List of mayors and chiefs of government of Buenos Aires City

This is a list of mayors and chiefs of government of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital, since its federalization.

Chief of Government of Buenos Aires
Spanish: Jefe de Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires
Coat of arms of Buenos Aires
Incumbent Jorge Macri since 10 December 2023
Style	No courtesy, title or style
Residence	Buenos Aires City Hall
Appointer	Citizens of Buenos Aires
Term length	4 years (renewable)
Inaugural holder	Torcuato de Alvear (mayor) Fernando de la Rúa (chief)
Formation	10 May 1883 (mayor) 6 August 1996 (chief)
Website	www.buenosaires.gob.ar

Its first Mayor (Spanish: Intendente, Intendant) was Torcuato de Alvear, who was appointed by President Julio Argentino Roca following the city's federalization. For the next 110 years, the intendant was directly appointed by the president, meaning that Buenos Aires had less autonomy than the smallest municipality.

Following the 1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution, the city gained autonomous status. The title of the city's chief executive was changed to Chief of Government (Jefe de Gobierno), who was directly elected by universal suffrage. He was assisted by a Vice-Chief of Government (Vicejefe), elected on the same ticket. However, in popular usage, especially outside of Argentina, the chief and vice-chief are often called mayor and vice-mayor, respectively.

The chief and vice chief are elected on a single ticket for a term of four years, with possibility of reelection. The first directly elected Chief of Government to be elected was Fernando de la Rúa, who was elected president three years into his term.

In 2006, Chief Aníbal Ibarra was removed from his position following impeachment regarding the Cromagnon nightclub tragedy, leaving Vice-Chief Jorge Telerman to take over the office.

In the 24 June 2007 elections, Mauricio Macri was elected Chief of Government, winning in the second round with 60.96% of the votes against Daniel Filmus. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta became mayor in 2015, after defeating Michetti in the primary elections and Martín Lousteau in a ballotage.

Mayors (1883–1996)

#	Mayor	Entered office	Exited office	Appointed by President	Notes
1	Torcuato de Alvear	10 May 1883	10 May 1887	Julio A. Roca
2	Antonio Crespo	24 May 1887	14 August 1888	Miguel Juárez Celman
3	Guillermo Cranwell	14 August 1888	10 May 1889		Interim
4	Francisco Seeber	10 May 1889	4 June 1890
5	Francisco F. Bollini	22 June 1890	31 October 1892	Carlos Pellegrini
6	Juan José Montes de Oca	31 October 1892	7 November 1892	Luis Sáenz Peña	Interim
7	Miguel Cané	7 November 1892	7 June 1893
8	Federico Pinedo	20 June 1893	20 August 1894
9	Emilio Bunge	14 September 1894	12 September 1986
10	Francisco Alcobendas	12 September 1986	14 September 1898	José E. Uriburu
11	Martín Biedma	14 September 1898	20 October 1898		Interim
12	Adolfo Bullrich	20 October 1898	20 October 1902	Julio A. Roca
13	Alberto Casares	20 October 1902	20 October 1904
14	Carlos Roseti	20 October 1904	16 March 1906	Manuel Quintana
15	Manuel Obarrio	16 March 1906	22 March 1906	José Figueroa Alcorta	Interim
16	Alberto Casares	22 March 1906	9 November 1906
17	Manuel Obarrio	10 November 1906	7 February 1907		Interim
18	Carlos de Alvear	8 February 1907	7 January 1908
19	Manuel Güiraldes	25 January 1908	12 October 1910
20	Joaquín de Anchorena	20 October 1910	24 October 1914	Roque Sáenz Peña
21	Enrique Palacio	26 October 1914	23 February 1915	Victorino de la Plaza	Interim
22	Arturo Gramajo	23 February 1915	14 November 1916
23	Joaquín Llambías	14 November 1916	14 November 1919	Hipólito Yrigoyen
24	Saturnino García Anido	15 November 1919	3 December 1919		Interim
25	José Luis Cantilo	5 December 1919	25 October 1921
26	Juan Bartneche	26 October 1921	13 October 1922
27	Virgilio Tedín Uriburu	13 October 1922	15 October 1922	Marcelo T. de Alvear	Interim
28	Carlos Noel	16 October 1922	3 May 1927
29	Horacio Casco	3 May 1927	12 October 1928
30	Adrián Fernández Casco	12 October 1928	14 November 1928	Hipólito Yrigoyen	Interim
31	José Luis Cantilo	15 November 1928	6 September 1930
32	José Guerrico	18 September 1930	20 February 1932	Félix Uriburu
33	Rómulo Naón	20 February 1932	19 November 1932	Agustín P. Justo
34	Mariano de Vedia y Mitre	19 November 1932	19 February 1938
35	Arturo Goyeneche	20 February 1938	26 November 1940	Roberto M. Ortiz
36	Raúl Savarese	26 November 1940	6 December 1940	Ramón Castillo	Interim
37	Carlos Alberto Pueyrredón	6 December 1940	11 June 1943
38	Ernesto E. Padilla	12 June 1943	15 June 1943	Pedro P. Ramírez	Interim
39	Basilio Pertiné	15 June 1943	5 April 1944
40	César Caccia	12 April 1944	3 June 1946	Edelmiro Farrell
41	Emilio Siri	6 June 1946	16 November 1949	Juan Perón
42	Juan Debenedetti	26 November 1949	19 February 1952
43	Jorge Sabaté	20 February 1952	26 October 1954
44	Bernardo Gago	27 October 1954	23 September 1955
45	Miguel Madero	26 September 1955	8 June 1956	Eduardo Lonardi
46	Luis María de la Torre Campos	8 June 1956	25 January 1957	Pedro E. Aramburu
47	Eduardo Bergalli	26 January 1957	18 September 1957
48	Ernesto Florit	20 September 1957	1 May 1958
49	Roberto Etchepareborda	1 May 1958	13 May 1958	Arturo Frondizi	Interim
50	Hernán Giralt	14 May 1958	25 June 1962
51	Alberto Prebisch	26 June 1962	13 October 1963	José María Guido
52	Francisco Rabanal	17 October 1963	28 June 1966	Arturo Illia
53	Eugenio Schettini	6 July 1966	6 September 1967	Juan Carlos Onganía
54	Manuel Iricibar	8 September 1967	26 February 1971
55	Tomás Caballero	1 March 1971	26 March 1971	Roberto Levingston
56	Saturnino Montero Ruiz	31 March 1971	25 May 1973	Alejandro Lanusse
57	Leopoldo Frenkel	4 June 1973	6 August 1973	Héctor Cámpora
58	Juan Debenedetti	7 August 1973	27 August 1973	Raúl Lastiri
59	José Embrioni	30 August 1973	23 March 1976
60	Eduardo Crespi	24 March 1976	2 April 1976	Military Junta
61	Osvaldo Cacciatore	2 April 1976	31 March 1982	Jorge Videla
62	Guillermo del Cioppo	31 March 1982	10 December 1983	Leopoldo Galtieri
63	Julio César Saguier	10 December 1983	13 January 1987	Raúl Alfonsín
64	Facundo Suárez Lastra	14 January 1987	8 July 1989
65	Carlos Grosso	8 July 1989	26 October 1992	Carlos Menem
66	Saúl Bouer	26 October 1992	5 September 1994
67	Jorge Domínguez	5 September 1994	6 August 1996

Chiefs of government (1996–present)

The functions of the Chief of Government of Buenos Aires are established in the Constitution of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, mainly in the Fourth Section (Executive Branch).

Conditions for exercising the mandate

• Election: direct, by absolute majority, applying the second round electoral system if necessary.
• Duration: 4 years
• Re-election: both the head of government and the vice president can be re-elected once to serve two successive terms; for additional mandates at least one period must elapse.
• Relatives: There are no constitutional conditions.

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 that is responsible for specifying the limitations of Buenos Aires autonomy.

This has been carried out by Law No. 24,588 of 1996, known as the 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.

List of Chiefs of Government

#		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Elections	Political party (Coalition)	Deputy Chief (s)
	1		Fernando de la Rúa (1937–2019)	6 August 1996	10 December 1999	1996	Radical Civic Union (Alliance)		Enrique Olivera
	2		Enrique Olivera (1940–2014)	10 December 1999	5 August 2000		Radical Civic Union (Alliance)		vacant
	3		Aníbal Ibarra (born 1958)	6 August 2000	7 March 2006	2000	Broad Front (Frepaso)		Cecilia Felgueras
						2003			Jorge Telerman
	4		Jorge Telerman (born 1956)	7 March 2006	10 December 2007		Justicialist Party (Frepaso)		vacant
	5		Mauricio Macri (born 1959)	10 December 2007	10 December 2015	2007	Republican Proposal (Cambiemos)		Gabriela Michetti
						2011			María Eugenia Vidal
	6		Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (born 1965)	10 December 2015	10 December 2023	2015	Republican Proposal (Juntos por el Cambio)		Diego Santilli (until 21 July 2021)
						2019
	7		Jorge Macri (born 1965)	10 December 2023	Incumbent	2023	Republican Proposal (Juntos por el Cambio)		Clara Muzzio

See also

• Argentina portal

• Politics of Argentina
• Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
• Federalization of Buenos Aires