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Arturo Illia

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Arturo Illia , 1900-1983, president of Argentina (1963-66). A country physician, he entered politics after 1930, and from 1948 to 1952 he was one of the few non-Perónist representatives in the national legislature. He was elected president in 1963, but with only 25% of the vote; he was unable to deal effectively with the country's deteriorating economy and the political problems created by the followers of deposed Juan Perón . Illia canceled Argentina's petroleum contracts with foreign companies, a move that, while popular, soon destroyed the country's virtual self-sufficiency... Read more

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...rule following the election of Arturo Frondizi in 1958, the Peronists...elections were held in which Arturo Illia won the presidency. Illia took a conciliatory approach...the military ousted President Illia and installed General Juan Carlos... Read more

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...for Integration and Development), led by Arturo Frondizi and the Uni ó n C í...Since the Peronist party was still banned, Arturo Illia, the UCRP candidate, won the contest...Carlos Ongan í a deposed President Illia in 1966. Return of Per ó n The new... Read more

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	J.C. Ongania Dies; Argentine Leader in '60s ; ...censored the arts and the media while in power, Gen. Ongania took office after the military ousted civilian President Arturo Illia in a coup. Four years later, in 1970, he, too, was toppled following labor and student unrest and was replaced by another... Read more
	OBITUARY : General Juan Carlos Ongana ; ...reactionary cronies fearful of a return of Peronism, seized government on 28 June 1966 from an elderly provincial doctor, Arturo Illia, who was the only decent president Argentina has known in over half a century. Ongana's rule is remembered for his order... Read more
	El Informe Oppenheimer / El ultimo tango de Menem.(Internacional) ; ...bajo del que tuvo el ex Presidente Arturo Illia, que ganó las elecciones de 1963 con un 25 por ciento del voto. Illia, un médico de provincia con...el riesgo de seguir la suerte de Illia? No necesariamente. Afortunadamente... Read more
	The Anecdote as a Symbolic Expression of the Social and Cultural Milieu of Journalists.(Critical Essay) ; ...that took place during the presidential term of Dr Arturo Illia. For many years, Illia had practised as a medical doctor in a small provincial...about the coup d'etat the military was planning, Illia was in his office at the Pink House (Government... Read more
	OBITUARY : Ricardo Rojo ; ...involved in the politics of the province. In 1957 he supported Arturo Frondizi's move that split the old Radical Party, and Frondizi...its dishonesty and overthrow of the constitutional regime of Arturo U. Illia, but was putting Argentina on the road to chaos. He supported... Read more
	3rd Argentine economy minister in 6 yrs. quits ; ...74-year-old politician of the ruling Radical Civic Union party (UCR), was economy minister during the late president Arturo Illia's tenure in the mid-1960s. Sourrouille's resignation was publicly demanded Thursday by the UCR's presidential candidate... Read more
	Crónica de una renuncia esperada.(días de Fernando de la Rúa como presidente)(TT: Chronicle of a expected resignation.)(TA: days of Fernando de la Rúa as president)(Artículo Breve) ; ...salida. Renunció. Repetía, con ese gesto, una constante del centenario Partido Radical: sus tres presidentes, Arturo Illia, Raúl Alfonsín y Fernando de la Rúa, no llegaron a terminar sus mandatos. Una enfermedad moral Muchas... Read more
	Refuerza segunda ronda al Presidente.(Internacional) ; ...respaldo popular al Presidente, y evita situaciones como la de 1963, cuando a la salida de otra dictadura, el radical Arturo Illia ganó con 22 por ciento en momentos en que el peronismo estaba proscripto. Allí, los votos nulos llegaron al... Read more
	Obituary: Bernardo Kordon ; ...the dustmen's strike of December 1965, one of the big walk- outs during the short-lived democratic presidency of Arturo Umberto Illia which ended with a military coup in June 1966. The story describes a street row between a driver in a hurry and... Read more
	Obituary: Lorenzo Miguel Powerful figure in Argentine trade unionism ; ...resistance to the right-wing military regimes that had followed the overthrow of the weak civilian government of President Arturo Illia in 1966, and he was handsomely rewarded by the triumphant Peronists. By that time the UOM had more than half a million... Read more

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