Argentine general election, 1999
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Argentina
held presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 October 1999. Turnout was 82.2%, and the results were as follows:
Presidential election
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|align=left|Fernando De la Rúa
- Carlos Álvarez
|align=left|Alliance for Work, Justice and Education
("Alianza por el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación")
|align="right" |9,167,404
|align="right" |48.37
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|align=left|Eduardo Duhalde
- Ramón Ortega
|align=left|Justicialist Party
("Partido Justicialista")
|align="right" |7,254,417
|align="right" |38.27
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|align=left|Domingo Cavallo
- José Armando Caro Figueroa
|align=left|Action for the Republic
("Acción por la República")
|align="right" |1,937,565
|align="right" |10.22
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
held presidential and parliamentary elections on 24 October 1999. Turnout was 82.2%, and the results were as follows:
Presidential electionPresident of ArgentinaThe President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...
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|align=left|Fernando De la Rúa
Fernando de la Rúa
Fernando de la Rúa is an Argentine politician. He was president of the country from December 10, 1999 to December 21, 2001 for the Alliance for Work, Justice and Education ....
- Carlos Álvarez
Carlos Álvarez (vice-president)
Carlos Alberto "Chacho" Álvarez is an Argentine politician; he was Vice-President of Argentina during part of President Fernando de la Rúa's mandate, and currently heads the Aladi Secretariat....
|align=left|Alliance for Work, Justice and Education
Alliance for Work, Justice and Education
The Alliance for Work, Justice and Education was a party coalition in Argentina around the turn of the third millennium...
("Alianza por el Trabajo, la Justicia y la Educación")
|align="right" |9,167,404
|align="right" |48.37
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|align=left|Eduardo Duhalde
Eduardo Duhalde
-External links:...
- Ramón Ortega
Palito Ortega
Ramón Bautista Ortega Argentine singer and actor, better known as Palito Ortega. Ortega reached international fame, particularly in Latin America and Spain, during the 1960s, when Rock and Roll music was popularized among teenagers in the region.- Youth :Ortega was born to a very poor family in...
|align=left|Justicialist Party
Justicialist Party
The Justicialist Party , or PJ, is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component of the Peronist movement.The party was led by Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, until his death on October 27, 2010. The current Argentine president, Cristina Fernández de...
("Partido Justicialista")
|align="right" |7,254,417
|align="right" |38.27
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|align=left|Domingo Cavallo
Domingo Cavallo
Domingo Felipe "Mingo" Cavallo is an Argentine economist and politician. He has a long history of public service and is known for implementing the Convertibilidad plan, which fixed the dollar-peso exchange rate at 1:1 between 1991 and 2001, which brought the Argentine inflation rate down from over...
- José Armando Caro Figueroa
|align=left|Action for the Republic
Action for the Republic
Action for the Republic is a conservative political party in Argentina.Founded in 1998 by Domingo Cavallo as a defender of neo-liberal ideologies, it became the third party in the 1999 elections...
("Acción por la República")
|align="right" |1,937,565
|align="right" |10.22