Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Duhalde | |
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Duhalde during Javier Milei's inauguration, 2023 | |
| 54th President of Argentina | |
| Interim 2 January 2002 – 25 May 2003 | |
| Vice President | None |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Néstor Kirchner |
| National Senator | |
| In office 11 December 2001 – 2 January 2002 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Governor of Buenos Aires | |
| In office 10 December 1991 – 10 December 1999 | |
| Vice Governor | Rafael Romá |
| Preceded by | Antonio Cafiero |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Ruckauf |
| 30th Vice President of Argentina | |
| In office 8 July 1989 – 10 December 1991 | |
| President | Carlos Menem |
| Preceded by | Víctor Hipolito Martínez |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Ruckauf |
| Member of the Constitutional Convention | |
| In office 1 May 1994 – 22 August 1994 | |
| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 1987 – 6 July 1989 | |
| Constituency | Buenos Aires |
| Mayor of Lomas de Zamora | |
| In office 11 December 1983 – 10 December 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Military Junta |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Toledo |
| In office 8 August 1974 – 24 March 1976 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Pablo Turner |
| Succeeded by | Military Junta |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eduardo Alberto Duhalde 5 October 1941 Lomas de Zamora, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse | Hilda Beatriz González |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
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Eduardo Alberto Duhalde (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo alˈβeɾto ˈðwalde] ⓘ; born 5 October 1941) is a former politician from Argentina. A member of the Peronist party, Duhalde served as the interim president of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. In the 1990s, he also held the positions of vice president and governor of Buenos Aires.
Duhalde was elected to the local legislature and appointed intendente (mayor) in 1973. He was deposed during the 1976 Argentine coup d'état. After democracy returned, he was elected again in 1983. He was elected vice president of Argentina in 1989, under President Carlos Menem. Duhalde resigned as vice president and was elected governor of Buenos Aires Province in 1991, and re-elected in 1995.
He ran for president in 1999 and was defeated by Fernando de la Rúa, who ended up resigning during the December 2001 riots. After he resigned, Congress appointed the governor of San Luis Province Adolfo Rodríguez Saá as president. When Rodríguez Saá also resigned, Congress appointed Duhalde. During Duhalde’s presidency, a major currency devaluation and rising exchange rates contributed to a gradual economic recovery. He successfully supported the candidate Néstor Kirchner against Menem. Duhalde is largely retired from politics since his defeat in the 2011 presidential elections.