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Jorge Rafael Videla

president of Argentina
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Also known as: Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo
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Category: History & Society
Born:
August 2, 1925, Mercedes, Argentina
Died:
May 17, 2013, Buenos Aires (aged 87)
Title / Office:
president (1976-1981), Argentina
Role In:
Dirty War
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Jorge Rafael Videla (born August 2, 1925, Mercedes, Argentina—died May 17, 2013, Buenos Aires) career military officer who was president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His government was responsible for human rights abuses during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” which began as an attempt to suppress terrorism but resulted in the deaths of thousands of civilians. The son of an army colonel, Videla graduated from the National Military College in 1944 and was commissioned in the Argentine army. He rose steadily through the ranks, becoming a brigadier general by 1971. Videla was appointed chief of the Army General Staff in 1973, ...(100 of 584 words)

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