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Who won the presidency after Alfonsín's party was defeated?

  • Néstor Kirchner

  • Eduardo Duhalde

  • Fernando de la Rúa

  • Carlos Menem

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Carlos Menem, a charismatic leader representing the Peronist Justicialist Party, emerged as the victor in Argentina's 1989 presidential election. His triumph marked a significant shift in the country's political landscape, as he capitalized on Argentines' weariness with the economic challenges and political strife that characterized the previous administration led by Raúl Alfonsín's Radical Civic Union.
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