Eduardo Lonardi

Eduardo Ernesto Lonardi Doucet (Template:IPA; September 15, 1896 – March 22, 1956) was an Argentine Lieutenant General and served as de facto president from September 23 to November 13, 1955.<ref name=life>Template:Cite news</ref>

Biography

Lonardi was born on September 15, 1896. His father, Eduardo Policarpo Lonardi Monti was born in Ospitaletto (Brescia),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> while his mother, Blanca Delia Doucet Santa Ana, was from Rosario.

Lonardi was appointed military attaché to Chile during the presidency of Ramón Castillo in 1942, shortly afterward he was declared persona non grata by the Chilean government on accusations of espionage. Returning to Argentina, he participated in the coup that overthrew Castillo. He then was appointed military attaché to Washington, D.C. around 1946 where he stayed for a few years. He then permanently returned to Argentina.

President of Argentina

Cover of a magazine after Lonardi came to power.

Eduardo Lonardi, a Catholic nationalist, assumed leadership of the Revolución Libertadora junta that overthrew Juan Perón on September 16, 1955. He was greeted by chants of Cristo Vence ("Christ is Victorious") when arriving in Buenos Aires. Favoring a transition with "neither victors nor vanquished", his conciliatory approach was deemed too soft by the liberal faction of the armed forces, who deposed him less than two months into his de facto presidency and replaced him with hard-liner Pedro Aramburu.<ref name=life/>

Later years and death

Template:Unsourced section He went to the United States to receive cancer treatment. He returned to Argentina and died on 22 March 1956 from cancer.

Political views

Eduardo Lonardi was a Catholic nationalist,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> besides this he also embraced conservative liberalism.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

In terms of economics he supported economic liberalization however the economist Raul Prebisch influenced him.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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