Oscar Héctor Camilión (6 January 1930 â 12 February 2016) was an Argentine lawyer and diplomat.
Born in 1930, Camilión earned a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires.
He began his political career as chief of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship during the presidency of Arturo Frondizi. From 1965 to 1972, he worked for the Argentina newspaper ClarÃÂn.
Following the 1976 coup dâÂÂétat, he was appointed ambassador to Brazil by President Jorge Rafael Videla. VidelaâÂÂs successor, Roberto Eduardo Viola, later named him foreign minister. After Viola was removed in another coup, Camilión served as a representative of the United Nations Secretary-General.
He returned to government as minister of defense from 1993 to 1996 under President Carlos Menem.
Camilión was a member of the Integration and Development Movement (MID), a right-leaning political party in Argentina.
He died in Buenos Aires in 2016 at age 86.