Roberto M. Levingston

Roberto Levingston
37th President of Argentina De facto
In office June 18, 1970 – March 21, 1971
Preceded by	Juan Carlos Onganía
Succeeded by	Alejandro Lanusse
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Born	January 19, 1920 (1920-01-19) (age 91) San Luis, Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	none
Profession	Military

Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (born January 19, 1920) was a general in the Argentine Army and president of Argentina from June 18, 1970 to March 22, 1971, during the Revolución Argentina period in Argentine history.^[1][2] His military expertise included intelligence and counterinsurgency, and he took the presidency of Argentina in a military coup that deposed Juan Carlos Onganía over his ineffective response to the Montoneros and other guerillas.^[2] His regime was marked by a protectionist economic policy that did little to overcome the inflation and recession that the country was undergoing at the time,^[1] and by the imposition of the death penalty against terrorists and kidnappers.^[2] In response to renewed anti-government rioting in Córdoba and to the labor crisis under his leadership, he was deposed by another military junta led by Alejandro Lanusse.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Lewis, Daniel K. (2001), The History of Argentina, The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, Greenwood Publishing Group, pp. 134–135, ISBN 9780313312564 .
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Keen, Benjamin; Haynes, Keith (2008), A History of Latin America (8th ed.), Cengage Learning, p. 374, ISBN 9780618783182 .

Preceded by Juan Carlos Onganía

Presidents of Argentina 1970–1971

Succeeded by Alejandro A. Lanusse

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Name	Levingston, Roberto Marcelo
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Date of birth	January 19, 1920
Place of birth	San Luis, Argentina
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