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Reynaldo Bignone
Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone was an Argentine general who served as the de facto President of Argentina from 1 July 1982 to 10 December 1983, the last president to serve under the National Reorganization Process. In 2010, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of persons suspected of opposing the government during the Dirty War, and would rece…
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politics · President of Argentina from 1982 to 1983 · politician · military officer · military personnel · also Reynaldo Bignone, Reynaldo Benito Antonio Bignone, Bignone
Born 21 January 1928 · Died 7 March 2018 · Q298430
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2018· 4 entries
Seattle Times: Reynaldo Bignone, last leader of Argentina’s murderous junta, dies at 90
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Digital Journal: Last Argentine ‘Dirty War’ junta leader Reynaldo Bignone dies
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Died 2018-03-07.
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2017· 1 entry
Bigone's sentence was increased to life imprisonment, which he was still serving at the time of his death in March 2018
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2010· 1 entry
Was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of persons suspected of opposing the government during the Dirty War, and would receive additional convictions and eventually a l
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2003· 1 entry
People in Argentina were outraged by comments of Bignone and two other generals defending their actions during the Dirty War, expressed in the film documentary, Escadrons de la mort: l'ecole francaise (2003); this was di
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1985· 1 entry
Proceedings which acquitted Bignone of responsibility, but left open the possibility of civil trials against him
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1982· 2 entries
Economy Minister Jorge Wehbe launched a "price controls" that "put the products of 675 companies under government control" due to "the need to "protect real wages," threatened by a "monopolistic industrial structure
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Career landmark: President of Argentina (1982–1983).
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1975· 1 entry
Could not avoid suspicion of a gentleman's agreement with Bignone for the sake of preventing future investigations
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1928· 2 entries
Born 1928-01-21.
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In Morón, which today is part of the Greater Buenos Aires area
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