Arturo Rawson (4 June 1885-8 October 1952) was President of Argentina from 4 to 6 June 1943, succeeding Ramon Castillo and preceding Pedro Pablo Ramirez. He led the 1943 Argentine coup d'etat, but was forced to resign due to his right-wing cabinet picks.
Biography[]
Arturo Rawson was born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina in 1885 to a family of American origin. Rawson was a zealous Catholic from an aristocratic family, and he later became a member of the conservative National Democratic Party of Argentina. He graduated from the Military College in 1905 and rose through the ranks of the Argentine Army, eventually becoming a general and commanding officer of cavalry at the Campo de Mayo. In 1943, he joined the GOU cabal and led 10,000 soldiers into Buenos Aires to carry out the 1943 Argentine coup d'etat against the corrupt civilian government of Ramon Castillo. Rawson beat Pedro Pablo Ramirez to proclaim himself President, but his choices for cabinet alienated the GOU, as did his support for entering World War II on the Allied side. He was forced to resign on 6 June, and he failed to overthrow Juan Peron's government in 1951. He died of a heart attack in 1952.