1956 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
• [Vice President of Argentina|President of Argentina|Vice President]: Isaac Rojas

Governors

• Buenos Aires Province: Juan María Mathet ; Emilio A. Bonnecarrére
• Mendoza Province: Héctor Ladvocat ; Isidoro Busquets

Vice Governors

• Buenos Aires Province: vacant

Events

• January 22 – The Argentine Grand Prix is held in Buenos Aires and is won by Luigi Musso and Juan Manuel Fangio.
• March 5 – Enactment of Decree Law 4161/56
• June 9 – Juan Jose Valle launches a revolt against the government of President Aramburu. He and 26 others are executed after its failure.

Films

• La pícara soñadora, starring Alfredo Alcón and Mirtha Legrand
• El Último perro, directed by Lucas Demare and starring Hugo del Carril and Gloria Ferrandiz

Births

April

• April 6 – Sebastian Spreng, artist

August

• August 23 – Cris Morena, television television presenter and former fashion model

Deaths

• March 22 - Eduardo Lonardi, former president of Argentina from September-November 1955
• April 3 – Carlos Ibarguren, academic, historian and politician
• June 12 – Juan José Valle, Peronist military officer, executed by firing squad