Raúl Alfonsín

12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009

Raúl Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1983 to 1989, the first elected president after the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. His government prosecuted the leaders of the military juntas for human-rights abuses and he later helped negotiate the 1994 constitutional reform.

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Born in Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
12 March 1927

Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was the eldest of six children of a shopkeeper of Galician descent.

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Married María Lorenza Barreneche
1949

The couple had six children.

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Graduated in law from the University of Buenos Aires
1950

He returned to Chascomús to practise law and became active in the Radical Civic Union.

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Elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
1963

Alfonsín won a seat as a national deputy for Buenos Aires Province during the presidency of Arturo Illia.

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Co-founded the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights
1975

He helped establish the Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos, which documented disappearances under the subsequent military government.

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Elected President of Argentina
30 October 1983

Alfonsín won the general election with about 52 percent of the vote, defeating the Peronist candidate Ítalo Luder.

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Served as President of Argentina
10 December 1983 – 8 July 1989

He took office on 10 December 1983 and handed power to Carlos Menem early, on 8 July 1989, amid a hyperinflation crisis.

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Trial of the Juntas concluded with convictions of former military leaders
December 1985

The civilian trial of the leaders of the 1976-1983 dictatorship, ordered by Alfonsín's government, sentenced Jorge Videla and Emilio Massera to life imprisonment.

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Signed the Pact of Olivos with Carlos Menem
November 1993

The agreement between Alfonsín and President Menem paved the way for the 1994 reform of the Argentine constitution.

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Died in Buenos Aires
31 March 2009

Alfonsín died of lung cancer at his home in Buenos Aires at the age of 82 and was given a state funeral.

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