General

General

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 José Félix Benito Uriburu y Uriburu (1868-1932) was the first de facto President of Argentina

President of Argentina

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, achieved through a military coup, from September 6, 1930 to February 20, 1932.

Biography

Born in the Argentine province of Salta

Salta

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, former President José Evaristo Uriburu

José Evaristo Uriburu

José Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898....

 was his uncle. He led a military coup against democratically-elected President Hipólito Yrigoyen

Hipólito Yrigoyen

Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Irigoyen Alem was twice President of Argentina . His activism became the prime impetus behind the obtainment of universal suffrage in Argentina in 1912...

, in which the far-right Argentine Patriotic League

Argentine Patriotic League

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 participated. The coup marked the start of what was later called the Infamous Decade

Infamous Decade

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. His regime was strongly supported by rightist intellectuals such as Rodolfo

Rodolfo Irazusta

Rodolfo Irazusta was an Argentine writer and politician who was one of the leading lights of the nationalist movement of the 1920s and 1930s. He collaborated closely with his younger brother Julio Irazusta throughout his career....

 and Julio Irazusta and Juan Carulla

Juan Carulla

Juan Emiliano Carulla was an Argentine physician and nationalist politician.In his early years Carulla was a supporter of anarchism but this was to change after a trip to Europe during the First World War...

.

He stayed as head of the government until 1932, implementing several reforms including cutting of government employees' salaries by more than 10 percent.

After being diagnosed with stomach cancer

Stomach cancer

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 in early 1932, he endured a brief period of futile recovery before dying in Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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on 29 April 1932.