Edelmiro Julián Farrell

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nationality=Argentine
order=28th President of Argentina
term_start=February 24, 1944
term_end=June 3, 1946
predecessor=Pedro P. Ramírez
successor=Juan Perón
birth_date=February 12, 1887
birth_place= Lanús
death_date=October 31, 1980
death_place= Buenos Aires
spouse=Conrada Victoria Torni y Carpani(1917-1977)
party=none
vicepresident=None(1944)
Juan Perón(1944-1945)
Juan Pistarini(1945-1946)
profession=Military

General Edelmiro Julián Farrell (born February 12, 1887 in Avellaneda – died October 21, 1980) was an Argentine soldier, who was "de facto" president of Argentina between 1944 and 1946.

Farrell finished military school in 1907 as infantry sub-lieutenant. He participated in an Italian alpine regiment between 1924 and 1926.

Back in Argentina, he became Minister of War, and vice-president during the military government of General Pedro P. Ramírez, who had withdrawn Arturo Rawson from the presidency. Ramírez named Farrell president on February 25 1944. On July 1945 Farrell announced presidential elections, in which military Juan Perón was elected. In June 4 1946 Farrel left the presidential seat to Perón, to whom he once had been commander while Perón was a colonel.

Marriage: second-lieutenant Edelmiro Julián Farrell married in the city of Zárate, Buenos Aires, July 10, 1919, with "Conrada Victoria Torni y Carpani", teacher, born in Rosario, Santa Fe, January 1, 1893, and died in Chacras de Coria, Mendoza, August 16, 1977.

Children:

1. "Nelly Victoria Farrell y Torni" (born in Lanús, Buenos Aires, September 2, 1923)

2. "Jorge Edelmiro Farrell y Torni" (born in Turín, Italia, July 23, 1925 - deceased in car crash in Unquillo, Córdoba, Argentina, February 3, 1950)

3. "Susana Mabel Farrell y Torni" (born in Mendoza, July 18, 1929)

External links

* [http://www.todo-argentina.net/biografias/Personajes/edelmiro_juan_farrell.htm Short Biography] (Spanish)