Juan Pistarini
Juan Pistarini | |
|---|---|
Edelmiro Farrell Juan Perón | |
| Preceded by | Ricardo Vago |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Dupeyron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1882 Victorica La Pampa Province |
| Died | May 29, 1956 (aged 73) Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Profession | Army officer |
Juan Pistarini (23 December 1882 – 29 May 1956) was an Argentine general and politician.
Biography
Pistarini was born in the town of
His role in the 1943 coup d'état resulted in his appointment as director of the Campo de Mayo army training base. He was returned to the post of Minister of Public Works in March 1944 and served a brief, concurrent term as vice president following the populist Juan Perón's dismissal. Pistarini was retained as Public Works Minister by Perón when the latter was elected president in 1946, in which capacity he administered Perón's ambitious public works agenda. He oversaw and helped plan the construction or development of modern barracks, Argentina's first expressways, numerous public vacation resorts, 11,000 schools, water treatment plants, a modern merchant marine, 650,000 housing units and the planting of two million trees, the nation's first international airport, among other works.[1] He also marshaled the dormant National Mortgage Bank to extend subsidized loans to new homeowners, often at interest rates well below inflation.[3]
Ill health led to his retirement in June 1952 and following Perón's September 1955 overthrow, he had his property seized, was stripped of rank and imprisoned in Ushuaia. The sub-Antarctic climate in Ushuaia led to a worsening in Pistarini's health, and he was returned to Buenos Aires, where he died at a military hospital in 1956.[4]
The Ministro Pistarini International Airport, opened in 1949 in Ezeiza, was named in his honor in 1985.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Teniente General Juan Pistarini". Junta de Estudios Históricos del Distrito Ezeiza.
- ^ Newton, Ronald. The Nazi Menace in Argentina, 1931-47 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Soldados Digital: Pistarini, el hacedor {{in lang|es}}". Archived from the original on 2010-09-03. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Argentina. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
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