Carlos Santiago Fayt was an Argentine lawyer, politician, academic and a member of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina from 1983 to 2015.
10 Facts About Carlos Fayt
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Carlos Fayt's father, Emilio Moises Fayt, was an Arab Christian of Syrian and Lebanese descent and his mother, Sara Perez Robles, was of criollo background.
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Carlos Fayt graduated as a lawyer in 1941 from the University of Buenos Aires.
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Carlos Fayt taught at UBA and at the National University of La Plata, specialising in political law.
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Carlos Fayt was Emeritus Professor at UBA and taught at Belgrano University during the last years of his life.
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Carlos Fayt was an active member of the Socialis Party, and stood to be governor of Salta Province in 1958.
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Carlos Fayt was appointed to the Supreme Court by the new democratic government of President Raul Alfonsin in 1983, despite never having served as a judge.
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Carlos Fayt is the longest serving Supreme Court Justice in Argentina ever.
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Carlos Fayt had previously been approached by President Arturo Illia in the 1960s to join the Supreme Court, but had turned the role down on that occasion.
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On 15 September 2015, Carlos Fayt submitted his resignation from the Supreme Court.