Raúl Alfonsín

Raúl Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as president from 1983 to 1989, restoring democratic rule after military dictatorship.

Trial of the Juntas: The 1985 Argentine trial that convicted former members of the military juntas governing during the dictatorship. Alfonsín’s government ordered the civilian prosecution that brought junta leaders before a court.
1983 Argentine general election: The election that ended Argentina’s military dictatorship and brought Raúl Alfonsín to the presidency. The election gave his government democratic legitimacy after military rule.
Arturo Illia: Argentine physician and politician who served as president from 1963 until his overthrow in 1966. Illia’s ouster by the military shaped Alfonsín’s defense of constitutional government.
Austral Plan: An Argentine economic stabilization program launched in 1985 that introduced a new currency and attempted to curb inflation. Alfonsín’s government used the plan to arrest inflation, but its gains did not last.
Nunca Más: The 1984 report documenting disappearances and other human-rights abuses under Argentina’s military dictatorship. The commission he created gathered evidence that informed both the report and the junta trials.
CONADEP: The common abbreviation for Argentina’s National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons. The commission was a central institutional tool in Alfonsín’s human-rights policy.
Raúl Lastiri: Argentine politician who served briefly as president in 1973 between the resignations of Héctor Cámpora and Juan Perón. Lastiri belongs to the turbulent civilian political history preceding the dictatorship Alfonsín inherited.
Argentine hyperinflation: The rapid and severe rise in prices that afflicted Argentina in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Accelerating inflation weakened Alfonsín’s government and precipitated an early transfer of power.
National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons: An Argentine commission established in 1983 to investigate disappearances during military rule. Alfonsín established CONADEP to document the dictatorship’s crimes.
Civilian control of the military: The principle that elected civilian authorities direct a country’s armed forces. Alfonsín sought to subordinate Argentina’s military to elected government after dictatorship.

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