José Ignacio Rucci

José Ignacio Rucci
Born(1924-03-15)15 March 1924
Alcorta, Santa Fe, Argentina
Died25 September 1973(1973-09-25) (aged 49)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cause of deathShot in an attack
OccupationSecretary General of the CGT
Children2, including Claudia Rucci

José Ignacio Rucci (5 March 1924 – 25 September 1973) was an Argentine politician and union leader, appointed general secretary of the CGT (General Confederation of Labour) in 1970. Close to the Argentine president Juan Perón, and a chief representative of the "syndical bureaucracy" (the trade-union movement's right wing), he was assassinated in 1973.