Roberto Alemann
Roberto Alemann (born December 22, 1922 in Buenos Aires ; † March 27, 2020 ibid) was an Argentine politician , lawyer , journalist and author .
Life
His family's ancestors immigrated to Argentina from Switzerland . Alemann's ancestors founded the German-language weekly newspaper, the Argentinisches Tageblattes . Alemann attended the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires , where he graduated in 1941, and studied law and social sciences at the Universidad de Buenos Aires . As a political opponent of President Juan Perón , he joined Raúl Prebisch's team in 1955. In 1957 he was a co-founder of Asociación Argentina de Economia Politica . In April 1961 Alemann succeeded the Argentine Minister of Economic Affairs Álvaro Alsogaray in the government of Arturo Frondizi . In January 1962 he had to give up the post of Minister of Economic Affairs due to conservative pressure from Argentine military personnel. After his resignation, Alemann worked in the private sector and was a lobbyist for the Swiss bank UBS . From 1964 to 1973 he was a professor for economics at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. In December 1981, under General Leopoldo Galtieri , Alemann was again appointed Minister of Economics in Argentina after the budget of the Argentine government collapsed due to external debt. As Minister of Economic Affairs, Alemann tried to stabilize the economic situation in Argentina and began to repair the strained economic relations with the US government of Ronald Reagan and the International Monetary Fund . The invasion of the Falkland Islands by the Argentine military on April 2, 1982 destroyed Alemann's reform efforts. After the defeat of the Argentine military in the Falklands War , Alemann was replaced as Minister of Economics. After retiring from Argentine politics, Alemann devoted himself to his journalistic activities for the Argentinisches Tageblatt as well as for a column in the Clarin newspaper .
Works (selection)
- Sistemas Económicos (1953), Buenos Aires: Arayú
- Hacia una política de inversiones (1960), Buenos Aires: Selección Contable
- Curso de Política Económica Argentina (1970-81), Buenos Aires: EUDEBA
- Breve historia de la politica económica argentina (1989), Buenos Aires: Claridad
- Recordando a Kennedy (1996), Buenos Aires: Sudamericana
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alemann, Roberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentinian politician, lawyer, journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2020 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |