Rubén Rabanal

Rubén Rabanal
House of Representatives, Argentina
In office December 10, 1983 – January 23, 1985
Constituency	Buenos Aires
Senator, Argentina
In office May 25, 1973 – March 24, 1976
Constituency	Argentina
Senator, Argentina
In office October 12, 1963 – June 28, 1966
Constituency	Buenos Aires
Personal details
Born	1935  Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	January 23, 1985  Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citizenship	Argentina
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Radical Civic Union
Other political affiliations	People's Radical Civic Union
Occupation	Lawyer

Rubén Rabanal (1935–1985) was an Argentine politician. He was born in Buenos Aires in 1935 and died on January 23, 1985. He belonged to the Radical Civic Union and was a senator and national congressman several times. His father, Francisco Rabanal, was mayor of Buenos Aires between 1963 and 1966.

Career

Rabanal was a member of radicalism in his youth, graduating as a lawyer and then with a Ph.D. in Political Economy from the University of Buenos Aires. Within his party he held various positions. He was elected senator in 1963, practicing until 1966, when there was a military coup. During his years in the Senate he was also secretary to his father, who was, at that time, mayor of the City of Buenos Aires.

In 1973, upon the return to democracy, after the military government of the Argentine Revolution, he was elected local Member of Parliament and as secretary of the Radical Civic Union block in the House. In 1976, after a new military coup, he was again deposed from office. In 1983, with the return to democracy, he was again elected as Member of Parliament, presiding over the Budget Committee.

In 1984, already ill, he voted for the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Argentina and Chile.

He finally, died on January 23, 1985, at age 49.