Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, President of Argentina
Feb. 14, 1965 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - PEDRO Eugenio ARAMBURU (1903 1970), President of Argentina (1955 58). An army general, he participated in the overthrow of Juan Peron in September 1955. He ruled by decree, suppressing strikes and revolts and vigorously driving the Peronists from business, government, and military posts. He returned the country to constitutional democracy and free elections. He ran unsuccessfully for president in 1963. In May, 1970, he was kidnapped by a Peronist guerrilla group and murdered, for his part in the execution of 27 Peronist leaders after an unsuccessful coup attempt in 1956. PICTURED: Portrait of Pedro Aramburu sitting in his study
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