Leaders of The UCR
The Party is headed by a National Committee; its President is the de facto leader of the party. A national convention brings together representatives of the provincial parties and affiliated organisations such as Franja Morada and Radical Youth, and is itself represented on the National Committee.
- Presidents of the National Committee
- (1891–1896) Leandro N. Alem
- (1896–1897) Bernardo de Irigoyen
- (1897–1930) Hipólito Yrigoyen
- (1930–1942) Marcelo T. de Alvear
- (1942–1946) Gabriel Oddone
- (1946–1948) Eduardo Laurencena
- (1948–1949) Roberto J. Parry
- (1949–1954) Santiago H. del Castillo
- (1954–1957) Arturo Frondizi
- (1971–1981) Ricardo Balbín
- (1981–1983) Carlos Raúl Contín
- (1983–1991) Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín
- (1991–1993) Mario Aníbal Losada
- (1993–1995) Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín
- (1995–1997) Rodolfo Terragno
- (1997–1999) Fernando de la Rúa
- (1999–2001) Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín
- (2001–2005) Ángel Rozas
- (2005–2006) Roberto Iglesias
- (2006–2009) Gerardo Morales
- (2009–2011) Ernesto Sanz
- (2011) Ángel Rozas
- (2011) Ernesto Sanz
- (2011–present) Mario Barletta
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