Diógenes Taboada ( Ojo del Río, —

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, ) was an

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and

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, who served as

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under President Roberto M. Ortiz and as

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under President

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twenty years later.

Biography

He completed his secondary studies in the city of Córdoba and received his law degree from the

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. From his early youth he belonged to the

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(UCR). In 1917 he was Minister of Finance of the

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, during the administration of Governor . Three years later he was elected national deputy for his province. He was a supporter of the . In 1925 he was appointed general administrator of Internal Taxes of the Nation and, the following year, president of the National Postal Savings Bank. In 1938 he was appointed

by President

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; His main concern was to end the regime of

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that predominated in his time—the so-called

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—and that had allowed Ortiz himself to become president. He ordered federal interventions in the provinces of Catamarca and Buenos Aires, displacing the most enthusiastic promoter of the "''patriotic fraud''," Governor

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. After the

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he was one of the most prominent leaders of anti-personalism, and was one of the main organizers of the of September 19, 1945. During the government of

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he joined the Radical Civic Union, in the fraction that would be the

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(UCRI). He supported the policy of later president

, who in May 1958 appointed him his

. During his administration, he attended the Fifth Consultation Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in which he did not have a notable participation, since the most vexing issue was the

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and its possible export to other countries in the

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, and the situation caused by the dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. In the month of July, the chancellor notified

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's government of his concern about the growing

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of the

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in that country. In April 1961, the announcement of the

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by U.S. President

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took place, which was received with skepticism by all of

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, with the exception of the government of President Frondizi, who declared himself the biggest admirer of the policy. Minister Taboada also showed no enthusiasm for the announcement, and—in any case—he left office at the end of that month. During the rest of Frondizi's government, Taboada served as ambassador to

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taboada, Diogenes 1887 births 1978 deaths People from San Luis Province Argentine lawyers Radical Civic Union politicians Ministers of internal affairs of Argentina Foreign ministers of Argentina Ambassadors of Argentina to Peru Ambassadors of Argentina to Uruguay Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic University of Buenos Aires alumni