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Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli was an Argentine military officer who served as the de facto President of Argentina from December 1981 to June 1982. Galtieri ruled as a military dictator during the National Reorganization Process as leader of the Third Junta with Jorge Anaya and Basilio Lami Dozo.
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politics · Argentine general and military ruler (1926–2003) · military officer · politician · also Leopoldo Galtieri, Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli, Galtieri
Born 15 July 1926 · Died 12 January 2003 · Q124993
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Y nuestros adversarios circunstanciales de hoy comprendan cual es la voluntad de Argentina. Aceptaremos el diálogo después de esta acción de fuerza. Pero en el convencimiento que la dignidad y el orgullo nacional han de ser mantenidos a toda costa y a cualquier precio.
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The Economist: Leopoldo Galtieri
The Washington Post: Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine President, Dies
Died 2003-01-12.
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“Las urnas están bien guardadas.”
“Y nuestros adversarios circunstanciales de hoy comprendan cual es la voluntad de Argentina. Aceptaremos el diálogo después de esta acción de fuerza. Pero en el convencimiento que la dignidad y el orgullo nacional han de ser mantenidos a toda costa y a cualquier precio.”
Galtieri and 39 other officers of the dictatorship were pardoned by President Carlos Menem
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And lived in obscurity until his arrest for new charges shortly before his death in 2003
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Was sentenced to twelve years in prison
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His court martial prosecution and conviction for war crimes and other offences
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When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands
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Career landmark: President of Argentina (1981–1982).
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Career landmark: Chief of the Army General Staff (1979–1982).
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Career landmark: commanding officer (1979).
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And commander-in-chief of the army in 1980 with the rank of lieutenant general
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After more than 25 years as a combat engineer, Galtieri became commander of the Argentine engineering corps
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Became a professor of engineering at the Senior War College
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Graduated from the US Army School of the Americas
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At 17 years old, he enrolled at the National Military Academy to study civil engineering, and his early military career was as an officer in the engineering branch of the Argentine Army
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Born 1926-07-15.
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