Ramón Castillo: Difference between revisions

{{short description|20th President of Argentina (1942-43)}}

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| name = '''Ramón Castillo'''

| image = Ramón_Castillo.png

| nationality = [[Argentina|Argentine]]

| order1 = [[President of Argentina]]

| term_start1 = June 27, 1942

| term_end1 = June 4, 1943

| predecessor1 = [[Roberto María Ortiz|Roberto M. Ortiz]]

| successor1 = [[Arturo Rawson]]

| order2 = [[Vice President of Argentina]]

| term_start2 = February 20, 1938

| term_end2 = June 27, 1942

| president2 = [[Roberto María Ortiz|Roberto M. Ortiz]]

| predecessor2 = [[Julio Argentino Pascual Roca|Julio A. P. Roca]]

| successor2 = [[Saba Sueyro]]

| birth_name = Ramón Antonio Castillo Barrionuevo

| birth_date = November 20, 1873

| birth_place = [[Ancasti Department|Ancasti]], [[Catamarca Province|Catamarca]]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|10|12|1873|11|20}}

| death_place = [[Buenos Aires]]

| spouse = María Delia Luzuriaga

| party = [[National Democratic Party (Argentina)|PDN]] ([[Concordancia (Argentina)|Concordancia]])

| vicepresident =

| profession = [[Lawyer]]

'''Ramón Antonio Castillo Barrionuevo''' (November 20, 1873 &ndash; October 12, 1944) was a [[conservatism|conservative]] [[Argentina|Argentine]] politician who served as [[President of Argentina]] from June 27, 1942 to June 4, 1943. He was a leading figure in the period known as the [[Infamous Decade]], characterised by [[electoral fraud]], [[corruption]], and rule by conservative landowners heading the alliance known as the ''[[Concordancia (Argentina)|Concordancia]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X23000597|last1=Taccone|first1=Nicolas|last2=Lopez|first2=Ignacio|title=Democrats' Mistakes and the Birth of Authoritarian Rule: Ramón S. Castillo and the Fall of Conservative Democracy in Argentina|journal=Journal of Latin American Studies|year=2023|volume=55|issue=3 |pages=429–453|doi=10.1017/S0022216X23000597 |access-date=6 February 2024}}</ref>

Castillo graduated in law from the [[University of Buenos Aires]] (UBA) and began a judicial career. He reached the Appeals Chamber of commercial law before retiring and dedicating himself to teaching. He was professor and dean at [[University of Buenos Aires|UBA]] between 1923 and 1928.

Castillo was named Federal Intervenor of [[Tucumán Province]] in 1930. From 1932 until 1935, he was elected to the [[Argentine Senate]] for [[Catamarca Province]] for the [[National Democratic Party (Argentina)|National Democratic Party]] and was also Minister of Interior.

From 1938 to 1942, Castillo was vice-president of Argentina under President [[Roberto Maria Ortiz|Roberto Ortiz]], who won the election by fraud as the head of the ''Concordancia''. He served as acting president from July 3, 1940 to June 27, 1942 due to the illness of President Ortiz, who did not resign until less than a month before his death. Castillo maintained Argentina's neutrality [[Argentina in World War II|during World War II]]. He was overthrown in the [[Revolution of '43]] military coup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/|title=Argentine President Ramon Castillo is ousted amidst rioting in Buenos Aires|website=British Pathé}}</ref> in the midst of an unpopular attempt to impose [[Robustiano Patrón Costas]] as his successor. [[Juan Domingo Perón]] was a junior officer in the coup.

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