1999 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Carlos Menem, Fernando de la Rúa
• Vice president: Carlos Ruckauf, Carlos Álvarez

  Events

• 31 August – A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas flight crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
• 17 September – Armed robbers take hostage six Banco de la Nación Argentina employees
• 24 October – Fernando de la Rúa wins the Argentine general election

  Births

Deaths

• 8 March – Adolfo Bioy Casares, writer, journalist, and translator