Roberto María Ortiz
19th President of Argentina
Roberto M. Ortiz
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President of Argentina | |
In office
20 February 1938 – 26 June 1942 |
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Vice President | Ramón Castillo |
Preceded by | Agustín P. Justo |
Succeeded by | Ramón Castillo |
Personal details | |
Born |
(
1886-09-24
)
24 September 1886
Buenos Aires , Argentina |
Died |
15 July 1942
(1942-07-15)
(aged
55)
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Political party | Radical Civic Union |
Other political
affiliations |
Concordancia |
Spouse | María Luisa Iribarne Daubert |
Profession | Lawyer |
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Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi (24 September 1886 – 15 July 1942) was the 19th President of Argentina from 20 February 1938 to 27 June 1942.
Ortiz is a little remembered president. He became president in 1938 following a presidential election that has been described as being among the most fraudulent in Argentine history. [1] His main management objective was to end fraud . The attempt to normalize the institutions confronted him with his vice president, Ramón Castillo , leader of the conservative sectors of the government coalition. The president and vice president belonged to different political groupings. Ortiz was a radical antipersonnel and Castillo, a conservative in the National Democratic Party . Both were part of the formula of Concordancia , a coalition that had ruled since 1932. [2]
Life
Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires on 24 September 1886. As a student at the University of Buenos Aires , he participated in the unsuccessful Argentine Revolution of 1905 . In 1909 he graduated from the university and became a lawyer. [3]
He became active in the Radical Civic Union and was elected to the Argentine National Congress in 1920. [3] He served as Minister of Public Works from 1925 to 1928. [3] He supported the Revolution of 1930 and served as Minister of the Treasury from 1936 to 1937. [4]
Presidency
In the presidential 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 with diabetes and on 3 July 1940, he delegated his powers to Vice President Ramón Castillo . [7] [6] He favored the Allies during World War II , [8] but because of opposition within the army, he did not break relations with the Axis powers . [6] He resigned from the presidency on 24 July 1942, three weeks before dying of bronchial pneumonia at age 55. [9] [3]
Honours
See also
References
- ↑ "1930/39 La década infame" . www.cronista.com . El Cronista. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
- ↑ Perochena, Camila (25 April 2021). "Presidentes en la tormenta: Ortiz y Castillo, una puja feroz en el seno del poder" . La Nación .
- 1 2 3 4 "Necrology" . Bulletin of the Pan American Union . The Union, 1910-1948. 76 : 660. 1942. ISSN 2332-9424 . OCLC 4326477 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
- ↑ "ARGENTINE CABINET FILLED; Roberto O. Ortiz Is Finance Minister in New Set-Up" . The New York Times . 1 January 1936 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
- ↑ "ORTIZ ELECTION CERTIFIED; Argentine Congress Proclaims the Winner in Presidential Poll" . The New York Times . 26 November 1937 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
- 1 2 3 Domingo 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. ISBN 978-1317364665 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
- ↑ "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 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
- ↑ 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. ISBN 978-0742537415 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
- ↑ "R. M. ORTIZ IS DEAD" . The New York Times . 16 July 1942 . Retrieved 2 March 2022 .
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President of Argentina
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Preceded
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Agustín Pedro Justo
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1937 |
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