Ex-Argentine President Carlos Menem Dies at 90 Sun 14th February 2021 | 10:10 PM
BUENOS AIRES (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th February, 2021) Former Argentine President Carlos Menem, credited with rescuing the nation s economy from an economic collapse, has died at the age of 90, the incumbent president said on Sunday. With deep regret, I learned about the death of Carlos Saul Menem. Always democratically elected, he was the governor of La Rioja, the president of the nation and a national senator. The dictatorship persecuted and imprisoned him, Alberto Fernandez tweeted.
Menem died in hospital, where he was admitted for a urinary infection.
Up until his death, he held the senatorial seat in his home province of La Rioja. A son of Syrian immigrants, he began his long political career as the governor of La Rioja in 1973 and was imprisoned by the military after it took over in a US-backed coup three years later.
Former Argentine president dies at 90
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