State or region
Governor of Santiago del Estero
- Spanish: Gobernador
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected by the province's voters under its own constitution, as the national Constitution of Argentina arts. 5, 122 and 123 require provinces to organise their own government; four-year term.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Elías Suárez since December 2025 Report Source: noticiasnqn.com.ar, checked
Next vote
- Must be held by December 2029 (no fixed date) General election
Sources
- servicios.infoleg.gob.ar · checked Constitution of Argentina arts. 5, 122, 123, 129 (election of governors, legislators and the City's head of government by the voters of each jurisdiction). Seat counts from Wikidata (P1342 on each chamber item, e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6124883, Q4985544, Q5972573), read 2026-10-12. Fallback: Wikidata SPARQL, because provincial government and legislature sites were not fetched; not cross-checked with the legislatures' own sites. For: Governor of Santiago del Estero
- servicios.infoleg.gob.ar · checked Spanish names of provincial bodies and offices (Gobierno, Legislatura, Senado, Cámara de Diputados, Gobernador, Jefe de Gobierno, Diputado/Senador Provincial, Legislador), standard terms of the Argentine constitutional texts; not marked official. For: Governor of Santiago del Estero in Spanish
- noticiasnqn.com.ar · checked Noticias NQN, 'Asumen 20 gobernadores y el jefe de Gobierno porteño', 2023-12-03, read 2026-10-12: governors elected in 2023 take office on 10 December 2023. Tucumán start 2023-10-29 and Corrientes / Santiago del Estero 2025-12-10 from Wikidata and press (see person note). Fallback: Wikidata SPARQL, because provincial government and legislature sites were not fetched; no official gazette fetched. For: Elías Suárez, current term
- ambito.com · checked Ámbito, 'Elecciones: a paso lento, gobernadores pulen el calendario 2027', 2026-10-10, read 2026-10-12, and Telefe Noticias, 'Elecciones 2027: qué provincias desdoblan', 2026-08-01 (https://noticias.mitelefe.com/politica/elecciones-2027-que-provincias-desdoblan-y-cuales-tienen-fecha-confirmada-pid2561375): no province but Tucumán has an announced date; others have only legal term ends (four-year terms from Constitution of Argentina arts. 122-123 and provincial constitutions). For: General election, December 10, 2029