LEOPOLDO FORTUNATO GALTIERI - ARGENTINA - 1981/12/22

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Argentina Declassification Project - The "Dirty War" (1976-83)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06628367
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: April 3, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Publication Date: December 22, 1981

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Leopoldo Fortunato GALTIERI
(Phonetic: gahlteeEHree)
President; Commander in
Chief, Army; Member,
Ruling Junta
Addressed as:
Mr. President
A veteran Army en-
gineering officer, Lt.
Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri
simultaneously holds
three of Argentina's
highest decisionmaking
posts. He has been a
member of the three-man
ruling military junta
since December 1979, when he was appointed Commander
in Chief of the Army. He became President on 22 De-
cember 1981, after the junta ousted retired Gen.
Roberto Viola from that post. Galtieri will serve
as President until 29 March 1984, when Viola's term
was scheduled to expire. He will continue to carry
out his responsibilities as Army Commander until th,
end of his three-year term in December 1982. Ac-
cording to present junta regulations, he will then
also automatically cease to be a member of that
group.
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ARGENTINA
Galtieri graduated from the National Military
Academy in 1945 as a member of the Engineers
Corps. He later attended the Army Engineer School
and the Superior War School and received specialized
training in the United States (Fort Belvoir, Vir-
ginia) and Panama. During his more than 35 years in
the Army, he has held numerous posts, including
those of commander, IX Infantry Brigade; chief of
logistics and finance, Army General Staff; deputy
chief of staff; commander, II Corps, Rosario; and
commander, I Corps, near Buenos Aires.
Galtieri, 55, is married to the former Rucia
Noemi Gentili and has three children. He speaks a
little English.
CR M 81-15736
22 December 1981
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