Eduardo Camaño

Eduardo Oscar Camaño (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo kaˈmaɲo] ^ⓘ; born 17 June 1946) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was in charge of the executive branch in a caretaker capacity, effectively acting as president, for two days between 31 December 2001, and 1 January 2002.^[1][2][3]

Eduardo Camaño
Minister of Government of Buenos Aires Province
In office 20 March 2009 – 10 December 2011
Governor	Daniel Scioli
Preceded by	Alberto Pérez
Succeeded by	Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez
President of the Chamber of Deputies in exercise of the Executive Branch
In office 31 December 2001 – 2 January 2002
Preceded by	Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (as President)
Succeeded by	Eduardo Duhalde (as President)
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 5 December 2001 – 6 December 2005
Preceded by	Rafael Pascual
Succeeded by	Alberto Balestrini
National Deputy
In office 10 December 1991 – 10 December 2007
Constituency	Buenos Aires Province
Mayor of Quilmes
In office 10 December 1987 – 10 December 1991
Preceded by	Eduardo Vides
Succeeded by	Aníbal Fernández
Personal details
Born	(1946-06-17) 17 June 1946 (age 78) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political party	Justicialist
Profession	Lawyer
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Political career

Camaño was Mayor of Quilmes Partido from 1987 to 1991. Until 2007 he sat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as a deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province. He served as majority leader of the lower house of the Argentine Congress from 2001, hence bringing him to the position of acting president. He became head of the executive branch because of the resignations of interim President Adolfo Rodríguez Saá and provisional Senate president Ramón Puerta.^[4]

In recent years he sat in the Federal Peronist block allied to Eduardo Duhalde, largely in opposition to then President Néstor Kirchner. In 2007, Camaño stood again for deputy, this time heading a list of anti-Kirchner Peronists in support of the presidential bid of dissident Peronist Roberto Lavagna. The list did badly and he faced a recount for the final place in the Chamber for the Province with Ricardo Cuccovillo of the Civic Coalition.^[5] Ultimately Cuccovillo was sworn in as deputy and Camaño lost his seat.

Camaño chaired the national council of the Justicialist Party, making him de facto party leader, alongside supporters of both Duhalde and Kirchner. In 2008, when Kirchner assumed the leadership of the Justicialist Party, Camaño was offered an executive position, the only ally of Lavagna to do so, in what had been seen as a chance to reconcile the different wings of Peronism.^[6]