Eduardo Camaño

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Eduardo Camaño
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President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in exercise of the Executive Branch
In office
December 31, 2001 – January 2, 2002
Preceded byAdolfo Rodríguez Saá (as President)
Succeeded byEduardo Duhalde (as President)
President of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies
In office
December 5, 2001 – December 6, 2005
Preceded byRafael Pascual
Succeeded byAlberto Balestrini
Personal details
Born (1946-06-17) June 17, 1946 (age 75)
Buenos Aires
NationalityArgentine
Political partyJusticialist
ProfessionLawyer
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Eduardo Oscar Camaño (born June 17, 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 December 31, 2001, and January 1, 2002.[1][2][3]

Biography[]

Camaño was Mayor of Quilmes Partido from 1987 to 1991. Until 2007 he sat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for 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 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]

References[]

  1. ^ Goni, Uki (January 2, 2002). "Argentina divided over latest saviour". The Guardian. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "Argentina gets new president for a day". CNN. January 1, 2002. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "Argentina's new president resigns after a week". USA Today. Associated Press. December 31, 2001. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Matt Moffett and Michelle Wallin (December 31, 2001). "Argentine President Rodriguez Saa Resigns After One Week in Office". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  5. ^ "Dos candidatos a diputado bonaerense pelean la banca" [Two candidates to deputy for Buenos Aires fight for the seat] (in Spanish). Perfil. November 30, 2007. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  6. ^ "Lavagna quedó fuera del partido" [Lavagna is out of the party] (in Spanish). La Nación. April 19, 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
Preceded by Acting head of the executive branch of Argentina
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