Roberto María Ortiz

Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi (September 24, 1886 – July 15, 1942) was the 19th President of Argentina from February 20, 1938 to June 27, 1942.

For other uses, see Roberto Ortiz (disambiguation).
Roberto M. Ortiz
President of Argentina
In office
February 20, 1938 – June 26, 1942
Vice PresidentRamón Castillo
Preceded byAgustín P. Justo
Succeeded byRamón Castillo
Personal details
Born(1886-09-24)September 24, 1886
Buenos Aires
DiedJuly 15, 1942(1942-07-15) (aged 55)
Buenos Aires
NationalityArgentine
Political partyRadical Civic Union
Other political
affiliations		Concordancia
Spouse(s)María Luisa Iribarne Daubert
ProfessionLawyer

Ortiz is a little remembered president. He became president in 1937, in one of the most fraudulent elections in our history, but his main management objective was to end fraud. The attempt to normalize the institutions confronted him with his vice president, Ramón Castillo, leader of the conservative sectors of the government coalition. The president and vice president belonged to different political groupings. Ortiz was a radical antipersonnel and Castillo, a conservative in the National Democratic Party. Both were part of the formula of Concordancia, a coalition that had ruled since 1932.[1]

Life

Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires. As a student at the University of Buenos Aires, he participated in an unsuccessful revolution in 1905. In 1909 he graduated from the university and became a lawyer.

He became active in the Radical Civic Union and was elected to the Argentine National Congress in 1920. He served as minister of public works from 1925 to 1928. He supported the Revolution of 1930 and served as minister of the treasury from 1935 to 1937.

Presidency

In the presidential elections of 1937, he was the official government candidate and won, though the opposition accused him of participating in fraud, as irregularities were widespread. Ortiz never denied those charges but once he took office he tried to make Argentine politics more open and truly democratic. Soon after becoming president, Ortiz became seriously ill with diabetes and on July 3, 1940, he delegated his powers to vice-president Ramón Castillo. He was pro-Allies but because of opposition in the army, he did not break relations with the Axis. He resigned a few weeks before his death.

Honours

See also

References
  1. Perochena, Camila (25 April 2021). "Presidentes en la tormenta: Ortiz y Castillo, una puja feroz en el seno del poder". La Nación.


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