Ricardo Balbín

Ricardo Balbín
President of the National Committee of the Radical Civic Union
In office
24 June 1972  9 September 1981
Preceded byHimself (UCRP)
Oscar Alende (UCRI)
Succeeded byCarlos Raúl Contín
National Deputy
In office
4 June 1946  4 June 1950
ConstituencyBuenos Aires
Personal details
Born(1904-07-29)29 July 1904
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died9 September 1981(1981-09-09) (aged 77)
La Plata, Argentina
Resting placeLa Plata Cemetery
Political partyRadical Civic Union
Other political
affiliations
People's Radical Civic Union (1957–1972)
Spouse
Indalia Ponzetti
(m. 1928)
Alma materUniversity of La Plata
OccupationLawyer and leader of the UCR

Ricardo Balbín (29 July 1904 – 9 September 1981) was an Argentine lawyer and politician, and one of the most important figures of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR), for which he was the presidential nominee four times: in 1951, 1958, and twice in 1973.