Alsogaray is a
Basque surname. A branch of the family emigrated to
South America in the early 19th century, and sustained a military tradition for several generations, beginning with Coronel Álvaro José Alsogaray's role in the 1845
Battle of Vuelta de Obligado. Some members of the Alsogaray family became famous in
Argentina due to their involvement in critical events in Argentine history.
Julio Alsogaray was a top-ranking police officer with a significant involvement in dismantling the
Zwi Migdalprostitution ring in the early 20th century.
Another
Julio Alsogaray (1918–1994) was a top-ranking military officer, involved in the toppling of President
Arturo Illia in 1966, following which he was named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the
Argentine Armed Forces.
Álvaro Alsogaray (1913–2005), the second Julio's brother, was from the 1950s until his death, the main advocate of free-market economics in Argentina. He established the Nueva Fuerza party in 1972 with little success, and later the
Ucedé party in the 1980s, which attained better electoral results, and a large influence as the main voice calling for
privatisation and
deregulation of the then-stagnant Argentine economy.
María Julia Alsogaray (1942–2017) was Álvaro's daughter. She entered politics in 1983 with Ucedé, and later became an influential member of the
Menem administration, leading the successful
privatisation of the
ENTel phone company and as secretary of Natural Resources.
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