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Pacho O'Donnell
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| Born | Mario Ernesto O'Donnell Ure (1941-10-28) 28 October 1941 (age 82) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Physician, politician, writer, and historian |
| Language | Spanish |
| Period | 1975-2012 |
| Genre | Historian |
| Notable works | Rosas, el maldito de la historia oficial |
| Notable awards | Illustrious citizen of Buenos Aires (2009) |
| Spouse | Susana Evans Civit |
| Children | 5 |
Mario Ernesto O'Donnell Ure (born 28 October 1941),[1] known professionally as "Pacho O'Donnell", is an Argentine writer, politician, historian and physician who specializes in psychoanalysis.
After the return to democracy in Argentina in 1983, he was named Secretary of Culture of the city of Buenos Aires. He ran unsuccessfully for the 1988 presidential nomination in the Radical Civic Union primaries, but later became a Peronist and was elected to the Argentine Senate for the city of Buenos Aires in 1998.[2] President Carlos Menem appointed O'Donnell Ambassador to Bolivia and Paraguay, as well as Secretary of Culture. He was elected to the Buenos Aires City Legislature in 2002.[3]
He is currently engaged on the diffusion of Argentine historical knowledge, being part of the "neorevisionist" school which contests the official reading of history imposed in Argentina (democracy being restored only in 1983), and hosted the television show Historia confidencial (Confidential History) with fellow historians José Ignacio García Hamilton and Felipe Pigna.[citation needed]
He received the『Isabel la Católica』("Isabella the Catholic") order from the Spanish King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and the『Palmas Académicas』("Academic palms") in France.[4] The legislature of Buenos Aires honoured him as illustrious citizen in October 2009.[5]
Born in Buenos Aires to Mario Antonio O'Donnell Suárez and Susana Lucrecia Ure Aldao, he is married to Susana Evans Civit, with whom he has five children. His brother, Guillermo, was a noted political scientist.[citation needed]
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