Enrique Santiago Petracchi (16 November 1935 – 12 October 2014) was an Argentine lawyer, judge and a member of

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History

Petracchi is the son of Enrique Carlos Petracchi, who was

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to the Argentine Treasury and Procurator General. Enrique Santiago Petracchi studied law at the

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, taking further studies at

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in 1961. He has spent his entire legal career in the justice system, first appointed as a legal assistant in 1955.

Supreme Court

In 1983 the new democratic government of

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appointed Petracchi to the

, the only Peronist supporter to be appointed at that point. From September 1989, following the resignation of José Severo Caballero, he served as President of the Court for nine months. From 2004 until 2006 he was again President of the Court, supported by all but one of his fellow Supreme Court Justices. Adolfo Vázquez was the only dissenting voice. His presidency was a period of opening up the court and increasing its transparency, including publishing judgements on the internet.

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