Jorge Sahade (born February 17, 1915, in Cordoba, Argentina, died December 18, 2012)[1] was an Argentine astronomer[2][3] with more than 200 publications in journals and conferences.

He was the first Latin American to achieve the presidency of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) between 1985 and 1988, and was also the first director of the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales.

[4] After finishing his degree, he and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco (the first astronomy graduate in the country) obtained scholarships to go to the United States to learn astrophysics.

He founded the Institute of Astronomy and Physics of Space (IAFE) in the first Pavilion of the University of Buenos Aires,[2] where he was director and Alma Mater between 1971 and 1974.

[3] He was the first Latin American to achieve the presidency of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) between 1985 and 1988,[4][2][7] and was also the first director of the Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales.