Roberto María Ortiz
Roberto M. Ortiz | |
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| President of Argentina | |
| In office 20 February 1938 – 26 June 1942 | |
| Vice President | Ramón Castillo |
| Preceded by | Agustín P. Justo |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Castillo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 September 1886 Buenos Aires,Argentina |
| Died | 15 July 1942(aged 55) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Other political affiliations | Concordancia |
| Spouse | María Luisa Iribarne Daubert |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi(24 September 1886 – 15 July 1942) was the 19thPresident of Argentinafrom 20 February 1938 to 27 June 1942.
Ortiz is a little remembered president. He became president in 1938 following apresidential electionthat has been described as being among the most fraudulent inArgentinehistory.[1]His main management objective was to endfraud.The attempt to normalize the institutions confronted him with his vice president,Ramón Castillo,leader of theconservativesectors of the government coalition. The president and vice president belonged to different political groupings. Ortiz was aradicalantipersonnel and Castillo, aconservativein theNational Democratic Party.Both were part of the formula ofConcordancia,a coalition that had ruled since 1932.[2]
Life
[edit]Ortiz was born inBuenos Aireson 24 September 1886. As a student at theUniversity of Buenos Aires,he participated in the unsuccessfulArgentine Revolution of 1905.In 1909 he graduated from the university and became a lawyer.[3]
He became active in theRadical Civic Unionand was elected to theArgentine National Congressin 1920.[3]He served as Minister of Public Works from 1925 to 1928.[3]He supported theRevolution of 1930and served asMinister of the Treasuryfrom 1936 to 1937.[4]
Presidency
[edit]In thepresidential elections of 1937,he was the official government candidate and won, though the opposition accused him of participating in fraud, as irregularities were widespread.[5]Ortiz never denied these charges, but once he took office, he tried to make Argentine politics more open and democratic.[6]Soon after becoming president, Ortiz became seriously ill withdiabetesand on 3 July 1940, he delegated his powers to Vice PresidentRamón Castillo.[7][6]He favored theAlliesduringWorld War II,[8]but because of opposition within the army, he did not break relations with theAxis powers.[6]He resigned from the presidency on 24 July 1942, three weeks before dying of bronchial pneumonia at age 55.[9][3]
Honours
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"1930/39 La década infame".cronista.El Cronista. 26 February 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 30 December 2010.Retrieved2 March2022.
- ^Perochena, Camila (25 April 2021)."Presidentes en la tormenta: Ortiz y Castillo, una puja feroz en el seno del poder".La Nación.
- ^abcd"Necrology".Bulletin of the Pan American Union.76.The Union, 1910-1948: 660. 1942.ISSN2332-9424.OCLC4326477.Retrieved2 March2022.
- ^"ARGENTINE CABINET FILLED; Roberto O. Ortiz Is Finance Minister in New Set-Up".The New York Times.1 January 1936.Retrieved2 March2022.
- ^"ORTIZ ELECTION CERTIFIED; Argentine Congress Proclaims the Winner in Presidential Poll".The New York Times.26 November 1937.Retrieved2 March2022.
- ^abcDomingo Cavallo; Sonia Cavallo Runde (3 February 2017)."From the Fall of Yrigoyen to the Rise of Perón".Argentina's Economic Reforms of the 1990s in Contemporary and Historical Perspective(Illustrated ed.). Routledge. p. 1922.ISBN978-1317364665.Retrieved2 March2022.
- ^"CASTILLO, EX-HEAD I OF ARGENTINA, DIES; Conservative Was Forced Out of Office by Coup in 1943 — Curbed Nation's Press".The New York Times.13 October 1944.Retrieved2 March2022.
- ^Lauderbaugh, George M. (2007)."Argentina Shifts Toward the United States".In Sheinin, David (ed.).Latin America During World War II(Illustrated ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 190.ISBN978-0742537415.Retrieved2 March2022.
- ^"R. M. ORTIZ IS DEAD".The New York Times.16 July 1942.Retrieved2 March2022.
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