The Governor of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands is the highest executive officer of the Argentine

Argentina

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 province of Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)

Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the Staten Island.* Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands and to...

. The Governor is directly elected by the people of the province for a four year term. The Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant governor

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 is elected at the same time and can assume office in the absence, death or suspension of the Governor.

The office of Governor was created in 1884, when it was a position appointed by the Government of Argentina

Government of Argentina

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. Argentina claims the Argentine Antarctica

Argentine Antarctica

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, the Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

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 and the South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands as part of its territory (although these regions are de facto

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overseas territories

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 of the United Kingdom

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) and in 1957 they were added to the National Territory of Tierra del Fuego (which became known as Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands). During the Argentine occupation

Occupation of the Falkland Islands

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 of the Falkland Islands, the South Atlantic Islands were removed from the jurisdiction of the Government of Tierra del Fuego, although they were officially returned in 1985. On 17 May 1991, Tierra del Fuego became a full-fledged province

Provinces of Argentina

Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...

 of the Argentine Republic.

List of Governors

Governor	Took office	Left office	Notes
Félix Mariano Paz	25 November 1884	6 June 1890
Mario Cornero	1890	1893
Pedro Godoy	1893	1899
Félix A. Carrié	1899	1902
Esteban Deloqui	1902	1905
Manuel Fernández Valdés	1905	1918
Haroldo Simesen de Bielke Cayetano Ripoll Juan Grandón Avelino Jiménez Esteban Repetto	1918	1920	Interim Governors
Carlos C. Molina	1920	1923
José María Gómez	1924	1932
Mario Siches	1932	1935
Carlos Moneta	1935	1939
Gregorio Báez	1939	1942
Horacio Rotondaro	21 October 1942	1943
José María Gómez	1943	21 September 1943
In 1943, the Gobernación Marítima de Tierra del Fuego was established.
Fidel Anadón	21 September 1943	1 January 1944
Gregorio Portillo	1 January 1944	12 February 1946
Fidel Degaudenzi	12 February 1946	2 November 1947
Mario Sánchez Negrete	2 November 1947	1947
Antonio Pietranera	1947	1948
Horacio Howard	January 1948	17 January 1948
Manlio Buldrini	17 January 1948	24 September 1949
Pedro Cases	24 September 1949	17 January 1950
Guillermo Carro Catáneo	17 January 1950	17 January 1952
Jorge E. Suaya	17 January 1952	1954
Carlos Suárez Doriga	1954	1954
Juan José Jáuregui	1 January 1955	1955
José María Guzmán	1955	1957
In 1957, the National territory National territory "National Territory" is translated from "Territorio nacional", a term used for territories in Argentina. The last national territory was the Tierra del Fuego Province, which was given the status of a province in 1990....  of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina) Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the Staten Island.* Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands and to...  was established.
Pedro C. Florido	1957	7 June 1958
Ernesto M. Campos	7 June 1958	December 1965
Ruperto Bilbao	December 1965	10 July 1966
José María Guzmán	10 July 1966	1969
Gregorio Lloret	1969	13 June 1973
Mariano Loedel	20 June 1973	1974
Justo G. Padilla	1974	1975
Gregorio Lloret	1975	1976
Jorge Arigoti	1976	1981
On 3 April 1982 (following the invasion 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces mounted amphibious landings of the Falkland Islands . The invasion involved an initial defence force organised by the Falkland Islands' Governor Sir Rex Hunt giving command to Major Mike Norman of the Royal Marines, the landing of Lieutenant-Commander Guillermo...  and occupation Occupation of the Falkland Islands The Military Administration of the Falklands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was the short-lived, Argentine-controlled government of a long disputed group of islands in the South Atlantic which had been governed by the United Kingdom since the 1833 re-establishment of British rule ...  of the Falkland Islands Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...  and their dependencies Falkland Islands Dependencies Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement for administering the British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica from 1843 until 1985.-Background:...  by the Argentine military junta) the South Atlantic Islands were removed from the jurisdiction of Tierra del Fuego.
Raúl E. Suárez del Cerro	1981	10 December 1983
Ramón Alberto Trejo Noel	10 December 1983	15 May 1984
Jorge Néstor Vera	17 May 1984	15 July 1984
On 15 May 1985, the South Atlantic Islands were returned to the jurisdiction of Tierra del Fuego (although in reality they are under British administration).
Adolfo Luis Sciurano	15 July 1984	26 May 1986
Alfredo A. Ferro	26 May 1986	12 December 1987
Helios Eseverri	12 December 1987	13 July 1989
Carlos Martín Torres	13 July 1989	1991
Adrián Aquiles Fariña	1991	17 January 1991
On 17 May 1991, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina) Tierra del Fuego is an Argentine province entirely separated from mainland Argentina by the Strait of Magellan. It includes:* The eastern part of the Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the Staten Island.* Argentina's claims to the Falkland Islands and to...  became a province of Argentina.
Matilde Svátetz de Menéndez	17 January 1991	10 January 1992
José Arturo Estabillo	10 January 1992	10 January 2000	Office Suspended from 4 November to 10 December 1997
Carlos Manfredotti	10 January 2000	10 January 2004
Jorge Colazo Jorge Colazo Jorge Colazo, "El Potro", is an Argentine Radical Civic Union politician. He sits in the Argentine Senate representing Tierra del Fuego Province in the majority block of the Front for Victory and was formerly governor of that province.Colazo attended primary school in Córdoba before moving to...	10 January 2004	13 September 2005	Removed from office by the Supreme Court of Argentina Supreme Court of Argentina The Supreme Court of Argentina is the highest court of law of the Argentine Republic. It was inaugurated on 15 January 1863. However, during much of the 20th century, the Court and, in general, the Argentine judicial system, has lacked autonomy from the executive power...
Hugo Cóccaro Hugo Cóccaro Hugo Omar Cóccaro is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician, former governor of Tierra del Fuego Province ....	25 October 2005	16 December 2007	Interim
Fabiana Ríos Fabiana Ríos María Fabiana Ríos is an Argentine politician of the party ARI . She is the governor of the province of Tierra del Fuego since December 17, 2007. She is currently the only woman governor in Argentina.Ríos was elected governor on June 24, 2007...	17 December 2007	Present	First woman Governor

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