Raúl Alberto Lastiri (11 September 1915 – 11 December 1978) was an Argentine politician who was interim president of

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from July 13, 1973 until October 12, 1973. Lastiri, who presided over the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, was promoted to the presidency of the country after Héctor Cámpora and

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resigned, he organized new elections and delivered the country's government to Juan Perón, who won with over 60% of the votes.

Biography

Rise to power

His brief tenure marked a turn towards right-wing policies and factions within the Peronist Party. His father-in-law, José López Rega, a P2 member and the creator of the paramilitary organization ''Triple A'', was confirmed as Minister of Social Welfare. Alberto Juan Vignes replaced Puig in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Benito Llambí took over from Esteban Righi as Minister of Interior. In spite of this, Argentine foreign policy kept a

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orientation; for example, in August 1973, Argentina granted

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a 200 million US$ loan to buy machinery and cars. José Ber Gelbard, also confirmed as Economy Minister, continued with his previous policy, nationalizing

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s and announcing a "Triennial Plan" for development. Anti-government violence experienced sustained growth in the last days of his presidency. On September 25 a Montoneros commando allegedly killed

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, Secretary-General of the CGT

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and Perón's good friend. The same month, the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (ERP) had assaulted the Army medical unit located at Parque Patricios, a neighborhood of

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, killing an officer. This action served to justify the ERP illegalization and the closedown of the newspaper ''El Mundo''.

Propaganda Due

Lastiri was on

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's list of P2 members, a masonic lodge, discovered in 1980.Elenco degli iscritti alla Loggia P2
distribuito dalla presidenza del Consiglio il 21 maggio 1981

References

*Initial version translated fro
Enciclopedia Libre - Raúl Alberto Lastiri (in Spanish)
under

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. , - , - 1915 births 1978 deaths People from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Italian descent Presidents of Argentina Presidents of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Justicialist Party politicians Members of Propaganda Due Deaths from lymphoma Deaths from cancer in Argentina Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery {{Argentina-politician-stub