Background
PISTARINI, Juan was born on December 23, 1882 in Victorica, territory of La Pampa, Argentina.
military engineer army officer
PISTARINI, Juan was born on December 23, 1882 in Victorica, territory of La Pampa, Argentina.
Educated Colegio Militar, Escuela Superior Técnica, Escuela Superior de Guerra. Further studies in Germany.
Officer, military engineer. Professor. Colegio Militar, Escuela Superior Técnica, Escuela Superior de Guerra. Director general of army engineers.
Commandant, 2d army division. National interventor in Buenos Aires province. Inspector of chiefs and officers on study mission in Europe.
President, armaments'acquisition commission in Europe. President, council of war for chiefs and officers of army and navy, 1940-1943. Commandant general of the interior, 1943.
National minister of public works, since 1943. Acting minister of navy, 1944, of agriculture, 1944, of interior, 1945. Vice-President of Argentina, 1945-1946.
President, post-war council, 1945. Retired from active service in army, 1946.
Member, armaments commission in Europe, and pres, of its engineering subcommn. Member: Círculo Militar (ex-president).