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Argentina's President-Elect, Set to Convert to Judaism, Appoints Man With Neo-Nazi Past as Solicitor General

"I was a Nazi, I regret it," said barra after resigning in 1996 (Credit: Cámara de Diputados Argentina)

Argentina's public conversation is abuzz on Friday after the incoming Javier Milei administration announced the next Solicitor General will be Rodolfo Barra, who almost 39 years ago resigned to another top government position amid outcry over his neo-Nazi past.

Barra, set to become the government's top lawyer, was a Supreme Court minister during the early 1990s, a member of the Constitutional Assembly in 1994 and appointed as Justice Minister that same year during the Carlos Menem administration.

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