Ricardo Luis Alfonsín was born in the Pampas town of Chascomús to María Lorenza Barreneche and Raúl Alfonsín; the latter was at the time a local lawyer and councilman active in the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR).
Ricardo Luis Alfonsín was born in the Pampas town of Chascomús on 13 March 1927. His parents were María Lorenza Barreneche and Raúl Alfonsín; the latter was at the time a local lawyer and councilman active in the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR).