Roberto Alemann
Roberto Alemann | |
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Minister of Economy of Argentina | |
In office December 22, 1981 – June 30, 1982 | |
President | Leopoldo Galtieri |
Preceded by | Lorenzo Sigaut |
Succeeded by | José María Dagnino Pastore |
In office April 26, 1961 – January 12, 1962 | |
President | Arturo Frondizi |
Preceded by | Álvaro Alsogaray |
Succeeded by | Carlos Coll Benegas |
Personal details | |
Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina | December 22, 1922
Died | March 27, 2020 Buenos Aires, Argentina | (aged 97)
Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires University of Bern |
Occupation | Publisher and academic |
Roberto Alemann (December 22, 1922 – March 27, 2020) was an Argentine lawyer, economist, publisher, and academic.
Twice Minister of Economy, he was also the Argentine ambassador to the United States and director of the traditional Argentine-German newspaper Argentinisches Tageblatt.[1]
He was implementing an economic policy that aimed to
Career
Alemann was born in
He graduated from the
First work
Opposed to the
Academy
Alemann co-founded the Argentine Association of Political Economy in 1957. The group prioritized dealing with structural inflation over the monetarist approach favored by more conservative policy-makers, such as Economy Minister Álvaro Alsogaray, who was appointed to the post in 1959 without President Arturo Frondizi's support.[5] Frondizi, a proponent of developmentalism, opposed Alsogaray's austerity program, which brought down inflation, though at the cost of a severe recession in 1959.
Minister of Economy of President Frondizi
Alsogaray was replaced in April 1961 by Roberto Alemann. Alemann's structuralist approach complemented unofficial Frondizi point man Rogelio Julio Frigerio's policies well, as both focused on correcting the adverse effects of financing increasingly costly machinery imports with raw material exports of declining value (a terms of trade problem common to developing countries), though conservative and military pressure resulted in his removal in January 1962.[6][7]
Private sector
Following his ousting, Alemann returned to the private sector as a lobbyist for
Minister of Economy of President Galtieri
Named Economy Minister by a new dictator, General
He also attempted to repair relations with the
Ultimately, Galtieri's invasion of the Falkland Islands, on April 2, derailed Alemann's rapprochement with U.S. and European creditors, and following Galtieri's defeat and subsequent resignation in June, Alemann was replaced; the economy, which had fallen 6% in 1981, fell by as much again in 1982 to its lowest level in a decade.[10]
Later years
He retired from public service, devoting his time to the Tageblatt as managing editor,[11] and contributing occasional op-ed columns in the centrist Clarín.
Continuing to lecture on economic policy matters, the octogenarian was assaulted by opponents at least twice after 2002, though he suffered only minor injuries.[12]
He died at the age of 97 in Buenos Aires in 2020.[13]
Bibliography
- Sistemas Económicos (1953), Buenos Aires: Arayú
- Hacia una política de inversiones (1960), Buenos Aires: Selección Contable
- Curso de Política Económica Argentina (1970–81), Buenos Aires: EUDEBA
- Breve historia de la política económica argentina (1989), Buenos Aires: Claridad
- Recordando a Kennedy (1996), Buenos Aires: Sudamericana
References
- ^ Amato, Alberto (28 March 2020). "Murió Roberto Alemann, ex ministro de Economía". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Roberto Alemann, simplemente "un grande" – LA NACION". La Nación (in Spanish). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Roberto Alemann y su obsesión incumplida – LA NACION". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Roberto Alemann". Konex Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 January 2007.
- ^ Clarín: 100 años de auges y crisis económicas (in Spanish)
- ^ a b c Lewis, Paul. The Crisis of Argentine Capitalism. University of North Carolina Press, 1990.
- ^ Bonelli, Marcelo. En el frente de batalla: el diario Convicción durante la guerra de Malvinas. ALAIC, 2004. (in Spanish)
- ^ Hadida, Ernesto. Una pesada herencia. Terra, 2001. (in Spanish)
- ^ "La causa contra Juan Alemann fue elevada a juicio oral". Telam.
- ^ a b c Encyclopædia Britannica. Book of the Year, 1983.
- ^ Argentinisches Tageblatt: Wir über uns (in German)
- ^ Clarín: Agredieron a Roberto Alemann (in Spanish)
- ^ Amato, Alberto (28 March 2020). "Murió Roberto Alemann, ex ministro de Economía". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 August 2021.