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Raúl Alfonsín

1927 - 2009

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Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈul alfonˈsin] ; 12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after the 7-years National Reorganization Process. Ideologically, he identified as a radical and a social democrat, serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, 1999 to 2001, with his political approach being known as "Alfonsinism". Born in Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province, Alfonsín began his studies of law at the National University of La Plata and was a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raúl Alfonsín is the 2,856th most popular politician (down from 2,481st in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 31st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Argentinean Politician.

Raúl Alfonsín is most famous for being the first democratically elected president of Argentina after the dictatorship of Jorge Rafael Videla and Leopoldo Galtieri.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Raúl Alfonsín ranks 2,856 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacob Zuma, Odaenathus, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Nureddin al-Atassi, Herodes Atticus, and Emperor Go-Daigo. After him are Margaret Douglas, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Oswald Mosley, Milorad Dodik, William I of Württemberg, and Władysław Anders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Raúl Alfonsín ranks 42. Before him are Theodore Maiman, Lawrence Kohlberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Niklas Luhmann, Harry Belafonte, and Emmanuelle Riva. After him are Harry Mulisch, Juliette Gréco, Roy Cohn, Robert Ludlum, Sydney Brenner, and William Perry. Among people deceased in 2009, Raúl Alfonsín ranks 25. Before him are Farrah Fawcett, Amin al-Hafiz, Vitaly Ginzburg, Omar Bongo, Les Paul, and Karl Malden. After him are Milorad Pavić, Robert F. Furchgott, João Bernardo Vieira, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Vivian Maier, and Ted Kennedy.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Raúl Alfonsín ranks 30 out of 1,154. Before him are Gabriel Batistuta (1969), Helenio Herrera (1910), Guillermo Stábile (1905), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (1931), Mercedes Sosa (1935), and César Luis Menotti (1938). After him are Daniel Passarella (1953), Leonardo Sandri (1943), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Queen Máxima of the Netherlands (1971), Carlos Reutemann (1942), and Hernán Crespo (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Raúl Alfonsín ranks 9. Before him are Jorge Rafael Videla (1925), Isabel Martínez de Perón (1931), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (1953), Carlos Menem (1930), Néstor Kirchner (1950), and Leopoldo Galtieri (1926). After him are Richard Walther Darré (1895), Alberto Fernández (1959), Reynaldo Bignone (1928), Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), Fernando de la Rúa (1937), and Hipólito Yrigoyen (1852).

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