MOSCOW, April 1 – RIA Novosti. former President of Argentina, the senator and one of the leaders of the party radicals Raúl Alfonsín, died Tuesday of cancer Light at the age of 82 years, reported Agence France Presse, referring to the attending physician policies.

At the end of last week, state Alfonsín severely deteriorated due to the fact that he picked up pneumonia. A few days at home about the patient met the journalists, supporters and just gaper, hoping to learn how to feel the former president.

Raul Ricardo Alfonsín Fulkes, occupying the post of head of state from 1983 to 1989, became the first democratically elected president of Argentina after the fall of the dictatorship 70-ies. During his tenure, he advocated the protection of human rights, social and economic reforms. He failed to curb the rise in inflation, which led to the development of economic crisis, in which he was forced to prematurely leave the presidency.