Roberto Marcelino Ortiz
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Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz (24 September 1886 – 15 July 1942) was President of Argentina from 1938 until his resignation in 1942. He became president in 1938 following the 1937 presidential election, described as being among the most fraudulent in Argentine history.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His main management objective was to end fraud. The attempt to normalize the institutions confronted him with his vice president, Ramón Castillo, leader of the conservative sectors of the government coalition. The president and vice president belonged to different political groupings. Ortiz was a radical antipersonnel and Castillo, a conservative in the National Democratic Party. Both were part of the formula of Concordancia, a coalition that had ruled since 1932.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Life
Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires on 24 September 1886. As a student at the University of Buenos Aires, he participated in the unsuccessful Argentine Revolution of 1905. In 1909 he graduated from the university and became a lawyer.<ref name="Union-Ortiz">Template:Cite journal</ref>
He became active in the Radical Civic Union and was elected to the Argentine National Congress in 1920.<ref name="Union-Ortiz" /> He served as Minister of Public Works from 1925 to 1928.<ref name="Union-Ortiz" /> He supported the Revolution of 1930 and served as Minister of the Treasury from 1936 to 1937.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Beside his support for the coup d'état he rejected José Félix Uriburu's attempt to create a "corporatist" government (inspired by Mussolini's fascism in Italy), arguing that this model was not working in Europe.
Presidency
In the presidential elections of 1937, he was the official government candidate and won, though the opposition accused him of participating in fraud, as irregularities were widespread.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Ortiz never denied these charges, but once he took office, he tried to make Argentine politics more open and democratic.<ref name="Cavallo">Template:Cite book</ref> Soon after becoming president, Ortiz became seriously ill with diabetes and on 3 July 1940, he delegated his powers to Vice President Ramón Castillo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Cavallo" /> He favored the Allies during World War II,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> but because of opposition within the army, he did not break relations with the Axis powers.<ref name="Cavallo" /> He resigned from the presidency on 24 July 1942, three weeks before dying of bronchial pneumonia at age 55.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Union-Ortiz" />
Honours
- File:Order of Isabella the Catholic - Sash of Collar.svg Order of Isabella the Catholic
- File:FIN Order of the White Rose Grand Cross BAR.png Order of the White Rose of Finland
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