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{{Infobox political party
| name = Intransigent Radical Civic Union
| native_name = Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente
| logo = Escudo UCRI 1963 plano.svg
| abbreviation = UCRI
| colorcode = red
| leader1_title = President
| leader1_name = [[Rogelio Julio Frigerio|Rogelio Frigerio]] (last)
| leader2_title = Founder
| leader2_name = [[Arturo Frondizi]]
| foundation = 10 February 1957
| dissolution = 24 June 1972
| split = [[Radical Civic Union]]
| successor = [[Intransigent Party]]
| headquarters = [[Buenos Aires]]
| ideology = [[Radicalism (historical)|Radicalism]]<ref name="TA" /><br/>[[Progressivism]]<ref name="TA" /><br/>[[Social democracy]]<ref name="TA" /><br/>[[Developmentalism]]<ref name="TA" />
| position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref name="TA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.todo-argentina.net/historia-argentina/civiles_y_miltares/dictadura_aramburu/division_ucr.php?idpagina=1563|title=Historia Argentina - Civiles y militares - Dictadura de Pedro Eugenio Aramburu - la división de la UCR}}</ref>
| international = 
| country = Argentina
}}
The '''Intransigent Radical Civic Union''' ({{langx|es|Unión Cívica Radical Intransigente}}, UCRI) was a [[political party]] of [[Argentina]].

The UCRI developed from the centrist [[Radical Civic Union]] (UCR) in 1956, following a split at the party's convention in [[San Miguel de Tucumán|Tucumán]] between the UCR's progressive faction, led by [[Arturo Frondizi]], and its conservative faction, led by [[Ricardo Balbín]], which renamed itself "People's Radical Civic Union" ({{langx|es|Unión Cívica Radical del Pueblo}}, UCRP). Receiving the endorsement of the exiled populist leader [[Juan Perón]] four days before the [[1958 Argentine general election|February 1958 general elections]], UCRI presidential candidate Frondizi defeated UCRP presidential candidate Balbín by 17% and the party enjoyed a narrow majority in [[Argentine Congress|Congress]]. Following President Frondizi's forced resignation at the hands of the military, who objected to his [[concession (politics)|political concessions]] towards [[Peronism]] and his close relations with [[Cuba]], the UCRI President of the [[Argentine Senate|Senate]], [[José María Guido]], was appointed [[President of Argentina]]. A proposed Popular Front uniting banned Peronists, the UCRI and others dissolved ahead of the [[1963 Argentine general election|July 1963 general elections]], when [[Buenos Aires Province]] Governor [[Oscar Alende]] developed objections to the inclusion of conservatives in the alliance. Frondizi, others in the UCRI and Perón instructed their supporters to cast blank ballots, leading to their highest incidence in the history of Argentine national elections. Governor Alende ran on the UCRI, but was unable to overcome the boycott, leading him to narrowly lose to UCRP candidate [[Arturo Illia]], who was considered more centrist than Balbín. Afterwards, Frondizi and his chief economist while in office, [[Rogelio Julio Frigerio]], left the UCRI in August to establish the [[Integration and Development Movement]] (MID), whose platform centered on economic growth.

In 1972, following discussions between dictator [[Alejandro Agustín Lanusse]] and Balbín looking to allow [[March 1973 Argentine general election|general elections in 1973]], but at the same time avoid a Peronist victory, the [[Argentine Revolution|military government]] officially awarded the name "Radical Civic Union" to the UCRP, forcing the UCRI to dissolve itself, after which a majority of UCRI affiliates (including Alende) founded the [[Intransigent Party]] as a continuation, while a minority joined the MID.

==See also==
*[[List of political parties in Argentina]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.todo-argentina.net/historia/civmil/frondizi/index.html Todo Argentina] {{in lang|es}}

{{Radical Civic Union}}
{{Former political parties in Argentina}}
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Argentina]]
[[Category:Radical Civic Union]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1956]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Argentina]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1972]]
[[Category:1972 disestablishments in Argentina]]


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