Jorge Rafael Videla

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Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military officer and dictator who led the country’s 1976–1981 military junta, overseeing a brutal campaign of state terrorism known as the "Dirty War."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dictator
head of state
human
military officer
war criminal
activeYears 1944–1981
birthDate 1925-08-02
birthPlace Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina NERFINISHED
cameToPowerBy military coup d’état
causeOfDeath natural causes
convictedOf crimes against humanity
human rights violations
kidnapping of minors
torture
convictionStatus sentenced to life imprisonment
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
coupDate 1976-03-24
deathDate 2013-05-17
deathPlace Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina NERFINISHED
education Colegio Militar de la Nación NERFINISHED
estimatedVictims thousands of disappeared persons
ethnicGroup Argentine of Spanish descent
familyName Videla NERFINISHED
fullName Jorge Rafael Videla Redondo NERFINISHED
givenName Jorge NERFINISHED
government National Reorganization Process NERFINISHED
ideology anti-communism
right-wing authoritarianism
leaderOf Argentine military junta NERFINISHED
National Reorganization Process NERFINISHED
memberOf Argentine Army NERFINISHED
militaryBranch Infantry
militaryRank Lieutenant General
notableFor leading the 1976–1981 Argentine military dictatorship
role in the Dirty War
state terrorism in Argentina
numberOfChildren 7
occupation military officer
politician
opposedBy Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo NERFINISHED
human rights organizations
partOf Operation Condor NERFINISHED
periodOfRule Dirty War NERFINISHED
placeOfDetention Marcos Paz prison NERFINISHED
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Army
President of Argentina NERFINISHED
de facto head of the National Reorganization Process
precededBy Isabel Perón NERFINISHED
recognizedBy United States government (initially) NERFINISHED
several Western governments
religion Roman Catholicism
responsibleFor extrajudicial killings
forced disappearances in Argentina
illegal appropriation of babies of disappeared detainees
torture of political opponents
sexOrGender male
spouse Alicia Raquel Hartridge NERFINISHED
succeededBy Roberto Eduardo Viola NERFINISHED
termEnd 1981-03-29
termStart 1976-03-29

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