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{{short description|President of Argentina}}
{{Infobox president
| name=Eduardo Camaño
| image=Eduardo Camaño.jpg
| office = Minister of Government of [[Buenos Aires Province]]
| term_start= 20 March 2009
| term_end = 10 December 2011
| governor = [[Daniel Scioli]]
| predecessor = Alberto Pérez
| successor = [[Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez]]
| office1 = [[President of Argentina|President of the Chamber of Deputies in exercise of the Executive Branch]]
| term_start1 = 31 December 2001
| term_end1 = 2 January 2002
| predecessor1 = [[Adolfo Rodríguez Saá]] {{small|(as President)}}
| successor1 = [[Eduardo Duhalde]] {{small|(as President)}}
| office2 = [[List of presidents of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies|President of the Chamber of Deputies]]
| term_start2 = 5 December 2001
| term_end2 = 6 December 2005
| predecessor2 = [[Rafael Pascual (politician)|Rafael Pascual]]
| successor2 = [[Alberto Balestrini (politician)|Alberto Balestrini]]
| office3 = [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|National Deputy]]
| term_start3 = 10 December 1991
| term_end3 = 10 December 2007
| constituency3 = [[Buenos Aires Province]]
| office4 = Mayor of [[Quilmes Partido|Quilmes]]
| term_start4 = 10 December 1987
| term_end4 = 10 December 1991
| predecessor4 = Eduardo Vides
| successor4 = [[Aníbal Fernández]]
| birth_date={{birth date and age|1946|06|17|df=y}}
| birth_place=[[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
| spouse=
| party=[[Justicialist Party|Justicialist]]
| vicepresident=
| profession=[[Lawyer]]
| signature=Firma Eduardo Camaño.jpg
}}

'''Eduardo Oscar Camaño''' ({{IPA|es|eˈðwaɾðo kaˈmaɲo|-|Eduardo Camaño (ES-ar).ogg}}; born 17 June 1946) is an [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[Justicialist Party]] politician. He was in charge of the executive branch in a caretaker capacity, effectively acting as president, for two days between 31 December 2001, and 1 January 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jan/03/argentina.ukigoni |title=Argentina divided over latest saviour |last=Goni |first=Uki |date=January 2, 2002 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=July 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/12/31/argentina.resign/ |title=Argentina gets new president for a day |date=1 January 2002 |work=[[CNN]] |access-date=19 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2001/12/30/argentina.htm |title=Argentina's new president resigns after a week |date=December 31, 2001 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=July 19, 2017 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

==Political career==
Camaño was Mayor of [[Quilmes Partido]] from 1987 to 1991. Until 2007 he sat in the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies]] as a deputy elected in [[Buenos Aires Province]]. He served as majority leader of the lower house of the [[Argentine Congress]] from 2001, hence bringing him to the position of acting president. He became head of the executive branch because of the resignations of interim President [[Adolfo Rodríguez Saá]] and provisional Senate president [[Ramón Puerta]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1009628528394945440|title= Argentine President Rodriguez Saa Resigns After One Week in Office|author= Matt Moffett and Michelle Wallin|date= December 31, 2001|publisher= The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=September 18, 2015}}</ref>

In recent years he sat in the [[Federal Peronist]] block allied to [[Eduardo Duhalde]], largely in opposition to then [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Néstor Kirchner]]. In 2007, Camaño stood again for deputy, this time heading a list of anti-Kirchner Peronists in support of the presidential bid of dissident Peronist [[Roberto Lavagna]]. The list did badly and he faced a recount for the final place in the Chamber for the Province with [[Ricardo Cuccovillo]] of the [[Civic Coalition (Argentina)|Civic Coalition]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2007/11/30/noticia_0065.html|title= Dos candidatos a diputado bonaerense pelean la banca|trans-title= Two candidates to deputy for Buenos Aires fight for the seat|language= Spanish|author= |date= 30 November 2007|publisher= Perfil|accessdate= 18 September 2015|archive-date= 7 February 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120207021639/http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2007/11/30/noticia_0065.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> Ultimately Cuccovillo was sworn in as deputy and Camaño lost his seat.

Camaño chaired the national council of the Justicialist Party, making him de facto party leader, alongside supporters of both Duhalde and Kirchner. In 2008, when Kirchner assumed the leadership of the Justicialist Party, Camaño was offered an executive position, the only ally of Lavagna to do so, in what had been seen as a chance to reconcile the different wings of Peronism.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1005755-lavagna-quedo-fuera-del-partido|title= Lavagna quedó fuera del partido|trans-title=Lavagna is out of the party|language= Spanish|author= |date=19 April 2008|publisher= La Nación|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref> 

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.casarosada.gob.ar/informacion/discursos/18-nuestro-pais/galeria-de-presidentes/417-eduardo-oscar-camano-2001 Casa Rosada] {{in lang|es}}

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