1997 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Carlos Menem
• Vice president: Carlos Ruckauf

  Events

• 13 April - The 1997 Argentine Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires, and is won by Jacques Villeneuve.
• 14 September - The 1997 Buenos Aires Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez and won by Gabriel Furlán.
• 26 October - The Argentine legislative election is dominated by the Justicialist Party, who win 119 seats. The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education, with a larger share of the vote, wins only 110 seats. The results anticipate the end of President Menem's dominance of Argentine politics.
• date unknown - La Voz del Interior, the leading daily newspaper of Córdoba, is acquired by the Clarín Group.

  Deaths

• 29 January - Osvaldo Soriano, journalist and writer