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Alfredo Astiz

1951 - Today

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Alfredo Ignacio Astiz (born 8 November 1951) is a convicted war criminal and former Argentine military commander, intelligence officer, and naval commando who served in the Argentine Navy during the military dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla during the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional (1976–1983). He was known as El Ángel Rubio de la Muerte (the "Blond Angel of Death"), and had a reputation as a torturer. He was discharged from the military in 1998 after defending his actions in a press interview. He was a member of GT 3.3.2 (Task Group 3.3.2) based in the Naval Mechanics School (ESMA) in Buenos Aires during the Dirty War of 1976–1983. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfredo Astiz is the 1,588th most popular military personnel (down from 1,545th in 2019), the 304th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 284th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Argentinean Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alfredo Astiz ranks 1,588 out of 2,058. Before him are Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, François Perrier, Vasyl Makukh, Baba Nobuharu, Hans Felber, and Pierre André de Suffren. After him are Douglas Bader, Mikhail Yegorov, Georges Mouton, Abbakka Chowta, Arleigh Burke, and Gaius Cassius Longinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Alfredo Astiz ranks 282. Before him are Andris Bērziņš, Enda Kenny, Anthony Phillips, Jóannes Eidesgaard, Viktor Sukhorukov, and Phil Manzanera. After him are Catherine Hicks, Tony Amendola, Yvonne Farrell, Margo Martindale, Rosa Montero, and Leonid Kadeniuk.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Alfredo Astiz ranks 304 out of 1,154. Before him are Martín Palermo (1973), Antonio Roma (1932), Néstor Rossi (1925), Edmundo Piaggio (1905), Luis Alberto Spinetta (1950), and Ricardo La Volpe (1952). After him are Alberto Zorrilla (1906), Herminio Masantonio (1910), Antonio Sastre (1911), Maxi López (1984), Claudio López (1974), and Carlos Spadaro (1902).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Argentina

Among military personnels born in Argentina, Alfredo Astiz ranks 5. Before him are José de San Martín (1778), Tamara Bunke (1937), Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903), and Emilio Eduardo Massera (1925).

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