} This is a list of [[mayor]]s and chiefs of government of the city of [[Buenos Aires]], capital of [[Argentina]], since its [[Federalization of Buenos Aires|federalization]] in 1880.

==History== Ever since the [[federalization of Buenos Aires]] in 1880, during the government of President [[Nicolás Avellaneda]], the city of Buenos Aires – federal capital of [[Argentina]] – became a separate entity from [[Buenos Aires Province]], operating as a non-autonomous city directly dependent on the [[government of Argentina]]. The [[Mayor of Buenos Aires]] ({{lang|es|intendente}}) was from that point on appointed directly by the President of Argentina, while the city's Deliberative Council ({{lang|es|Concejo Deliberante}}) served as the only democratically elected local authority.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/la-autonomia-de-la-ciudad-un-proceso-en-demorada-construccion-nid30112023/|work=[[La Nación]]|title=La autonomía de la ciudad, un proceso en demorada construcción|last=Astarloa|first=Gabriel M.|date=30 November 2023|access-date=1 April 2025|language=es}}</ref> The first mayor ({{langx|es|Intendente}}) of the City of Buenos Aires was [[Torcuato de Alvear]], who was appointed by [[list of presidents of Argentina|President]] [[Julio Argentino Roca]] following the city's federalization in 1880.<ref name=landau>{{cite journal|title=Los intendentes porteños. Una tipología de quienes gobernaron la Capital Federal entre 1880 y 1996|last=Landau|first=Matías|journal=Estudios Sociales del Estado|volume=10|issue=20|pages=116–144|date=2024|issn=2422-7803|doi=10.35305/ese.v10i20.345|language=es|doi-access=free}}</ref>

In the 1990s during the presidency of [[Carlos Menem]], calls for Buenos Aires to become politically autonomous grew, and the issue was one of the main points of the 1993 [[Pact of Olivos]], which led to the [[1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lavoz.com.ar/politica/pacto-de-olivos-ultimo-gran-acuerdo/|work=[[La Voz del Interior]]|title=Pacto de Olivos, ¿el último gran acuerdo?|last=Moreno|first=Edgardo R.|date=15 February 2021|access-date=1 April 2025|language=es}}</ref> The 1994 amendments (specifically article 129 of the new constitution) granted [[Autonomous city|autonomy to the city]], with the appointed mayor replaced by an elected chief of government. The capital thus had the right to elect its chief executive for the first time.<ref>{{cite journal|title=La reforma constitucional de 1994 y los dilemas de la autonomía porteña|last=Landau|first=Matías|date=2024|journal=Revista Argentina de Ciencia Política|volume=1|issue=33|pages=219–239|trans-title=The Constitutional Reform of 1994 and the Dilemmas of Buenos Aires City Autonomy|issn=2683-9032|url=https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/revistaargentinacienciapolitica/article/download/10194/8801|access-date=1 April 2025|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://buenosaires.gob.ar/observatorio-de-reforma-electoral/30-anos-de-autonomia-de-la-ciudad|website=buenosaires.gob.ar|title=30 Años de Autonomía de la Ciudad|access-date=1 April 2025|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elcohetealaluna.com/la-autonomia-imposible/|work=El Cohete a la Luna|title=La autonomía imposible|last=Landau|first=Matías|date=9 May 2021|access-date=1 April 2025|language=es}}</ref> In popular usage, especially outside of Argentina, the chief is still often called mayor.

The [[1996 Buenos Aires City elections|1996 elections]] in Buenos Aires were the first held in the city's history to elect local authorities, following the [[1994 amendment of the Constitution of Argentina]] which granted [[Autonomous city|autonomy to the city]] and allowed it to vote for its own head of government and legislature. The election resulted saw [[Radical Civic Union]] senator [[Fernando de la Rúa]] become the city's first democratically elected chief of government, and the [[FREPASO]] coalition of progressive and left-leaning parties become the largest bloc in the Constitutional Convention, which was tasked with writing and adopting a new Constitution for the newly-autonomous city.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/de-la-rua-en-toda-la-capital-nid171737/|work=[[La Nación]]|title=De la Rúa en toda la Capital|last=Guadalupe|first=Graciela|date=1 July 1996|access-date=26 March 2025|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0719-36962021000200140&script=sci_arttext|title=Ser Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: la jerarquización de un cargo político y su impacto en la Argentina reciente|trans-title=Being "Jefe de Gobierno" of the City of Buenos Aires: The Empowerment of A Political Post and Its Impact in Recent-Time Argentina|last=Landau|first=Matías|date=December 2021|issn=0719-3696|journal=Pléyade (Santiago)|volume=28|doi=10.4067/S0719-36962021000200140|publisher=International Institute for Philosophy and Social Studies|language=es|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Mayors (1883–1996)== The party of the mayor reflects party registration, as opposed to the party lines run under during the general election.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" ! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! Portrait ! Name {{Small|(Birth–Death)}} ! Term ! colspan="2"| Party ! Appointed by ! Previous office |- ! 1 | [[File:Torcuato de Alvear.JPG|80px]] | '''[[Torcuato de Alvear]]''' {{small|(1822–1890)}} | 10 May 1883 – 10 May 1887 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | [[Julio Argentino Roca]] | President of the Buenos Aires Municipal Commission |- ! 2 | [[File:Antonio F. Crespo.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Antonio F. Crespo]]''' {{small|(1851–1893)}} | 14 May 1887 – 14 August 1888 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | rowspan="4" | [[Miguel Juárez Celman]] | [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] for Entre Ríos {{small|(1884–1887)}} |- ! 3 | [[File:Cranwell, Guillermo.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Guillermo Cranwell]]''' {{small|(1841–1909)}} | 14 August 1888 – 10 May 1889 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 4 | [[File:Francisco Seeber.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Francisco Seeber]]''' {{small|(1841–1913)}} | 10 May 1889 – 4 June 1890 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | Businessman |- ! 5 | [[File:MG-c12-008 (Francisco Bollini).tif|80px]] | '''[[Francisco P. Bollini]]''' {{small|(1845–1921)}} | 22 June 1890 – 31 October 1892 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | Vice President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- | style="background:lightyellow | 6 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | style="background:lightyellow | '''Juan José Montes de Oca''' | style="background:lightyellow | 31 October 1892 – 7 November 1892 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[National Autonomist Party]] | rowspan="2" | [[Carlos Pellegrini]] | style="background:lightyellow | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 7 | [[File:Miguel Cané (1892).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Miguel Cané]]''' {{small|(1851–1905)}} | 7 November 1892 – 7 June 1893 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] for the Federal Capital {{small|(1880–1884)}} |- ! 8 | [[File:Federico Guillermo Pinedo Rubio.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Federico Pinedo (born 1855)|Federico Pinedo]]''' {{small|(1855–1929)}} | 20 June 1893 – 20 August 1894 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | rowspan="2" | [[Luis Sáenz Peña]] | Director of the [[Banco de la Nación Argentina|National Bank]] {{small|(1891–1893)}} |- ! 9 | [[File:Emilio Bunge.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Emilio Bunge]]''' {{small|(1837–1909)}} | 20 August 1894 – 12 September 1896 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | Businessman |- ! 10 | [[File:Francisco Alcobendas (1893).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Francisco Alcobendas]]''' {{small|(1838–1911)}} | 12 September 1896 – 14 September 1898 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | rowspan="2" | [[José Evaristo Uriburu]] | [[List of presidents of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies|President]] of the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Chamber of Deputies]] {{small|(1893–1896)}} |- style="background:lightyellow | 11 {{small|''interim''}} | | '''Martín Biedma''' {{small|(1847–1909)}} | 14 September 1898 – 20 October 1898 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 12 | [[File:Adolfo Bullrich.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Adolfo Bullrich]]''' {{small|(1833–1904)}} | 20 October 1898 – 20 October 1902 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | rowspan="2" | [[Julio Argentino Roca]] | Director of [[Banco Hipotecario]] |- ! 13 | [[File:Alberto Casares.png|80px]] | '''[[Alberto Casares]]''' {{small|(1855–1906)}} | 20 October 1902 – 20 October 1904 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | General Intendant of the [[Argentine Navy]] {{small|(1898–1902)}} |- ! 14 | [[File:CarlosRoseti.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Carlos Roseti]]''' | 20 October 1904 – 16 March 1906 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | [[Manuel Quintana]] | |- | style="background:lightyellow | 15 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | [[File:ManuelObarrio.jpg|80px]] | style="background:lightyellow | '''[[Manuel Obarrio]]''' {{small|(1836–1918)}} | style="background:lightyellow | 16 March 1906 – 22 March 1906 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[National Autonomist Party]] | rowspan="5" | [[José Figueroa Alcorta]] | style="background:lightyellow | President of the Municipal Commission {{small|(1901–1907)}} |- ! 16 | [[File:Alberto Casares.png|80px]] | '''[[Alberto Casares]]''' {{small|(1855–1906)}} | 22 March 1906 – 9 November 1906 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | Mayor of Buenos Aires {{small|(1904–1906)}} |- | style="background:lightyellow | 17 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | [[File:ManuelObarrio.jpg|80px]] | style="background:lightyellow | '''[[Manuel Obarrio]]''' {{small|(1836–1918)}} | style="background:lightyellow | 9 November 1906 – 7 February 1907 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[National Autonomist Party]] | style="background:lightyellow | President of the Municipal Commission {{small|(1901–1907)}} |- ! 18 | [[File:Carlos Torcuato de Alvear.JPG|80px]] | '''[[Carlos Torcuato de Alvear]]''' {{small|(1860–1931)}} | 8 February 1907 – 7 January 1908 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | Ambassador to Belgium |- ! 19 | [[File:Manuel Güiraldes.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Manuel Güiraldes]]''' {{small|(1860–1931)}} | 25 January 1908 – 12 October 1910 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | President of the Sociedad Rural Argentina {{small|(1906–1908)}} |- ! 20 | [[File:Joaquín S. de Anchorena.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Joaquín Samuel de Anchorena]]''' {{small|(1876–1961)}} | 20 October 1910 – 24 October 1914 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | [[Roque Sáenz Peña]] | [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] for the Federal Capital {{small|(1906–1910)}} |- | style="background:lightyellow | 21 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | style="background:lightyellow | '''Enrique Palacio''' | style="background:lightyellow | 26 October 1914 – 23 February 1915 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[National Autonomist Party]] | rowspan="2" | [[Victorino de la Plaza]] | style="background:lightyellow | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 22 | [[File:GRAMAJO, ARTURO DOCTOR LCCN2016859697.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Arturo Gramajo (born 1860)|Arturo Gramajo]]''' {{small|(1860–1934)}} | 23 February 1915 – 14 November 1916 | style="background:{{party color|National Autonomist Party}};"|  | [[National Autonomist Party]] | Businessman |- ! 23 | [[File:Llambias.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Joaquín Llambías]]''' {{small|(1868–1931)}} | 14 November 1916 – 14 November 1919 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="4" | [[Hipólito Yrigoyen]] | President of the [[Argentine Medical Association]] {{small|(1915–1916)}} |- style="background:lightyellow | 24 {{small|''interim''}} | | '''Saturnino García Anido''' | 14 November 1919 – 3 December 1919 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 25 | [[File:Cantilo.jpg|80px]] | '''[[José Luis Cantilo]]''' {{small|(1868–1931)}} | 5 December 1919 – 25 October 1921 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | [[Federal intervention|Interventor]] of [[Buenos Aires Province]] {{small|(1917–1918)}} |- ! 26 | | '''[[Juan Bartneche]]''' {{small|(1871–1922)}} | 25 October 1921 – 13 October 1922 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | Member of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- | style="background:lightyellow | 27 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | '''Virgilio Tedín Uriburu''' {{small|(1879–1939)}} | 13 October 1922 – 15 October 1922 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="3" | [[Marcelo T. de Alvear]] | Member of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 28 | [[File:Carlos Noel (retrato).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Carlos Noel]]''' {{small|(1886–1941)}} | 16 October 1922 – 3 May 1927 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | Ambassador to Chile |- ! 29 | [[File:1924-01-26, Caras y Caretas, Figuras de actualidad, Dr. Horacio Casco, nuevo presidente del Concejo Deliberante, Sirio (cropped).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Horacio Casco]]''' {{small|(1868–1931)}} | 3 May 1927 – 12 October 1928 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- | style="background:lightyellow | 30 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | style="background:lightyellow | '''Adrián Fernández Castro''' | style="background:lightyellow | 12 October 1928 – 14 November 1928 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="2" | [[Hipólito Yrigoyen]] | style="background:lightyellow | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 31 | [[File:Cantilo.jpg|80px]] | '''[[José Luis Cantilo]]''' {{small|(1868–1931)}} | 15 November 1928 – 6 September 1930 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | Mayor of Buenos Aires {{small|(1919–1921)}} |- ! 32 | | '''[[José Guerrico]]''' {{small|(1863–1933)}} | 6 September 1930 – 20 February 1932 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | ''[[José Félix Uriburu]]''{{efn|name=fn1|''[[De facto]]'' president.}} | Businessman |- ! 33 | [[File:Romulo Naon 1915.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Rómulo Sebastián Naón|Rómulo Naón]]''' {{small|(1875–1941)}} | 20 February 1932 – 19 September 1932 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="2" | [[Agustín P. Justo]] | [[List of ambassadors of Argentina to the United States|Ambassador to the United States]] |- ! 34 | [[File:Mariano de Vedia y Mitre 1933.png|80px]] | '''[[Mariano de Vedia y Mitre]]''' {{small|(1880–1958)}} | 19 September 1932 – 19 February 1938 | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Argentina)}};"|  | [[Democratic Party (Argentina)|National Democratic Party]] | Judge of the Court of Appeals |- ! 35 | [[File:Arturo Goyeneche.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Arturo Goyeneche]]''' {{small|(1877–1940)}} | 19 February 1938 – 26 November 1940 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="3" | [[Roberto M. Ortiz]] | [[List of presidents of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies|President]] of the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Chamber of Deputies]] {{small|(1919–1922)}} |- style="background:lightyellow | 36 {{small|''interim''}} | | '''Raúl Savarese''' | 26 November 1940 – 6 December 1940 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 37 | [[File:Carlos Alberto Pueyrredón.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Carlos Alberto Pueyrredón]]''' {{small|(1887–1962)}} | 6 December 1940 – 11 June 1943 | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Argentina)}};"|  | [[Democratic Party (Argentina)|National Democratic Party]] | [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] for Buenos Aires Province {{small|(1932–1936)}} |- | style="background:lightyellow | 38 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | [[File:Ernesto Padilla.jpg|80px]] | style="background:lightyellow | '''[[Ernesto Padilla (politician)|Ernesto Padilla]]''' {{small|(1873–1951)}} | style="background:lightyellow | 12 June 1943 – 17 June 1943 | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Argentina)}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[Democratic Party (Argentina)|National Democratic Party]] | rowspan="2" | ''[[Pedro Pablo Ramírez]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | style="background:lightyellow | [[Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (Argentina)|Minister of Justice and Public Instruction]] {{small|(1930–1931)}} |- ! 39 | [[File:Basilio Pertiné (cropped).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Basilio Pertiné]]''' {{small|(1879–1963)}} | 17 June 1943 – 5 April 1944 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | [[Ministry of Defense (Argentina)|Minister of War]] {{small|(1936–1938)}} |- ! 40 | | '''[[César R. Caccia]]''' {{small|(1900–1952)}} | 12 April 1944 – 3 June 1946 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | ''[[Edelmiro Farrell]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | Secretary of the Mayorship {{small|(1943–1944)}} |- ! 41 | [[File:Emilio Siri.JPG|80px]] | '''[[Emilio Siri]]''' {{small|(1882–1976)}} | 6 June 1946 – 16 November 1949 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party|Peronist Party]] | rowspan="4" | [[Juan Perón]] | Mayor of [[Mercedes Partido|Mercedes]] {{small|(1926–1930)}} |- ! 42 | | '''[[Juan Debenedetti]]''' {{small|(1873–?)}} | 26 November 1949 – 19 February 1952 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party|Peronist Party]] | [[Ministry of Public Works (Argentina)|Undersecretary of Public Works]] {{small|(1946–1949)}} |- ! 43 | | '''[[Jorge Sabaté]]''' {{small|(1887–1991)}} | 20 February 1952 – 26 October 1954 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party|Peronist Party]] | Architect |- ! 44 | [[File:Bernardo Gago.png|80px]] | '''[[Bernardo Gago]]''' | 26 October 1954 – 23 September 1955 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party|Peronist Party]] | [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] for Buenos Aires Province {{small|(1952–1954)}} |- ! 45 | | '''Miguel A. Madero''' | 26 September 1955 – 8 June 1956 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | rowspan="4" | ''[[Pedro Eugenio Aramburu]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | Architect |- ! 46 | [[File:Luis María de la Torre Campos.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Luis María de la Torre Campos]]''' {{small|(1890–1975)}} | 8 June 1956 – 25 January 1957 | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)}};"|  | [[Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)|Democratic Progressive Party]] | Architect |- style="background:lightyellow | 47 {{small|''interim''}} | | '''Eduardo H. Bergalli''' | 26 January 1957 – 18 September 1957 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | |- ! 48 | | '''[[Ernesto Florit]]''' {{small|(1889–1968)}} | 18 September 1957 – 1 May 1958 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | Director of the National Military College {{small|(1936–1943)}} |- | style="background:lightyellow | 49 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | [[File:ETCHEPAREBORDA Roberto.jpg|80px]] | style="background:lightyellow | '''[[Roberto Etchepareborda]]''' {{small|(1923–1985)}} | style="background:lightyellow | 1 May 1958 – 13 May 1958 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[Intransigent Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="2" | [[Arturo Frondizi]] | style="background:lightyellow | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 50 | [[File:Hernán Giralt.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Hernán Giralt]]''' {{small|(1910–1965)}} | 13 May 1958 – 25 June 1962 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Intransigent Radical Civic Union]] | Architect |- ! 51 | [[File:Alberto Prebisch.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Alberto Prebisch]]''' {{small|(1899–1970)}} | 26 June 1962 – 12 October 1963 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Intransigent Radical Civic Union]] | [[José María Guido]] | Architect |- | style="background:lightyellow | 52 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | style="background:lightyellow | '''Pedro Carlos Riú''' {{small|(1912–1984)}} | style="background:lightyellow | 12 October 1963 – 15 October 1963 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[Radical Civic Union|People's Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="2" | [[Arturo Illia]] | style="background:lightyellow | President of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] |- ! 53 | [[File:Francisco Rabanal.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Francisco Rabanal]]''' {{small|(1906–1982)}} | 15 October 1963 – 28 June 1966 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union|People's Radical Civic Union]] | [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] for the Federal Capital {{small|(1960–1962)}} |- ! 54 | | '''[[Eugenio Schettini]]''' {{small|(1913–1991)}} | 6 July 1966 – 6 September 1967 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | rowspan="2" | ''[[Juan Carlos Onganía]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | Director of the National Military College {{small|(1958–1959)}} |- ! 55 | | '''[[Manuel Iricíbar]]''' {{small|(1916–1989)}} | 8 September 1967 – 1 March 1971 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | Military commander |- | style="background:lightyellow | 56 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | style="background:lightyellow | '''Tomás José Caballero''' | style="background:lightyellow | 1 March 1971 – 16 March 1971 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | Independent | ''[[Roberto Marcelo Levingston]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | style="background:lightyellow | [[Federal intervention|Interventor]] of [[Mendoza Province]] {{small|(1966)}} |- ! 57 | | '''[[Saturnino Montero Ruiz]]''' {{small|(1916–2001)}} | 31 March 1971 – 25 May 1973 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | ''[[Alejandro Lanusse]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | President of the [[Bank of the City of Buenos Aires|City Bank]] {{small|(1966–1971)}} |- | style="background:lightyellow | 58 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | style="background:lightyellow | '''[[Leopoldo Frenkel]]''' {{small|(born 1947)}} | style="background:lightyellow | 4 June 1973 – 6 August 1973 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[Justicialist Party]] | [[Héctor J. Cámpora]] | style="background:lightyellow | Lawyer |- | style="background:lightyellow | 59 {{small|''interim''}} | style="background:lightyellow | | style="background:lightyellow | '''[[Juan Debenedetti]]''' {{small|(1873–?)}} | style="background:lightyellow | 7 August 1973 – 27 August 1973 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | style="background:lightyellow | [[Justicialist Party]] | rowspan="2" | [[Raúl Lastiri]] | style="background:lightyellow | Mayor of Buenos Aires {{small|(1949–1952)}} |- ! 60 | | '''[[José Embrioni]]''' {{small|(1906–1996)}} | 30 August 1973 – 23 March 1976 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party]] | Military commander |- style="background:lightyellow | 61 {{small|''interim''}} | | '''[[Eduardo A. Crespi]]''' | 24 March 1976 – 2 April 1976 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | ''[[National Reorganization Process|Military Junta]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | Military commander |- ! 62 | [[File:Osvaldo cacciatore (1982).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Osvaldo Cacciatore]]''' {{small|(1924–2007)}} | 2 April 1976 – 31 March 1982 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | ''[[Jorge Rafael Videla]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | [[Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina)|Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] {{small|(1972–1973)}} |- ! 63 | [[File:Delcioppo.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Guillermo del Cioppo]]''' {{small|(1930–2004)}} | 31 March 1982 – 10 December 1983 | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};"|  | Independent | ''[[Leopoldo Galtieri]]''{{efn|name=fn1}} | Chair of the Municipal Housing Commission |- ! 64 | [[File:Int. J. C. Saguier.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Julio César Saguier]]''' {{small|(1935–1987)}} | 10 December 1983 – 13 January 1987 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | rowspan="2" | [[Raúl Alfonsín]] | Member of the [[Buenos Aires City Legislature|Deliberative Council]] {{small|(1973–1976)}} |- ! 64 | [[File:Facundo076.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Facundo Suárez Lastra]]''' {{small|(born 1954)}} | 14 January 1987 – 8 July 1989 | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"|  | [[Radical Civic Union]] | [[Ministry of the Interior (Argentina)|Secretary of the Interior]] {{small|(1986–1987)}} |- ! 65 | | '''[[Carlos Grosso]]''' {{small|(born 1943)}} | 8 July 1989 – 26 October 1992 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party]] | rowspan="3" | [[Carlos Menem]] | President of the Buenos Aires Justicialist Party |- ! 66 | [[File:Saul Bouer.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Saúl Bouer]]''' {{small|(1937–2017)}} | 26 October 1992 – 5 September 1994 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party]] | Economist |- ! 67 | [[File:William S. Cohen and Jorge Domínguez in Cartagena (cropped).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Jorge Domínguez (politician)|Jorge Domínguez]]''' {{small|(1945–2022)}} | 5 September 1994 – 6 August 1996 | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};"|  | [[Justicialist Party]] | [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]] for the Federal Capital {{small|(1989–1991)}} |- |} {{Clear}} {{notelist}}

==Chiefs of government (1996–present)== The '''Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires''' constitutes the executive branch leadership of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, established in 1996 following the city's constitutional declaration of autonomy. The Chief of Government is directly elected by popular vote for a four-year term, with the possibility of one consecutive re-election. The office includes a Deputy Chief of Government, elected on the same ticket, who assumes temporary executive authority during the leader's absence or permanently in case of vacancy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infoleg.gob.ar/?page_id=166|website=infoleg.gob.ar|title=Constitución de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Artículo 99|access-date=14 July 2025|language=es}}</ref>

===Limitations on the autonomy of the city=== Because the City of Buenos Aires is not a province, but rather enjoys a regime of autonomy guaranteed by the National Constitution, there are divergences, both in the political and legal world, about the scope and limits of that autonomy. It is the [[National Congress of Argentina|National Congress]] that is responsible for specifying the limitations of Buenos Aires autonomy.<ref>{{cite journal|title=La competencia originaria de la Corte Suprema y la Ciudad de Buenos Aires: análisis del cambio de precedente|journal=Revista RYD {{!}} República y Derecho|last=Ratti|first=Florencia|volume=VI|date=2021|publisher=[[National University of Cuyo]]|url=https://revistaryd.derecho.uncu.edu.ar/index.php/revista/article/view/213/111|access-date=14 July 2025|language=es}}</ref>

This has been carried out by Law No. 24,588 of 1996, known as Cafiero Law. Among the limitations established by the Cafiero Law are various judicial jurisdictions (civil, criminal, labor, commercial), the security police, various areas of transportation, powers regarding labor policy, the port area, etc. These limitations have generated complaints from various Buenos Aires political sectors and in general, Buenos Aires residents and citizens of the rest of the provinces have considerably different points of view on the limitations on the autonomy of Buenos Aires, especially in budgetary matters, that is, where the funds should come from to sustain these activities.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-87355-2007-06-29.html|work=[[Página 12]]|title=Despunta el debate para cambiar la Ley Cafiero|last=Jorquera|first=Miguel|date=29 June 2007|access-date=14 July 2025|language=es}}</ref>

===List of Chiefs of Government=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:80%; text-align:center;" |- !# ! ! width=70|Portrait ! width=25%|Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}} ! colspan="2" width=35%|Term of office ! width=10%|Elections ! width=20%|Political party {{small|(Coalition)}} ! colspan="2" width=30%|Deputy Chief (s) |- ! style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"| ! 1 | [[File:Fernando de la Rúa con bastón y banda de presidente (recortada).jpg|80px]] | '''[[Fernando de la Rúa]]''' {{small|(1937–2019)}} | 6 August 1996 | 10 December 1999 | rowspan="2" | [[1996 Buenos Aires City elections|1996]] | [[Radical Civic Union]] {{small|([[Alliance for Work, Justice and Education|Alliance]])}} | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};" | | align="center"|[[Enrique Olivera]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};"| ! 2 | [[File:Enrique Olivera.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Enrique Olivera]]''' (1940–2014) | 10 December 1999 | 5 August 2000 | [[Radical Civic Union]] {{small|([[Alliance for Work, Justice and Education|Alliance]])}} | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | align="center"|''vacant'' |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:#172683;" | ! rowspan="2" | 3 | rowspan="2" | [[File:Aníbal Ibarra.JPG|80px]] | rowspan="2" | '''[[Aníbal Ibarra]]''' {{small|(born 1958)}} | rowspan="2" | 6 August 2000 | rowspan="2" | 7 March 2006 | [[2000 Buenos Aires City elections|2000]] | rowspan="2" | [[Broad Front (Argentina)|Broad Front]] {{small|([[Front for a Country in Solidarity|Frepaso]])}} | style="background:{{party color|Radical Civic Union}};" | | align="center"|[[Cecilia Felgueras]] |- | rowspan="2" | [[2003 Buenos Aires City elections|2003]] | style="background:{{party color|Justicialist Party}};" | | [[Jorge Telerman]] |- ! style="background:#318CE7;"| ! 4 | [[File:JorgeTelerman.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Jorge Telerman]]''' {{small|(born 1956)}} | 7 March 2006 | 10 December 2007 | [[Justicialist Party]] {{small|([[Front for a Country in Solidarity|Frepaso]])}} | style="background:{{party color|Independent}};" | | align="center"|''vacant'' |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Proposal}};" | ! rowspan="2" | 5 | rowspan="2" | [[File:Mauricio Macri (cropped).jpg|80px]] | rowspan="2" | '''[[Mauricio Macri]]''' {{small|(born 1959)}} | rowspan="2" | 10 December 2007 | rowspan="2" | 10 December 2015 | [[2007 Buenos Aires City elections|2007]] | rowspan="2" | [[Republican Proposal]] {{small|([[Cambiemos]])}} | style="background:{{party color|Republican Proposal}};" | | align="center"|[[Gabriela Michetti]] |- | [[2011 Buenos Aires City elections|2011]] | style="background:{{party color|Republican Proposal}};" | | [[María Eugenia Vidal]] |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Proposal}};"| ! rowspan="2" |6 | rowspan="2" |[[File:Horacio Rodriguez Larreta (cropped).jpg|80px]] | rowspan="2" |'''[[Horacio Rodríguez Larreta]]''' {{small|(born 1965)}} | rowspan="2" |10 December 2015 | rowspan="2" |10 December 2023 | [[2015 Buenos Aires City elections|2015]] | rowspan="2" |[[Republican Proposal]] {{small|([[Juntos por el Cambio]])}} | rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|Republican Proposal}};" | | rowspan="2" align="center"|[[Diego Santilli]] {{small|(until 21 July 2021)}} |- | [[2019 Buenos Aires City elections|2019]] |- ! style="background:{{party color|Republican Proposal}};"| ! 7 | [[File:Jorge Macri en 2024.jpg|80px]] | '''[[Jorge Macri]]''' {{small|(born 1965)}} | 10 December 2023 | ''Incumbent'' | [[2023 Buenos Aires City elections|2023]] | [[Republican Proposal]] {{small|([[Juntos por el Cambio]])}} | style="background:{{party color|Republican Proposal}};" | | [[Clara Muzzio]] |}

==See also== {{Portal|Argentina}} *[[Politics of Argentina]] *[[Autonomous City of Buenos Aires]] *[[Federalization of Buenos Aires]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official website|https://buenosaires.gob.ar/jefedegobierno}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Mayors And Chiefs Of Government Of Buenos Aires}} [[Category:Mayors of Buenos Aires|*]] [[Category:Lists of mayors of places in Argentina|Buenos Aires]]