Roberto M. Levingston
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36th President of Argentina De facto |
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In office June 18, 1970 – March 21, 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Carlos Onganía |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Lanusse |
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January 19, 1920 San Luis, Argentina |
| Died | June 17, 2015 (aged 95) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | None |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Nelly Andrés |
| Children | Roberto Antonio María Cristina Alberto Marcelo |
| Profession | Military |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (January 19, 1920 – June 17, 2015) was an Argentine Army general who was President of Argentina from June 18, 1970 to March 22, 1971, during the Revolución Argentina period in Argentine history.
Levingston was born in San Luis Province, and graduated from the Colegio Militar de la Nación in 1941.
His military expertise included intelligence and counterinsurgency, and he took the presidency of Argentina in a military coup that deposed Juan Carlos Onganía over his ineffective response to the Montoneros and other guerillas. His regime was marked by a protectionist economic policy that did little to overcome the inflation and recession that the country was undergoing at the time, and by the imposition of the death penalty against terrorists and kidnappers. In response to renewed anti-government rioting in Córdoba and to the labor crisis under his leadership, he was deposed by another military junta led by Alejandro Lanusse.
He died on June 17, 2015, at the age of 95.
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