Arturo Umberto Illia
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His Excellency Arturo Illia OLSM, OM |
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| 34th President of Argentina | |
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In office October 12, 1963 – June 28, 1966 |
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| Vice President | Carlos Humberto Perette |
| Preceded by | José María Guido |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Onganía |
| National Deputy of Argentina | |
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In office April 20, 1948 – April 30, 1952 |
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| Constituency | Córdoba |
| Vice Governor of Córdoba | |
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In office June 17, 1940 – June 19, 1943 |
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| Governor | Santiago H. del Castillo |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Gallardo |
| Succeeded by | Asís Ramón |
| Provincial Legislator of Córdoba | |
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In office May 1, 1936 – April 24, 1940 |
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| Preceded by | Fidel Torres |
| Succeeded by | Nicolás Pedernera |
| Constituency | Cruz del Eje |
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Arturo Umberto Illia July 4, 1900 Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | January 18, 1983 (aged 82) Córdoba, Argentina |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Radical Civic Union |
| Spouse(s) | (m. 1939–66); her death |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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Arturo Umberto Illia Francesconi (Spanish pronunciation: [arˈtuɾo umˈberto ˈilja]; August 4, 1900 – January 18, 1983) was an Argentine politician and physician, who acted as the President of Argentina from October 12, 1963, to June 28, 1966. A member of the centrist UCR.
Arturo Umberto Illia was born August 4, 1900, in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province, to Emma Francesconi and Martín Illia, Italian Argentine immigrants from the Lombardy Region.
He enrolled in the School of Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires in 1918. That year, he joined the movement for University reform in Argentina (Reforma Universitaria), which first emerged in the city of Córdoba, and set the basis for a free, open and public university system less influenced by the Catholic Church. This development changing the concept and administration of higher education in Argentina, and in a good portion of Latin America.
As a part of his medical studies, Illia begun working in the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the city of La Plata, obtaining his degree in 1927.
In 1928 he had an interview with President Hipólito Yrigoyen, the longtime leader of the centrist UCR, and the first freely-elected President of Argentina. Illia offered him his services as a physician, and Yrigoyen, in turn, offered him a post as railroad physician in different parts of the country, upon which Illia decided to move to scenic Cruz del Eje, in Cordoba Province. He worked there as a physician from 1929 until 1963, except for three years (1940–1943) in which he was Vice-Governor of the province.
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