Eduardo Oscar Camaño is an Argentine

Argentina

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 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...

 politician. He was acting head of the executive branch of the country for two days between December 31, 2001 and January 1, 2002.

Camaño was Mayor of Quilmes Partido

Quilmes Partido

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 from 1987-1991. Until 2007 he sat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies

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 for Buenos Aires Province

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. He served as majority leader of the lower house of the Argentine Congress from 2001, hence bringing him to the position of acting President. He became head of the executive branch because of the resignations of interim President Adolfo Rodríguez Saá

Adolfo Rodríguez Saá

Adolfo Rodríguez Saá Páez Montero is an Argentine Peronist politician. He was the governor of the province of San Luis during several terms, and briefly served as President of Argentina.-Biography:...

 and provisional Senate president Ramón Puerta

Ramón Puerta

Federico Ramón Puerta is an Argentine Peronist politician who has served as a governor, senator and national deputy and effectively acted as President of Argentina during 2001.-Biography:...

.

In recent years he sat in the Federal Peronist block allied to Eduardo Duhalde

Eduardo Duhalde

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, largely in opposition to then President

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 Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine politician who served as the 54th President of Argentina from 25 May 2003 until 10 December 2007. Previously, he was Governor of Santa Cruz Province since 10 December 1991. He briefly served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations ...

. In 2007, Camaño stood again for deputy, this time heading a list of anti-Kirchner Peronists in support of the presidential bid of dissident Peronist Roberto Lavagna

Roberto Lavagna

Roberto Lavagna is an Argentine economist and politician, and was the former Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina from April 27, 2002, to November 28, 2005.-Career:...

. The list did badly and he faced a recount for the final place in the Chamber for the Province with Ricardo Cuccovillo of the Civic Coalition

Civic Coalition

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. http://www.perfil.com/contenidos/2007/11/30/noticia_0065.html Ultimately Cuccovillo was sworn in as deputy and Camaño lost his seat.

Camaño chaired the national council of the Justicialist Party, making him de facto party leader, alongside supporters of both Duhalde and Kirchner. In 2008, when Kirchner assumed the leadership of the Justicialist Party, Camaño was offered an executive position, the only ally of Lavagna to do so, in what had been seen as a chance to reconcile the different wings of Peronism. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=1005755&origen=rss