Agustín Pedro Justo

Agustín Pedro Justo was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1932 to 1938, during the Infamous Decade.

Infamous Decade: A period of political fraud, military intervention, and conservative rule in Argentina from 1930 to 1943. Justo’s presidency was a central phase of this period of contested democratic rule.
Argentine Army: The land warfare branch of Argentina’s armed forces. Justo’s military career and institutional standing began in this service.
Carlos Saavedra Lamas: An Argentine diplomat and politician who won the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Chaco War. As Justo’s foreign minister, he led major diplomatic initiatives, including efforts to end the Chaco War.
1931 Argentine general election: The election that brought Justo to the Argentine presidency in 1932 amid Radical Civic Union abstention and allegations of fraud. It established Justo’s mandate while exposing the limits of electoral competition.
Concordancia: An Argentine political alliance that governed under conservative rule during the 1930s. It supplied the coalition behind Justo’s 1932 election and government.
Military coup of 1930 in Argentina: The coup that overthrew Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen on 6 September 1930. The coup opened the political order in which Justo emerged as a presidential candidate.
Julio Argentino Roca (son): An Argentine politician and diplomat who served as vice president from 1932 to 1938. Roca was Justo’s vice president and a key figure in the government’s British trade negotiations.
1933 Argentine–British trade agreement: A bilateral agreement that regulated Argentine meat exports and British commercial interests in Argentina. Its terms became a prominent test of Justo’s economic diplomacy and domestic accountability.
Roca–Runciman Treaty: A 1933 agreement governing Argentine-British trade, especially exports of Argentine beef to Britain. Justo’s government negotiated this controversial trade arrangement with Britain.
Hipólito Yrigoyen: An Argentine Radical Civic Union leader who served as president from 1916 to 1922 and 1928 to 1930. Yrigoyen’s overthrow preceded Justo’s rise to the presidency.

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José Félix UriburuRelated: Justo’s presidency followed the political order Uriburu’s regime established.