Preceded by Juan Carlos Ongania Profession Military Nationality Argentine Name Roberto Levingston | Political party None Spouse(s) Betty Nelly Andres | |
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Born January 19, 1920
San Luis, Argentina ( 1920-01-19 ) Children Roberto Antonio
Maria Cristina
Alberto Marcelo Role Former President of Argentina Died June 17, 2015, Buenos Aires, Argentina Presidential term June 18, 1970 – March 22, 1971 Previous office President of Argentina (1970–1971) People also search for Alejandro Agustin Lanusse, Juan Carlos Ongania, Tomas Jose Caballero | ||
Succeeded by Alejandro Agustin Lanusse Presidency end date March 22, 1971 | ||
Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (January 10, 1920 – June 17, 2015) was an Argentine Army general who was President of Argentina from June 18, 1970 to March 22, 1971, during the Revolución Argentina period in Argentine history.
Levingston was born in San Luis Province, and graduated from the Colegio Militar de la Nación in 1941.
His military expertise included intelligence and counterinsurgency, and he took the presidency of Argentina in a military coup that deposed Juan Carlos Onganía over his ineffective response to the Montoneros and other guerillas. His regime was marked by a protectionist economic policy that did little to overcome the inflation and recession that the country was undergoing at the time, and by the imposition of the death penalty against terrorists and kidnappers. In response to renewed anti-government rioting in Córdoba and to the labor crisis under his leadership, he was deposed by another military junta led by Alejandro Lanusse.
He died on June 17, 2015, at the age of 95.