Eduardo Duhalde | |
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.jpg) Duhalde during Javier Milei's inauguration, 2023 | |
| 54th President of Argentina | |
| Interim 2 January 2002 – 25 May 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Néstor Kirchner |
| Vice President of Argentina | |
| In office 8 July 1989 – 10 December 1991 | |
| President | Carlos Menem |
| Preceded by | Víctor Hipolito Martínez |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Ruckauf |
| National Senator | |
| In office 11 December 2001 – 2 January 2002 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 1 May 1994 – 22 August 1994 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Governor of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 10 December 1991 – 10 December 1999 | |
| Vice Governor | Rafael Romá |
| Preceded by | Antonio Cafiero |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Ruckauf |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 1987 – 6 July 1989 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Mayor of Lomas de Zamora | |
| In office 11 December 1983 – 10 December 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Military Junta |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Toledo |
| In office 8 August 1974 – 24 March 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Pablo Turner |
| Succeeded by | Military Junta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eduardo Alberto Duhalde 5 October 1941 Lomas de Zamora, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse | Hilda Beatriz González |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo alˈβeɾto ˈðwalde] ; born 5 October 1941)[1] is an Argentine former peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003.[2] He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s.
Born in Lomas de Zamora, he was elected for the local legislature and appointed intendente (mayor) in 1973. He was deposed during the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, and elected again when democracy was restored in 1983. He was elected vice-president of Argentina in 1989, under President Carlos Menem. Duhalde resigned as vice president and was elected Governor of Buenos Aires Province in 1991, and re-elected in 1995.
He ran for president in 1999, being defeated by Fernando de la Rúa. De la Rúa resigned during the December 2001 riots, and Congress appointed the governor of San Luis Province Adolfo Rodríguez Saá as president. When Rodríguez Saá also resigned, Congress appointed Duhalde. During Duhalde's term in office, a huge currency devaluation and an increase of the exchange rate led to a gradual recovery. He successfully supported the candidate Néstor Kirchner against Menem, who sought a new presidential term. Duhalde had political disputes with Kirchner in later years, and is largely retired from politics since his defeat in the 2011 presidential elections.
Duhalde has been accused of having connections to drug trafficking, but there is no evidence of this.[3]
- ^ East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 9781317639404. Archived from the original on 9 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Galería de Presidentes". Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Duhalde y el Narcotrafico: Toda la verdad".