Carlos Saúl Facundo Menem Yoma (23 November 1968 – 15 March 1995), otherwise known as Carlos Menem Jr., was an Argentine

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driver. He was the son of former

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Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) served as the 50th president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronism, Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 13 years (from 1990 to 200 ...

and

Zulema Yoma Zulema Fátima Yoma (born 18 December 1942) was the First Lady of Argentina from 1989 until 1991, when she divorced then President Carlos Menem. Biography A native of Nonogasta in La Rioja Province, Yoma was married for twenty-five years (1966 ...

. Menem was born in La Rioja Province,

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. He started his rally career in 1987. Menem competed in the

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and PWRC. He died on March 15, 1995, while piloting a Bell 206B-3 helicopter with his friend and fellow racing driver, Silvio Oltra. The helicopter reportedly struck

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while taking off at San Nicolás, Argentina, and crashed, killing both men. Although originally Menem's father agreed with the state's determination that the crash was an accident, later in life he accused

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of assassinating his son. The Former President claimed he could not say anything at the time due to it being a state secret.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Menem Jr., Carlos 1968 births 1995 deaths Argentine people of Syrian descent Sportspeople from La Rioja Province, Argentina Argentine rally drivers World Rally Championship drivers Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Argentina Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1995 Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents Unsolved deaths Menem family Argentine Muslims Children of presidents of Argentina Sportspeople of Syrian descent