Albano Harguindeguy

Albano Eduardo Harguindeguy
Albano Harguindeguy
Nickname(s)"Vasco"
Born(1927-02-11)11 February 1927
Villa Valeria, Córdoba, Argentina
Died29 October 2012(2012-10-29) (aged 85)
Los Polvorines, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Allegiance Argentina
Branch Argentine Army
Years of service1945–1981
Rank (pre-1991 epaulette) Divisional general
CommandsI Armoured Cavalry Brigade
Known forCrimes against humanity
Battles / warsnone
Alma materColegio Militar de la Nación
Spouse(s)Juana Regina Villafañe
Children5
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Albano Eduardo Harguindeguy (Spanish: [alˈβano aɾɣindeˈɣuj]; 11 February 1927 – 29 October 2012) was an Argentine Army officer who reached the rank of divisional general. He headed the Argentine Ministry of the Interior during the military dictatorship that called itself the National Reorganization Process (Spanish: Proceso de Reorganización Nacional), which held sway in the country from 1976 to 1983. At the time of his death, he was being prosecuted for crimes against humanity. He was one of the Dirty War figures who received a pardon from President Carlos Menem in 1989.