Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈðolfo roˈðɾiɣes saˈa] ⓘ; born 25 July 1947) is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province, he became the province's governor in 1983, after the end of the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship. He remained governor up to 2001, being re-elected in successive elections.
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá | |
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Rodríguez Saá during the inauguration of Javier Milei, December 2023 | |
| National Senator | |
| Assumed office 10 December 2005 | |
| Constituency | San Luis |
| Interim President of Argentina | |
| In office 23 December 2001 – 30 December 2001 | |
| Vice President | None |
| Preceded by | Ramón Puerta (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Duhalde (interim) |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2003 – 9 December 2005 | |
| Constituency | San Luis |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 30 May 1994 – 22 August 1994 | |
| Constituency | San Luis |
| Governor of San Luis | |
| In office 10 December 1983 – 22 December 2001 | |
| Vice Governor | Ángel Rafael Ruiz (1987–1991) Bernardo Quincio (1991–1995) Mario Merlo (1995–1999) Alicia Lemme (1999–2001) |
| Preceded by | Hugo di Risio (de facto) |
| Succeeded by | Alicia Lemme |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1947 San Luis, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Federal Commitment (2010–2015) Juntos por el Cambio (2019) Frente de Todos (2019–present) |
| Spouse | María Alicia Mazzarino |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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President Fernando de la Rúa resigned in that year, amid the December 2001 riots, and the Congress elected Rodríguez Saá as the president of Argentina. In response to the 1998–2002 Argentine great depression, he declared the highest sovereign default in history and resigned days later amid civil unrest.
The Congress elected a new president, Eduardo Duhalde, in order to complete the term of office of de la Rúa (but Duhalde failed to do so, and eventually that term was completed by Néstor Kirchner, instead). Rodríguez Saá ran for President subsequently in the 2003 and 2015 presidential elections, but he was not successful.