Alberto Teisaire
Alberto Teisaire | |
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Provisional President of the Senate | |
| In office 1947–1953 | |
| Preceded by | Ernesto Bavio |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Iturbe |
| National Senator | |
| In office 4 June 1946 – 30 January 1954 | |
| Constituency | City of Buenos Aires |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1891 Peronist Party (1947–1955) |
| Spouse | Duilia Fayo Lonne |
| Profession | Rear Admiral in the Argentine Navy |
Alberto Teisaire (20 May 1891 – 11 September 1963) was an
Life and times
Alberto Teisaire was born in 1891 to Clementina Cejas and Eduardo Teisaire, in
Teisaire later taught at the Argentine Naval Academy and held numerous policy-making posts in that service, including ones in the Naval Requisitions Department, the Argentine Naval delegations in the
Political career
A power vacuum, caused by the replacement of President
Elected as Senator on Perón's Labor Party ticket, Teisaire represented the city of Buenos Aires, a district normally leaning towards Perón's chief opposition, the centrist UCR. He, however, did not enjoy support from the President's influential First Lady, Eva Perón, who refused his request to take part in her 1947 "Rainbow Tour" because (in her words): "I did not want that fruitcake creating a scandal in Paris, when for that I already have Paquito, who at least makes me laugh." [4]
Teisaire did well in his career in the Senate, even so. He was named
Controversy surrounding the President's in-laws and political violence both by and against his Peronist movement dominated headlines in the first half of 1953, and Perón took the opportunity of upcoming legislative polls to test his popularity. The Argentine Constitution did not require it at the time, but a special election was announced to replace the late Vice President, Hortensio Quijano, and Perón nominated Teisaire as his candidate for the post.[3]
The
The miscalculation proved fateful, however. The dispute damaged Teisaire's influence among the largely conservative Catholic navy commanders, who spitefully referred to the Vice President as "that
Resignation and death
Vice President Teisaire was forced to resign on 23 September 1955, following which he was coerced into reading a 7-page confession of the "fugitive dictator's" alleged abuses. His "confession" was produced into a 12-minute propaganda film by the Revolución Libertadora, which ordered the footage shown in all movie theatres.[5] His coerced 1956 statements remained controversial, perceived as a betrayal by many Peronists even after his death.[6]
Teisaire kept a low profile in retirement. Despite some reports that he was assassinated at a restaurant on 12 October 1962 by left-wing Peronist militants while attending a lunch with his assistants, Tesaire actually died of natural causes on 11 September 1963, at age 72.[7]
References
- Fabián Bosoer: La misteriosa muerte del almirante Teisaire (in Spanish) in Lucha armada en la Argentina. Year 8. Anuario September 2012-August 2013. Publisher: Ejercitar la memoria editores ISBN 978-987-24295-9-1
Footnotes
- ^ a b c Quien es quien en la Argentina. Buenos Aires: Editorial Kraft, 1955.
- ^ a b c d e Potash, Robert. The Army and Politics in Argentina. Stanford University Press, 1996.
- ^ a b c Los Andes: Alberto Teisaire, el mendocino vicepresidente de Perón Archived 2011-05-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Documents pertaining to Eva and Juan Perón From the archives of Enrique Pavón Pereyra (in Spanish)
- ^ "Bernardo Neustadt, el oficialista crónico". Investigaciones Rodolfo Walsh. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ^ "Efemérides" (in Spanish). Diario Los Andes. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Bosoer, Fabian. "La misteriosa muerte del almirante Teisaire. Anatomía del crimen político en la Argentina de los años 60". Centro Editor de América Latina (in Spanish). Año 8 (Anuario September 2012 - October 2013): 151.
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