Eduardo Vaca (1944-1998) was an Argentine senator for the

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party (, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Following the 2023 presidential election, it has been the largest party in the opposition against President Javier Milei. Fo ...

. Eduardo Vaca was elected deputy for the 1985-1989 period. He ran for senator and lost the 1989 elections in Buenos Aires to the radical

Fernando de la Rúa Fernando de la Rúa (15 September 19379 July 2019) served as the President of Argentina from 1999 until his resignation in 2001. A member of the Radical Civic Union, he previously served as national senator for Buenos Aires across non-consecuti ...

. However, the PJ and the UCEDE voted for him in the

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, allowing him to become senator instead of De la Rúa. De la Rúa denounced him for political corruption. Vaca's political career got tied to that incident from then on. However, De la Rúa was elected senator again in 1993, and had coincidences with Vaca. Vaca had a cerebrovascular accident in 1996, and died in 1998.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaca, Eduardo Members of the Argentine Senate for Buenos Aires Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Justicialist Party politicians Politicians from Buenos Aires 1998 deaths