United Officers' Group

United Officers' Group
Grupo de Oficiales Unidos
LeaderJuan Perón
Domingo Mercante
Dates of operation1943 (1943)–1945 (1945)
Merged intoLabour Party
Country Argentina
IdeologyNationalism
Anti-communism
Conservatism
Militarism
Corporatism
Factions:
Pro-Axis
Political positionCenter-right to far-right
Notable attacks1943 Argentine coup d'état
Part ofArgentine Army
OpponentsConcordancia

The United Officers' Group (Spanish: Grupo de Oficiales Unidos) or GOU was a nationalist secret society within the Argentine Army which staged a coup d'état in 1943 to overthrow President Ramón Castillo, thus ending the Infamous Decade and forming a military junta which lasted until 1945.[1] Arturo Rawson was made President, but was only in office for a few days before the GOU replaced him with Pedro Pablo Ramírez.

  1. ^ "Radicals and reactionaries: AD 1916-1946". History World. Retrieved 16 January 2011.