Following the 1966 military coup d'état that overthrew President Arturo Illia, as well as Paez Molina and all other governors, he worked as a dentist in the private field.

[1] was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Córdoba Province in 1973, and became leader of the UCR caucus until the March 1976 coup.

His administration completed numerous public works, notably the restoration of the Suquía River shore along the city.

[1] He then created his own organization in the UCR, Participación y Renovación, to challenge Eduardo Angeloz in the latter's 1991 bid for a third term as governor.

He failed to win reelection in 1999, and the Justicialist Party won the Córdoba governorship for the first time, electing José Manuel De la Sota as the 56th Governor.