Oscar Raúl Bidegain (3 September 1905 – 15 December 1994) was an

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politician,

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and surgeon. He was

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from 1973 to 1974. He also competed in the 50 m pistol event at the

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. Bidegain's election as governor was largely thanks to the campaign of

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. Bidegain reciprocated by proclaiming amnesty for some incarcerated members of Tendencia Revolucionaria, a move his Peronist ally

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also promised as part of his presidential campaign. However Bidegain's running mate and subsequent vicegovernor Victorio Calabró was disliked by Tendencia Revolucionaria. He was seen as a right-wing bureaucratic syndicalist. On January 20, 1974 People's Revolutionary Army attacked the

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garrison resulting in Perón criticizing Bidegain who resigned after being pressured by the Camber of Deputies. Victorio Calabró succeeded him as governor.

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''Compañero Oscar Raúl Bidegain ¡ Presente''
1905 births 1994 deaths Governors of Buenos Aires Province Argentine male sport shooters Argentine people of Basque descent Olympic shooters for Argentina Shooters at the 1948 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in shooting Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Shooters at the 1951 Pan American Games Shooters at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games {{Argentina-sportshooting-bio-stub