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Roberto Marcelo Levingston
President of Argentina from 1970 to 1971 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (10 January 1920[1][2][3] – 17 June 2015) was an Argentine Army general who was the 36th President of Argentina from 1970 to 1971.[4][5] His presidency was marked by a protectionist economic policy amid the country's financial struggles, and the imposition of the death penalty against terrorists and kidnappers.
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Early life and education
Levingston was born on 10 January 1920 in San Luis Province.[6] He was the son of Guillermo David Levingston Sierralta and Carmen Laborda Guiñazú.[7][8] After completing his secondary studies, Levingston attended the Colegio Militar de la Nación starting in 1938, where he graduated from in 1941.[6] He chose to pursue the branch of cavalry officer at the college, and upon graduating became a second lieutenant of cavalry.[9] In January 1948 he obtained the rank of captain after having previously been promoted to first lieutenant.[10]
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Presidency
Levingston's military expertise included intelligence and counterinsurgency, and he took the presidency of Argentina on 18 June 1970, in a military coup engineered by commander-in-chief Alejandro Lanusse that deposed Juan Carlos Onganía over his ineffective response to the Montoneros and other guerillas.[5] Lanusse later called Levingston's appointment as a "barbarity" while defending the deicision at the time, saying that "it was done so as to avoid what had been happening" under Onganía.[11]
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,[4] and by the imposition of the death penalty against terrorists and kidnappers.[5] In response to renewed anti-government rioting in Córdoba, the labor crisis under his leadership, and his attempt to dismiss Lanusse, he was deposed on 21 March 1971, by another military junta led by Lanusse.[4][5][12]
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Death
He died on 17 June 2015, at the age of 95.[6] He is the longest-lived President of Argentina.[13]
Personal life
In 1943, Levingston married Betty Nelly Andrés and had two sons and one daughter.[2]
Cabinet
Levingston's cabinet underwent several changes during his brief presidency, with key ministerial positions experiencing turnover particularly in October 1970.
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References
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