Oscar Alende

Oscar Eduardo Alende (6 July 1909 – 22 December 1996) was an Argentine politician who founded the Intransigent Party.

Oscar Alende
Governor of Buenos Aires
In office 2 May 1958 – 20 March 1962
Preceded by	Emilio A. Bonnecarrere
Succeeded by	Jorge Bermúdez Emparanza
National Deputy
In office 10 December 1985 – 22 December 1996
Constituency	Buenos Aires
In office 4 June 1952 – 21 September 1955
Constituency	Buenos Aires
Personal details
Born	6 July 1909 Maipú, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died	December 22, 1996 (aged 87) Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Radical Civic Union (until 1957) Intransigent Radical Civic Union (1957–1966) Intransigent Party (1972–1996)
Profession	Physician

Alende was born in Maipú, Buenos Aires Province. He studied medicine at the University of La Plata, where he led the student union, and completed his medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires in 1933. He became head of gastro-intestinal surgery at Rawson Hospital, and a member of the Argentine Surgical Academy. He was co-founder of the Argentine Committee of Assistance to Republican Spain.

In 1948 Alende became a provincial legislator in Buenos Aires Province for the Radical Civic Union (UCR), heading the UCR block from 1950. In 1952 he became a deputy in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, serving until its dissolution in 1955.

Alende had joined the breakaway Intransigent Radical Civic Union (UCRI). In 1958 he was elected Governor of Buenos Aires Province and served until 1962. Alende became the leader of the UCRI following the 1962 overthrow of President Arturo Frondizi (who broke with the party), and stood as UCRI candidate for president in the 1963 elections. In 1972 he founded the Intransigent Party, the military having banned the use of the name UCRI. He stood once again for president in 1973 on behalf of the Popular Revolutionary Alliance.

After the return of democracy in 1983, Alende became president of the Intransigent Party and stood again for president. He was re-elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1985, and served in that capacity until his death in 1996.

External links

• Biography by the Intransigent Party