Menem, Carlos Saúl

(kär`lōs säo͞ol` mā`nĕm), 1930–, president of Argentina (1989–99). A Peronist (see Juan Domingo PerónPerón, Juan Domingo
, 1895–1974, president of Argentina (1946–55; 1973–74). Early Career and First Presidency

An army officer, Perón was the leader of a group of colonels that rose to prominence after the overthrow of the government
..... Click the link for more information. ), he served as governor of La Rioja (1973–76, 1983–89). Imprisoned during the 1976 coup, he was released in 1981. He won the 1989 presidential elections by appealing to the deep-rooted sentiment for Perón among the poor and the working class. In office, however, he addressed Argentina's economic crisis by reducing subsidies for the poor, controlling hyperinflation, privatizing state-owned companies, and reducing government regulation of businesses. He also reversed the policies of his predecessor, Raúl AlfonsínAlfonsín, Raúl
(Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes), 1927–2009, president of Argentina (1983–89). A long-time political activist, a member of the Radical party, and a provincial and national legislator, he opposed Juan Perón and several
..... Click the link for more information. , pardoning military officers convicted of human-rights violations, and improved relations with Great Britain and the United States. Menem was reelected in 1995. By the end of his last term he was increasingly perceived as too flamboyant and tolerant of official corruption. In 2001, Menem was indicted on charges, later dismissed, of conspiring to smuggle arms to Croatia and Ecuador during his presidency. New charges relating to the arms sales were brought in 2007; he was acquitted in 2011, but the acquittal was overturned in 2013. In 2018, however, the 2013 verdict was annulled. In 2015 he was convicted of overseeing an embezzlement scheme while he was president. Menem ran for a third term in 2003, but after winning the first round with 24% of the vote, he withdrew from the runoff when he appeared likely to lose by a landslide. He spent most of 2004 in Chile to avoid an Argentine government corruption investigation into his presidency. First elected as one of La Rioja's three senators in 2005, he ran for governor of the province in 2007 but lost.

单词	menem, carlos saúl
释义	Menem, Carlos Saúl Menem, Carlos Saúl (kär`lōs säo͞ol` mā`nĕm), 1930–, president of Argentina (1989–99). A Peronist (see Juan Domingo PerónPerón, Juan Domingo , 1895–1974, president of Argentina (1946–55; 1973–74). Early Career and First Presidency An army officer, Perón was the leader of a group of colonels that rose to prominence after the overthrow of the government ..... Click the link for more information. ), he served as governor of La Rioja (1973–76, 1983–89). Imprisoned during the 1976 coup, he was released in 1981. He won the 1989 presidential elections by appealing to the deep-rooted sentiment for Perón among the poor and the working class. In office, however, he addressed Argentina's economic crisis by reducing subsidies for the poor, controlling hyperinflation, privatizing state-owned companies, and reducing government regulation of businesses. He also reversed the policies of his predecessor, Raúl AlfonsínAlfonsín, Raúl (Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes), 1927–2009, president of Argentina (1983–89). A long-time political activist, a member of the Radical party, and a provincial and national legislator, he opposed Juan Perón and several ..... Click the link for more information. , pardoning military officers convicted of human-rights violations, and improved relations with Great Britain and the United States. Menem was reelected in 1995. By the end of his last term he was increasingly perceived as too flamboyant and tolerant of official corruption. In 2001, Menem was indicted on charges, later dismissed, of conspiring to smuggle arms to Croatia and Ecuador during his presidency. New charges relating to the arms sales were brought in 2007; he was acquitted in 2011, but the acquittal was overturned in 2013. In 2018, however, the 2013 verdict was annulled. In 2015 he was convicted of overseeing an embezzlement scheme while he was president. Menem ran for a third term in 2003, but after winning the first round with 24% of the vote, he withdrew from the runoff when he appeared likely to lose by a landslide. He spent most of 2004 in Chile to avoid an Argentine government corruption investigation into his presidency. First elected as one of La Rioja's three senators in 2005, he ran for governor of the province in 2007 but lost.
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