RAUL ALFONSIN
(Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes)
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The country had just returned to civilian rule after years of murder and government atrocities under a military junta.
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Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after more than seven years of military dictatorship, and is considered the "father of modern democracy in Argentina". Ideologically, he identified as a Radical and a social democrat, serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, 1999 to 2001, with his political approach being known as "Alfonsinism".
