José Tamborini

José P. Tamborini
José P. Tamborini
	Marcelo T. de Alvear
Preceded by	Vicente Gallo
Succeeded by	Elpidio González
Personal details
Born	February 22, 1886; Buenos Aires
Died	September 25, 1955 (aged 69); Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Radical Civic Union ; Antipersonalist Radical Civic Union
Alma mater	University of Buenos Aires
Profession	Physician

José Pascual Tamborini (February 22, 1886 – September 25, 1955) was an Argentine physician, politician, and presidential candidate.

Life and times

José Pascual Tamborini was born in Buenos Aires, in 1886. He enrolled at the public college preparatory school, the National College of Buenos Aires and by 1900, became affiliated with the Radical Civic Union (UCR) - then the nation's leading advocacy group for universal male suffrage. He then headed the school's UCR chapter and published its newsletter.^[1]

Tamborini received a medical degree from the

personality cult. This opposition was fueled by Yrigoyen's numerous removals of provincial governors, for instance, and soon became known as "anti-personalism."^[1]

The election of a diplomat with anti-personalist sympathies, Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, as president in 1922 led to a division in the UCR. Congressman Tamborini joined Senate President Leopoldo Melo and others in the formation of the Antipersonalist UCR in 1924.^[2] President Alvear named Tamborini Interior Minister (overseeing law enforcement), in 1925. The aging Yrigoyen returned to power in 1928, deeping inter-party divisions; but his 1930 overthrow helped unify the UCR, and Tamborini joined the City Hotel Declaration of April 1931 to that effect.^[1]

Seeking to thwart a UCR victory ahead of the

1931 elections, the dictator, General José Félix Uriburu jailed much of its leadership - including Alvear and Tamborini. Freed after the election (which the UCR boycotted), Tamborini was returned to Congress in 1934 and stood for the UCR nomination in 1937; but he was defeated by Alvear. Elected Senator in 1940, he became the dominant figure in the UCR following Alvear's death in 1942.^[1]

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Edelmiro Farrell to enact his populist agenda and dismissing Tamborini and Mosca as "the tambourine and the fly."^[3]

The Democratic Union was defeated by 11%.

Tamborini was unable to return to prominence following his break with less conservative UCR figures during that election. He ran once again for his party's nomination in 1951; but he lost to Congressman Ricardo Balbín. President Perón was overwhelmingly reelected, though on September 19, 1955, he was violently overthrown. The ailing Dr. Tamborini died a week later, at age 69.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Historical Dictionary of Argentina. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
^ Todo Argentina: Alvear (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Crassweller, David. Perón and the Enigmas of Argentina. W.W. Norton and Company. 1987.
^ Todo Argentina: 1945 (in Spanish)

[scarecrow-1] Historical Dictionary of Argentina. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978.

[2] Todo Argentina: Alvear (in Spanish)

[enigmas-3] Crassweller, David. Perón and the Enigmas of Argentina. W.W. Norton and Company. 1987.

[4] Todo Argentina: 1945 (in Spanish)

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