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

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from 13 July 1973 until 12 October 1973. Lastiri, who presided over the

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, was promoted to the presidency of the country after Héctor Cámpora and Vicente Solano Lima resigned, he called new elections and delivered the country's government to

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, who won in September with over 60% of the votes.

Biography

Family

His father, José María Lastiri, was born in Almandoz,

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in northern

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, while his mother, María Ferrari was born in

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in central

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. He has nine siblings.

Rise to power and fall

His brief tenure marked a turn towards right-wing policies and factions within the Peronist Party. His father-in-law,

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, a P2 member and the creator of the

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organization ''Triple A'', was confirmed as Minister of Social Welfare. Alberto Juan Vignes replaced Puig in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

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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 US$ 200 million 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 announced a "Triennial Plan" for development. Anti-government leftist violence experienced sustained growth in the last days of his presidency. On September 25 a Montoneros commando allegedly killed José Ignacio Rucci, 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 neighbourhood of

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, killing an officer. This action served to justify the ERP illegalization and the closedown of the newspaper ''El Mundo''. Lastiri handed over the presidency to Perón on 12 October 1973. He remained as President of the Chamber of Deputies until 17 July 1975 when replaced by Nicasio Sánchez Sorondo. Lastiri's links to José López Rega resulted in the end of his political career when the latter marched to exile after being accused of abuse of power and corruption. Lastiri was put under

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when the

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took power on 24 March 1976 and died on 11 December 1978.

Propaganda Due

Lastiri was on Licio Gelli'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

Honours and awards

Foreign honours

Grand Cross of the

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(1973) * Order of the White Lion, 2nd Class (1974)

References

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

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