Jorge Antonio
Jorge Antonio | |
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Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
Nationality | Argentinian |
Occupation(s) | Businessman and Political Figure |
Spouse | Esmeralda (1st wife) |
Jorge Antonio (October 14, 1917 – February 11, 2007) was an
Early life
Born Jorge Antonio Chibene in La Boca, Buenos Aires to Syrian immigrants (his father was an émigré who arrived in Argentina from Syria in the 19th century, and whose name was Elias Antun Esquef), Antonio grew up in Uruguay and returned to Argentina at 17 years of age. He was an orderly at the National Military Academy in 1942, and worked in several businesses before being appointed as the representative of General Motors and Mercedes-Benz in Argentina.[2] In this post, in 1949 he met Perón again, having first met him briefly in 1943, and would become one of Perón's most important advisers.[3]
Association with Peronism
Antonio's fortune grew, connected with his friendship with Juan Duarte, Perón's brother-in-law. In the 1950s, Antonio bought the media companies Radio Belgrano,
When Perón was deposed by the
However, in the 1970s Antonio was displaced by
He was also friend of
Antonio died in 2007, a few months short of his 90th birthday. He had five children with his first wife Esmeralda, and three more were adopted in Spain.[9]
References
- ^ "Falleció el empresario peronista Jorge Antonio". La Nación (in Spanish). 13 February 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- Página/12(in Spanish). 13 February 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b Pigna, Felipe (January 2004). "Entrevista a Jorge Antonio". Revista Arabe (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 January 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Argentina: Wealth Recovery". Time. 19 December 1955. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Argentina: Dictatorship & Corruption". Time. 30 April 1956. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Murió Jorge Antonio, el hombre que conocía los mayores secretos de Perón". Clarín (in Spanish). 13 February 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ "Chile: Let Jorge Do It". Time. 7 October 1957. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ISBN 978-0-39452-297-5.
- ^ "Con Jorge Antonio desapareció la última leyenda del peronismo". La Nación (in Spanish). 14 February 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.[permanent dead link]