Politician. He was an Argentinean politician who was the Constitutional President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989 in its return to democracy, following the military government of the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (National Reorganization Process). He attended the Liceo Militar General San Martín, where he graduated as a second lieutenant and joined the Radical Civic Union (UCR) in 1945. He studied at the Universidad de La Plata's Law School, where he earned his degree in 1950. As a congressman, he was a member of the House of Deputies, the Congress' lower chamber, and the Senate. In 1975 he helped establish the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, and as a president, he created the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP) to document the human rights abuses during the preceding military dictatorship. He sponsored the Trial of the Juntas, by which some of the top members of the previous military regime were prosecuted for crimes committed during the "Dirty War." Critics said that his government brought some political order to the country but lacked economic success. In 1989 he was succeeded by Carlos S. Menem, also elected in democracy. He died in his home after a long battle with lung cancer.
Politician. He was an Argentinean politician who was the Constitutional President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989 in its return to democracy, following the military government of the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (National Reorganization Process). He attended the Liceo Militar General San Martín, where he graduated as a second lieutenant and joined the Radical Civic Union (UCR) in 1945. He studied at the Universidad de La Plata's Law School, where he earned his degree in 1950. As a congressman, he was a member of the House of Deputies, the Congress' lower chamber, and the Senate. In 1975 he helped establish the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights, and as a president, he created the National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons (CONADEP) to document the human rights abuses during the preceding military dictatorship. He sponsored the Trial of the Juntas, by which some of the top members of the previous military regime were prosecuted for crimes committed during the "Dirty War." Critics said that his government brought some political order to the country but lacked economic success. In 1989 he was succeeded by Carlos S. Menem, also elected in democracy. He died in his home after a long battle with lung cancer.
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