34-day Argentine president Ítalo Argentino Luder, 91
Posted: Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 7:58 pmDecember 31, 1916 - May 25, 2008
Ítalo Luder was a Peronist politician who became interim president of Argentina for 34 days during the turbulent 1970s. During his month in power he signed controversial decrees that authorised the repression of left-wing guerrilla groups. In 1983 he became the first Peronist presidential candidate to lose a democratic election. …
In 1949 Luder was appointed to the constituent assembly for the Peronist party and played a leading role in drawing up a new constitution under the recently-elected president, Juan Domingo Perón.
When Perón was overthrown by a military coup in 1955 and forced into exile, he was tried by the new regime for “betraying the Fatherland”. The party chose Luder to defend their leader in court. However, Peronism was subsequently banned in Argentina for almost two decades. … Read full obituary
