Brigadier General Roberto Marcelo Levingston | |
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![]() Levingston in 1970 | |
36th President of Argentina | |
In office 18 June 1970 – 23 March 1971 | |
Vice President | Vacant |
Preceded by | Juan Carlos Onganía |
Succeeded by | Alejandro Agustín Lanusse |
Personal details | |
Born | (1920-01-10)10 January 1920 San Luis, Argentina |
Died | 17 June 2015(2015-06-17) (aged 95) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Betty Nelly Andrés |
Children | 3 |
Profession | Military |
Signature | ![]() |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | Argentine Army |
Years of service | 1938–1971 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Commands | Argentine Army |
Battles/wars | Argentine Revolution |
Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (10 January 1920[1][2][3] – 17 June 2015) was anArgentine Army general who was the 36thPresident of Argentina from 1970 to 1971.[4][5]
Levingston was born inSan Luis Province, and graduated from theColegio Militar de la Nación in 1941.[6]
On 18 December 1943, Levingston married Betty Nelly Andrés (born 4 May 1926)[7] and had two sons and one daughter, Roberto, Maria and Alberto.
Levingston's military expertise includedintelligence andcounterinsurgency, and he took the presidency of Argentina on 18 June 1970, in a military coup that deposedJuan Carlos Onganía over his ineffective response to theMontoneros and other guerillas.[5] His regime was marked by aprotectionist economic policy that did little to overcome theinflation andrecession that the country was undergoing at the time,[4] and by the imposition of thedeath penalty against terrorists and kidnappers.[5] In response to renewed anti-government rioting inCórdoba and to the labor crisis under his leadership, he was deposed on 21 March 1971, by another military junta led byAlejandro Lanusse.[4][5]
He died on 17 June 2015, at the age of 95.[6] He is the longest-lived President of Argentina.[8]
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