Eduardo Oscar Camaño (born 17 June 1946) is an

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politician. He was in charge of the executive branch in a caretaker capacity, effectively acting as president, for two days between 31 December 2001, and 1 January 2002.

Political career

Camaño was Mayor of

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from 1987 to 1991. Until 2007 he sat in the

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as a deputy elected in

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. He served as majority leader of the lower house of the

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from 2001, hence bringing him to the position of acting president. He became head of the executive branch because of the resignations of interim President

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and provisional Senate president

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. In recent years he sat in the

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block allied to

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, largely in opposition to then

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. In 2007, Camaño stood again for deputy, this time heading a list of anti-Kirchner Peronists in support of the presidential bid of dissident Peronist

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. The list did badly and he faced a recount for the final place in the Chamber for the Province with

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of the Civic Coalition. Ultimately Cuccovillo was sworn in as deputy and Camaño lost his seat. Camaño chaired the national council of the Justicialist Party, making him de facto party leader, alongside supporters of both Duhalde and Kirchner. In 2008, when Kirchner assumed the leadership of the Justicialist Party, Camaño was offered an executive position, the only ally of Lavagna to do so, in what had been seen as a chance to reconcile the different wings of Peronism.

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