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Agustin Pedro Justo
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General Agustin Pedro Justo Rolon (1876 - 1943) was President of Argentina from February 20 1932 to February 20 1938. He was a military man, diplomat, and politician, and was president during the Infamous Decade.
Justo took part in the coup of 1930, becoming president two years later thanks to widespread electoral fraud. His presidency was part of the period known as the Infamous Decade, which lasted from 1930 until 1943. He established the country's central bank and introduced a nationwide income tax.
Justo was born in Concepcion del Uruguay, Entre Rios Province. His father, also named Agustin, had been governor of Corrientes Province and was soon a national deputy. He was active in politics, and soon after his son was born he moved with his family to Buenos Aires. His mother Otilia Rolon, came from a traditional Corrientes family. When he was 11 Justo went to the Colegio Militar de la Nacion (Military College). As a cadet, and joined with various other students and participated in the Revolucion del Parque, taking the weapons off the guards to add to the column of the revolutionaries. Arrested and later given amnesty, he graduated with the rank of ensign.
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