Eduardo Menem (born 30 April 1938) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician.
Born to a family of Syrian origin in Anillaco,[1] Menem was elected Senator for La Rioja Province for four terms (1983-1989, 1989–1995, 1995–2001, 2001-2005).
He served as provisional President of the Senate between 1989 and 1999, holding executive power on many occasions during trips abroad by the President, in the absence of a vice-President after the resignation of Eduardo Duhalde.
After leaving the Congress, he joined the internal line of the PJ that opposes Kirchnerism.
[2] Despite not being part of the Congress, he supported the actions of Julio Cobos in 2010, which were criticized by Néstor and Cristina Kirchner.