Carlos Alberto Lacoste (2 February 1929 – 24 June 2004) was an Argentine navy vice-admiral and politician who briefly served as interim President of Argentina.

Earlier years

In addition to a naval career, Lacoste undertook the organization of the 1978 FIFA World Cup, hosted by

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Interim President of Argentina

In December 1981 the then head of state General

Roberto Viola Roberto Eduardo Viola (13 October 1924 – 30 September 1994) was an Argentine military officer who briefly served as president of Argentina from 29 March to 11 December 1981 as a military dictator. Early life He was born as Roberto Eduardo Vio ...

was ousted in a ''coup d'état''. Lacoste served as interim President of Argentina from 11 to 22 December 1981, during a period of military rule. He was succeeded in the presidential office by Lieutenant General Leopoldo Galtieri.

Later years

After the military government, he preserved his connections with football associations, becoming a South American representative in FIFA, and in 1986 he was assigned as Argentine supervisor in the drawing of that year's World Cup matches in Mexico, which was eventually won by

Death

He died on 24 June 2004 at the age of 75.

Earlier years

Interim President of Argentina

Later years

Death

See also