Permanent historical factsheet

Election

Argentina · Government / Government of Argentina. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

11Records
1932–1995Date range
5Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1932

Ramon Castillo Barrionuevo1932

Government / Government of Argentina

From 1932 until 1935 he elected to the Argentine Senate for Catamarca Province for the National Democratic Party and was also Minister of Interior

1938

Ramon Castillo Barrionuevo1938

Government / Government of Argentina

From 1938 to 1942, Castillo was vice-president of Argentina under President Roberto Ortiz, who won the election by fraud at the head of the Concordancia

1946

Juan Domingo Peron4 June 1946

Buenos Aires · Government / Government of Argentina

Elected to power as President but rules through military force

1949

Juan Domingo Peron1949

Government / Government of Argentina

A constitutional amendment sponsored by the Government introduces a number of workers rights and the possibility of presidential re-election

1951

Juan Domingo Peron1951

Government / Government of Argentina

Peron is elected for a 2nd term, the administration was widely supported by the labor unions, the military and the Catholic Church

1952

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron1952

Government / Government of Argentina

Receives great support from the Peronist political base, low-income and working class Argentines who were referred to as descamisados or "shirtless ones"

1955

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron1955

Government / Government of Argentina

Eva Peron accepts the Peronist nomination for the office of Vice President of Argentina, opposition from the nations military and elite, coupled with her declining health, ultimately forced her to withdraw her candidacy

1973

Hector Jose Campora DemaestreMarch 1973

Government / Government of Argentina

Wins the March 1973 election with 49.5% of the votes. Runs for President to circumvent the veto on Perons participation in the election which had been issued by Argentine dictator General Alejandro Lanusse

Hector Jose Campora Demaestre23 September 1973

Government / Government of Argentina

New elections are held twelve days after the Chilean coup, later designated as Argentine ambassador to Mexico

1989

Carlos Saul Menem14 May 1989

Government / Government of Argentina

Appointed President of Argentina, the 1st free elections in Argentina

1995

Carlos Saul Menem1995

Government / Government of Argentina

President Carlos Saul Menem wins re-election

Names involved

Carlos Saul MenemHector Jose Campora DemaestreJuan Domingo PeronMaria Eva Duarte de PeronRamon Castillo Barrionuevo

Provenance

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