Eduardo Menem (born 30 April 1938) is an Argentine

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politician. He is a former

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and the brother of former President

Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. ...

. Born to a family of

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origin in Anillaco, Menem was elected Senator for La Rioja Province for four terms (1983-1989, 1989–1995, 1995–2001, 2001-2005). He served as provisional President of the Senate between 1989 and 1999, holding executive power on many occasions during trips abroad by the President, in the absence of a vice-President after the resignation of

Eduardo Duhalde Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (; born 5 October 1941) is an Argentine Peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s. Bor ...

. He also worked as president of the Constitutional Assembly that enacted the

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. After leaving the Congress, he joined the internal line of the PJ that opposes Kirchnerism. Despite not being part of the Congress, he supported the actions of

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in 2010, which were criticized by Néstor and Cristina Kirchner.Eduardo Menem criticó la actitud de su hermano en el Senado
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Books

* "Nueve años en el Congreso de la Nación" ( en, Nine years in the National Congress), 1992 * "La Constitución reformada" ( en, The Constitution amended), 1994 * "Los Derechos de la mujer" ( en, Women's rights), 2005

References

External links

Official site
1938 births Living people Argentine Muslims Argentine people of Arab descent Argentine people of Syrian descent

Eduardo Eduardo is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the male given name Edward. Another version is Duarte. It may refer to: Association football * Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean football player and sports commentator * Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese foo ...

Justicialist Party politicians Members of the Argentine Senate for La Rioja People from La Rioja Province, Argentina {{argentina-politician-stub