Roberto María Ortiz

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Roberto M. Ortiz
Vice President
Ramón Castillo
Preceded byAgustín P. Justo
Succeeded byRamón Castillo
Personal details
Born(1886-09-24)24 September 1886
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died15 July 1942(1942-07-15) (aged 55)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partyRadical Civic Union
Other political
affiliations
Concordancia
SpouseMaría Luisa Iribarne Daubert
ProfessionLawyer

Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi (24 September 1886 – 15 July 1942) was the 19th President of Argentina from 20 February 1938 to 27 June 1942.

Ortiz is a little remembered president. He became president in 1938 following a

National Democratic Party. Both were part of the formula of Concordancia, a coalition that had ruled since 1932.[2]

Life

Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires on 24 September 1886. As a student at the University of Buenos Aires, he participated in the unsuccessful Argentine Revolution of 1905. In 1909 he graduated from the university and became a lawyer.[3]

He became active in the

Argentine National Congress in 1920.[3] He served as Minister of Public Works from 1925 to 1928.[3] He supported the Revolution of 1930 and served as Minister of the Treasury from 1936 to 1937.[4]

Presidency

In the

Axis powers.[6] He resigned from the presidency on 24 July 1942, three weeks before dying of bronchial pneumonia at age 55.[9][3]

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "1930/39 La década infame". www.cronista.com. El Cronista. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. ^ Perochena, Camila (25 April 2021). "Presidentes en la tormenta: Ortiz y Castillo, una puja feroz en el seno del poder". La Nación.
  3. ^
    OCLC 4326477
    . Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ "ARGENTINE CABINET FILLED; Roberto O. Ortiz Is Finance Minister in New Set-Up". The New York Times. 1 January 1936. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  5. ^ "ORTIZ ELECTION CERTIFIED; Argentine Congress Proclaims the Winner in Presidential Poll". The New York Times. 26 November 1937. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ^ . Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "CASTILLO, EX-HEAD I OF ARGENTINA, DIES; Conservative Was Forced Out of Office by Coup in 1943 — Curbed Nation's Press". The New York Times. 13 October 1944. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. . Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  9. ^ "R. M. ORTIZ IS DEAD". The New York Times. 16 July 1942. Retrieved 2 March 2022.

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Political offices
Preceded by President of Argentina
1938–1942
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Agustín Pedro Justo
Concordancia nominee for President of Argentina
1937
Alliance dissolved