Arturo Frondizi
| Arturo Frondizi | |
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Official photo of Frondizi as President, 1958.
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| 32nd President of Argentina | |
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In office May 1, 1958 – March 29, 1962 |
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| Preceded by | Pedro Eugenio Aramburu |
| Succeeded by | José María Guido |
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In office December 1954 – December 1963 |
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| Preceded by | Santiago H. del Castillo |
| Succeeded by | Oscar Alende |
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Arturo Frondizi Ercoli October 28, 1908 Paso de los Libres, Corrientes |
| Died | April 18, 1995 (aged 86) Buenos Aires |
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| Spouse(s) | Elena Luisa María Faggionato (m. 1933–1991); her death |
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Arturo Frondizi Ercoli, GCMG (October 28, 1908 – April 18, 1995) was an Argentine politician and lawyer who acted as the President of Argentina between May 1, 1958, and March 29, 1962, for the Intransigent Radical Civic Union, which he led until 1986.
Under his program of "Developmentalism", he encouraged increased foreign investment in heavy industry, including motor vehicle production; made the country self-sufficient in oil production, and increased public spending for loans to encourage business, and to develop infrastructure for electrical power.
He was a law professor who became active in left-wing politics as a young man, joining the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He was first elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 1946. In the 1950s he founded the Intransigent Radical Civic Union. He was elected following the military coup d'etat that overthrew Juan Perón, and was deposed in turn by a coup in 1962.
Frondizi was born in Paso de los Libres, Corrientes Province; to Isabel (née Ercoli) and Giulio Frondizi, Italian immigrants from the Umbria Region. Arturo was one of 11 sons; his brothers included: Silvio, who became a professor of law at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and was assassinated in 1974 by the Triple A, and Risieri, who became a philosopher and rector of the University of Buenos Aires. The family relocated to Concepción del Uruguay in 1912, and in 1923 to Buenos Aires. Frondizi enrolled in the UBA in 1926.
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