Álvaro Alsogaray
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National Deputy for the City of Buenos Aires |
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In office December 10, 1983 – December 10, 1999 |
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| Minister of Economy of Argentina | |
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In office June 30, 1962 – December 10, 1962 |
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| President | José María Guido |
| Preceded by | Federico Pinedo |
| Succeeded by | Eustaquio Méndez Delfino |
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In office June 25, 1959 – April 26, 1961 |
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| President | Arturo Frondizi |
| Preceded by | Emilio del Carril |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Alemann |
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| Born | June 22, 1913 Esperanza, Santa Fe |
| Died | April 1, 2005 (aged 91) Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
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Independent (1958-1982) Union of the Democratic Centre (1982-2005) |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Ana Gay |
| Alma mater |
National Military College National University of Córdoba |
Álvaro Carlos Alsogaray (June 22, 1913 – April 1, 2005) was an Argentine politician and businessman. Minister of Economy during much of the 1959-62 period, he was one of the principal proponents of economic conservatism in modern Argentina.
Alsogaray was born in Esperanza, Santa Fe, in 1913, as the eldest of three children to Julia Elisa Bosch and Álvaro Alsogaray. Born to a prominent local military family, Alsogaray graduated from the National Military College as an infantry officer. He studied military engineering in the Army's School of Higher Technical Studies and civil and aeronautical engineer at the National University of Córdoba. He married Edith Gay in 1940, and had two sons and a daughter.
He retired from the army with the rank of captain and with two engineering degrees, which led to his being called el capitán ingeniero. He entered business, becoming an important contractor for State enterprises such as FAMA (a predecessor of flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas), and briefly served as its director during the presidency of Juan Perón, whose populist politics and policies would later be anathema to Alsogaray's thinking.
After the coup that removed Perón in 1955, he held the posts of Under-secretary of Commerce and Minister of Industry, and maintained numerous Peronist staffers at the Undersecretariat despite his support for the coup. He founded the Independent Civic Party in 1956; the party fared modestly in the 1958 elections.
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