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Having been deposed by the military in 1966, Elías Sapag was re-elected to the Senate in 1973, and returned to
Congress in 1983 upon the restoration of democracy, serving until his death in 1993. He was one of Argentina's longest-serving senators.
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34:: إلياس كنعان صباغ) (August 5, 1911 – June 21, 1993) was a
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served as vice-governor and from 2007 as governor of Neuquén.
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activists. Elías chaired the
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23:Elías Sapag in 1970
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