Leopoldo Bravo
Leopoldo Bravo | |
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National Senator | |
In office December 10, 1989 – December 10, 2001 | |
Constituency | San Juan |
In office November 28, 1986 – December 10, 1995 | |
Constituency | San Juan |
In office May 3, 1973 – March 24, 1976 | |
Constituency | San Juan |
Governor of San Juan | |
In office December 10, 1983 – November 7, 1985 | |
Vice Governor | Jorge Ruiz Aguilar |
Preceded by | Eduardo Pósleman |
Succeeded by | Jorge Ruiz Aguilar |
In office January 15, 1982 – December 7, 1982 | |
Preceded by | Domingo Rodríguez Castro |
Succeeded by | Eduardo Pósleman |
In office October 12, 1963 – June 28, 1966 | |
Vice Governor | Luis Cattani |
Preceded by | Pedro Avalía |
Succeeded by | Arturo Cordón Aguirre |
Personal details | |
Born | March 15, 1919 San Juan, Argentina |
Died | August 4, 2006 | (aged 87)
Political party | Justicialist Party |
Spouse | Ivelise Falcioni de Bravo |
Profession | Lawyer |
Leopoldo Bravo (March 15, 1919 – August 4, 2006) was an Argentine politician and diplomat. A Senator and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, he was a three-time governor of San Juan Province, where he came to be regarded as a caudillo (kingmaker).
Career
Bravo was born in
He was appointed chargé d'affaires at the Argentine Embassy in Moscow, in 1946, and in 1953 he was appointed as Ambassador to the Soviet Union by President Juan Perón, succeeding Cantoni, his father. He was one of the few ambassadors to have had an interview with Joseph Stalin, as well as the last.
He was elected Governor of San Juan with
During the
Bravo was elected senator for his province in 1989. He allied himself with President
Bravo stepped down from the Senate in 2001. In his final years, he suffered from
References
- El bloquismo de San Juan vuelve a poner un embajador en Rusia, Clarín
- Falleció el ex gobernador de San Juan Leopoldo Bravo, Clarín
- "Con mucho gusto" (profile), Diario El Cuyo
- Murió en San Juan el caudillo Leopoldo Bravo, Clarín
- ^ "Jorge Ávila opina: Arquetipo de una época {{in lang|es}}". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ "Movimiento Peronista: 1965, El Desafío a Perón {{in lang|es}}" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
External links
- Media related to Leopoldo Bravo at Wikimedia Commons
- Account of interview with Stalin, Urgente 24
- Photos of the life of Leopoldo Bravo, Diario El Cuyo
- Memoria: entrevista con Stalin, La Nacion