Eduardo Menem (born 30 April 1938) is an Argentine
Justicialist Party politician. He is a former
Senator and the brother of former President
Carlos Menem.
Born to a family of
Syrian 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.
B ...
. He also worked as president of the Constitutional Assembly that enacted the
1994 amendment of the Argentine Constitution
The 1994 amendment to the Constitution of Argentina was approved on 22 August 1994 by a Constitutional Assembly that met in the twin cities of Santa Fe and Paraná. The calling for elections for the Constitutional Convention and the main issues t ...
.
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
Julio Cobos
Julio César Cleto Cobos (; born 30 April 1955) is an Argentine politician who was the Vice President of Argentina in the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner from 2007 to 2011. He started his political career as member of ...
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 footba ...
Justicialist Party politicians
Members of the Argentine Senate for La Rioja
People from La Rioja Province, Argentina
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