Álvaro Carlos Alsogaray was an Argentine politician and economist. He was Minister of Economy and was the principal proponent of classical liberalism in Argentina.
He founded the Union of the Democratic Centre and was minister of Arturo Frondizi.
He managed to spread his liberal ideology in unthinkable social sectors. Carlos Menem, winner in 1989 with the popular vote of Peronism, adopted his preaching in favor of privatization and the free market.