2002 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Eduardo Camaño, Eduardo Duhalde
• Vice President: vacant

  Events

January

• January 1: The Legislative Assembly gathers and chooses senator Eduardo Duhalde as interim president.
• January 2: President Duhalde announces the end of the 1:1 peso-dollar fixed exchange rate after almost 11 years.

  February

March

April

May

June

• June 25: The exchange rate briefly reaches 4 pesos per U.S. dollar in the free market, which means the national currency has lost 75% of its value in 7 months.

  July

August

September

• September 4: Argentina defeated the United States, 87-80, at the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first loss ever in international play for a United States team containing National Basketball Association players.

  October

November

December

Deaths

• October 8: César Milstein, scientist, co-awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize for his work on monoclonal antibodies
• December 23: Hilario Fernández Long, engineer and educator

  Sports