who was president of argentina during the falklands war
Leopoldo Galtieri Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈpoldo foɾtuˈnato ɣalˈtjeɾi kasˈteʎi]; 15 July 1926 – 12 January 2003) was an Argentine general and President of Argentina from 22 December 1981 to 18 June 1982, during the last military dictatorship[2] (known officially as the National Reorganization Process). The death squad, 601 Intelligence Battalion, directly reported to him.[3] He was removed from power soon after the British re-took the Falkland Islands, whose invasion and occupation he had ordered.