Carlos Saúl Menem

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Became President:	1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989
Predecessor:	Raúl Alfonsín, in 2003 Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes (born 13 March 1927) was president of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 9 July 1989. ...Raúl Alfonsín
Successor:	Fernando de la Rúa Bruno (born September 15, 1937) is an Argentine politician. ...Fernando de la Rúa
Date of Birth:	July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...July 2, 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...1930
Place of Birth:	Anillaco, La Rioja

Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...July 2, 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...1930) was List of Heads of State (Presidents and Dictators etc. ...President of Argentina from July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ...8 July 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989 to December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...10 December 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...1999 for the Categories: Politics stubs | Argentine political parties ...Justicialist Party ( Peronism is an Argentine political ideology based on the ideas and programs associated with former president Juan Perón. ...Peronist).

He was born into the Muslim family of Saúl Menem and Mohibe Akil, The Syrian Arab Republic is a country in the Middle East, bordering (from south to north) on Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. ...Syrian immigrants in the small town of Anillaco, in the Argentina is a country in southern South America, situated between the Andes in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east. ...Argentinian province of La Rioja is a town in Argentina. ...La Rioja.

He was trained as a lawyer at the University of Córdoba is a city located in the foothills of the Sierra Chica mountains on the Suquía river, the center of Argentinas most productive agricultural area. ...Córdoba and became a supporter of Juan Domingo Perón ( October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine military officer and the President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and from 1973 to 1974. ...Juan Domingo Perón.

Menem campaigned for political prisoners and was arrested in 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...1957 for supporting violent action against the dictatorship of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Cilveti (1903_1970) was a former president of Argentina. ...Aramburu.

Notwithstanding his conversion to catholicism, his ties with his parents'homeland remained strong. In 1964, he travelled to Syria where he met Zulema Fátima Yoma, another Syrian_Argentinian, whom he married in 1966. He also presided the Syrian_Lebanese Association of La Rioja.

He was elected governor of La Rioja in 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...1973, a prominent post that left him exposed after the overthrow of President President Perón giving a speech María Estela Martínez de Perón (born on February 4, 1931, in La Rioja, Argentina) better known as Isabel Martínez de Perón would become the third wife of Juan Perón and President of Argentina from 1 July 1974 to 24 March 1976. ...Isabel Martínez de Perón in March 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...1976. He was imprisoned by the Augusto Pinochet (sitting) was an army general who led a military coup in Chile in 1973. ...junta in Tandil, Buenos Aires, until 1981.

In October 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1983, with the collapse of military rule, Menem was elected once again as governor.

Campaigning as a maverick within his own party, he won the primary elections and was elected president in 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1989, succeeding Raúl Alfonsín, in 2003 Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes (born 13 March 1927) was president of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 9 July 1989. ...Raúl Alfonsín.

His major problem was the economy, damaged by hyperinflation and recession. Menem acted quickly: Finance minister Domingo Cavallo was the finance minister of Argentina during the administration of President Carlos Menem, and also in President Fernando de la Rúas. ...Domingo Cavallo introduced a series of reforms and Dollarization occurs when the inhabitants of a country use foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency. ...linked the peso to the US dollar. The economy improved at the cost of considerable unemployment.

In 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1991 he helped the formation of the Flag of Mercosur Mercosur or Mercosul (Spanish: Mercado Común del Sur, Portuguese: Mercado Comum do Sul, English: Southern Common Market) is a trading zone among Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, founded in 1991. ...Mercosur A customs union is a free trade zone with a common external tariff. ...customs union.

His rule became tainted with accusations of corruption. His handling of the investigations of the 1994 bombing of the The AMIA Bombing was an attack on the Argentine_Israeli Mutual Association building or Asociación Mutua Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in Spanish. ...AMIA Jewish community center was often critisized as being dishonest and superficial. He's suspected of deviating the investigation from the 'Iranian clue', which would lead to the responsibility of this country in the attact.

Carlos Menem with William Cohen and wife Janet

He pardoned Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo (born August 2, 1925 in Mercedes) is a former Argentine soldier and politician. ...Jorge Rafael Videla, Emilio Massera, President Galtieri Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli (July 15, 1926 _ January 12, 2003) was an Argentinian general and dictator. ...Leopoldo Galtieri and other leaders of the 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...1976_ 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1983 dictatorship.

Menem had the For the entry on the naval ship U.S.S. Constitution, see: USS Constitution. ...Constitution modified in 1994 to allow him to run for office once again in 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1995.

Moreover, his government reestablished relations with the United Kingdom, broken during the The Falklands War or the Malvinas War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) between March and June 1982. ...Falklands War.

During his presidency, his son Carlos Saúl Facundo Menem Yoma died in a flying accident. After divorcing Zulema Yoma, his remaining daughter Zulema María Eva Menem fulfilled the role of A First Lady is the female spouse of an elected male head of state such as a president or governor. ...First Lady in formal occasions.

His attempt to run for a third term in 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...1999 was unsuccessful, as it was ruled to be unconstitutional.

In May 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2001, he married The Republic of Chile is a country located on the southwestern coast of South America. ...Chilean model Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (May 19, Chilean television entertainer and personality, and a former Miss Universe. ...Cecilia Bolocco ( The Miss Universe beauty contest has been held since 1952 (not to be confused with the similar Miss World). ...Miss Universe 1987).

On June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...June 7, 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...2001, Menem was arrested over an arms export scandal dating back to 1991 and 1996, and remained under house arrest until November. He appeared before a judge in late August 2002 and denied all charges.

It was hinted that Menem held more than The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...USD $10 million in The Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. ...Swiss bank accounts. However, the Swiss banks and authorities denied these allegations.

Menem garnered the greatest number of votes in the April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ...April 27, 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 _ Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...2003, first round Argentina held a presidential election on Sunday, April 27, 2003. ...presidential election, but failed to get the votes necessary to win an overall majority. A second_round run_off vote between Menem and Néstor Carlos Kirchner (born 25 February 1950) is the current President of Argentina. ...Néstor Kirchner was scheduled for May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ...May 18, 2003. Being certain that he was about to face electoral defeat, Menem decided to withdraw his candidacy, thus automatically making Kirchner the new president.

Menem and Bolocco, who had had a child in the meantime, moved to Chile. Argentine's justice has repeatedly tried to have Menem extradited to face embezzlement charges, but this has been rejected by the Chilean Supreme Court, as under Chilean law people cannot be extradicted for questioning.

In June 2004 Menem announced that he had founded a new faction within the Justicialist Party, called People's Peronism.

On December 22 2004, he returned to Argentina after his arrest warrants were cancelled. He still faces charges of embezzlement and failing to declare funds, but despite this (and opinion polls showing that he is disliked by 85% of Argentines) he has stated his ambition to run in the 2007 election.

External links

• Biography from his site (http://www.carlosmenem.com/bio-ingles.asp)
• Launch of new faction (from the BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3809265.stm)
• Chile declines extradition request (from the BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3789059.stm)
• Menem arrives on Argentine soil (from the BBC) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4118375.stm)