Oscar Alende

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Oscar Eduardo Alende (born 6 July 1909 in Maipú, Buenos Aires province – died 22 December 1996) was an Argentine politician who founded the Intransigent Party.

Alende studied medicine at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where he led the student union, and the University of Buenos Aires. He became head of gastro-intestinal surgery in the Hospital Rawson 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). He was governor of Buenos Aires province from 1958 to 1962. In 1963 he stood as UCRI candidate for President. Later that year he founded the Intransigent Party. In 1973 he stood once again for President 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 until his death in 1996.