Fernando de la Rúa

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Fernando de la Rúa Bruno (born September 15, 1937 in Córdoba , Argentina , † July 9, 2019 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine politician of the Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) party and president from December 10, 1999 to December 21, 2001 from Argentina . He was president during the Argentine financial crisis of 2001 .

Career

De la Rúa studied and obtained a doctorate in law from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba . He joined the Unión Cívica Radical as a young man and worked in the Ministry of the Interior from 1963 to 1966 during the presidency of Arturo Illias. In 1973 he was elected to the Argentine upper house ( Senado ) as the representative of the city of Buenos Aires . In the same year he ran as Vice President in the electoral formula Ricardo Balbín / Fernando de la Rúa, but was inferior to Juan Perón / María Estela Martínez de Perón . After the military coup in 1976 , he lost his seat in the Senado and subsequently worked as a lawyer. After the end of the military dictatorship, de la Rúa was again a member of the Senado from 1983 to 1989 and from 1993 to 1996 . In 1996 he was elected mayor and head of government of Buenos Aires . He held this office until his presidency.

Presidency

De la Rúa ran for the 1999 presidential election with a center-left coalition and was able to replace the Peronist government. He was elected by the Judicialist Party (Peronists) with 48.5% of the vote ahead of Eduardo Duhalde and took office on December 10, 1999.

The already troubled economic situation in Argentina deteriorated further during the years of his presidency. De la Rúa took over the high foreign debt of his predecessor Carlos Menem and had little room for maneuver due to the US dollar parity of the Argentine peso . De la Rúa tried to cut government spending without giving the economy any significant upturn. There were always tensions in his coalition and the ministers were frequently exchanged. On March 20, 2001, Domingo Cavallo, a former Peronist and father of the 1: 1 link to the US dollar, took over the important economic department . At the height of the Argentina crisis at the end of 2001, he felt compelled to freeze all bank accounts (" Corralito "), which triggered a storm of indignation among the population, which is expressed above all in the cacerolazos (common loud beating of a wooden spoon Kochtopf) and the unemployment movement, the piqueteros (unemployed people organized in umbrella organizations). In addition, at the end of 2001 there was massive looting in and around Buenos Aires by the unemployed. De la Rúa resigned on 21 December 2001 after more than 27 people had died in violent clashes between protesters and police in the previous days. He escaped by helicopter. Days later, Argentina announced its bankruptcy.

After the presidency

After his presidency, de la Rúa withdrew from politics. In 2012, he was charged with a bribery scandal during his presidency. However, in 2013 he was acquitted.

Others

His son, the lawyer Antonio de la Rúa , born in 1973 , was the life partner of the Colombian singer Shakira between 2000 and 2010 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Fernando de la Rúa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Murió el expresidente Fernando de la Rúa. July 9, 2019, Retrieved July 9, 2019 (Spanish).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Argentinidad - Fernando De La Rua. March 5, 2016, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Argenpress.info - Perfil de: Fernando de la Rúa - 11/7/2002. July 11, 2002, accessed on May 16, 2019 .
  4. ^ Economic crisis: Argentina's President de la Rúa resigned . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 16, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Evolución de la Deuda Externa Argentina. March 28, 2008, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  6. ^ En el ojo de la tormenta. November 14, 1999, Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  7. ↑ Clarín.com: Anuncian la poda salarial para 140,000 estatales. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  8. ↑ Clarín.com: De la Rúa completó los cambios en el Gobierno. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
  9. ↑ Argentina: The Economic Crisis of 2001. July 18, 2018, accessed May 16, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Argentina's President de la Rúa resigned , faz.net, December 21, 2001. Retrieved April 27, 2012.
  11. ^ National bankruptcy - Escape by helicopter. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Argentina's ex-President De la Rua in court - derStandard.at. Retrieved May 16, 2019 (Austrian German).
  13. ↑ Absuelven al expresidente argentino de la Rúa de juicio por supuestos sobornos. In: CNN. December 23, 2013, Retrieved May 16, 2019 (European Spanish).
  14. ^ Bribery case: court acquits Argentina's ex-president. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  15. ↑ n-tv NEWS: Ex-boyfriend sued Shakira. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
predecessor Office successor
Carlos Saúl Menem President of Argentina
1999–2001 		Ramón Puerta
personal data
SURNAME Rúa, Fernando de la
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine politician and was President of Argentina (1999–2001)
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Cordoba , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2019
Place of death Buenos Aires