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[[File:Art Nouveau Medal Buenos Aires 1910 Cornerstone Laying of Collegio Nacional, obverse.jpg|thumb|left|The new [[Art Nouveau]] building was designed by [[:fr:Norbert Maillart|Norbert Auguste Maillart]]. Its 1910 [[cornerstone]] laying [[medal]] shows [[Minerva]] on the obverse.]]
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[[File:Art Nouveau Medal Buenos Aires 1910 Cornerstone Laying of Collegio Nacional, reverse.jpg|thumb|left|The reverse of this medal by [[List of medallists|Dr Jorge Maria Lubary]] commemorating president [[José Figueroa Alcorta|Alcorta]] and education minister [[Rómulo Sebastián Naón|Naón]]]]
'''Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires''' (''National School of Buenos Aires'') is a public [[high school]] in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]]. In the tradition of the European [[Gymnasium (school)|''gymnasium'']] it provides a free education that includes classical languages such as [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]]. The school is one of the most prestigious in Latin America. Its alumni include many personalities, including two [[Nobel laureates by country|Nobel]] laureates and four [[Presidents of Argentina]].
'''Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires''' (''National School of Buenos Aires'') is a public [[high school]] in [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, affiliated to the [[University of Buenos Aires]]. In the tradition of the European [[Gymnasium (school)|''gymnasium'']] it provides a free education that includes classical languages such as [[Latin]] and [[Greek language|Greek]]. The school is one of the most prestigious in Latin America. Its alumni include many personalities, including two [[Nobel laureates by country|Nobel]] laureates and four [[Presidents of Argentina]].


== History ==
== History ==
Its origins date to 1661, when it was known as ''Colegio Grande de San Carlos'', when the colonial government entrusted the [[Jesuit]] Order with the education of the youth. After the Papal [[suppression of the Jesuits]] from [[Spanish Empire]]-controlled South America in 1767, the institution languished until 1772, when governor [[Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo]] reopened the school as the ''Real Colegio de San Carlos''. Vértiz, already appointed Viceroy of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata|Río de la Plata]], renamed the school ''Real Convictorio Carolino'' in 1783, a name that endured until 1806. Thereafter, the school changed its name and program several times.<ref name="UBA History">{{cite web|url=http://www.uba.ar/academicos/contenidos.php?idm=59#CNBA|title=Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires|accessdate=2008-10-19|publisher=University of Buenos Aires|language=Spanish}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Its origins date to 1661, when it was known as ''Colegio Grande de San Carlos'', when the colonial government entrusted the [[Jesuit]] Order with the education of the youth. After the Papal [[suppression of the Jesuits]] from [[Spanish Empire]]-controlled South America in 1767, the institution languished until 1772, when governor [[Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo]] reopened the school as the ''Real Colegio de San Carlos''. Vértiz, already appointed Viceroy of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata|Río de la Plata]], renamed the school ''Real Convictorio Carolino'' in 1783, a name that endured until 1806. Thereafter, the school changed its name and program several times.<ref name="UBA History">{{cite web|url=http://www.uba.ar/academicos/contenidos.php?idm=59#CNBA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603112841/http://www.uba.ar/academicos/contenidos.php?idm=59#CNBA|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June 2008|title=Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires|accessdate=2008-10-19|publisher=University of Buenos Aires|language=Spanish}}</ref>


President [[Bartolomé Mitre]] redesignated the institution as the ''Colegio Nacional'' in 1863, and since 1911 the school has been administered by the [[University of Buenos Aires]]. Originally only for men, the school has admitted female students since 1957.<ref name="UBA History"/>
President [[Bartolomé Mitre]] redesignated the institution as the ''Colegio Nacional'' in 1863, and since 1911 the school has been administered by the [[University of Buenos Aires]]. Originally only for men, the school has admitted female students since 1957.<ref name="UBA History"/>
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Alumni include many of Argentina's [[founding fathers]], Presidents, members of political parties of all ideologies, internationally recognized scientists, artists, and two [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureates. A partial list includes:
Alumni include many of Argentina's [[founding fathers]], Presidents, members of political parties of all ideologies, internationally recognized scientists, artists, and two [[Nobel Prize|Nobel]] laureates. A partial list includes:


=== Nobel laureates ===
* In the present Macri's Administration: Hernán Lombardi (in charge of [[Sistema Federal de Medios y Contenidos Públicos]]), Martín Losteau (former ambassador to the USA)

* During the previous Fernandez de Kirchner Administration, government officials: [[Axel Kicillof]] (economist, Minister of Economy of Argentina); [[Alejando DE lUCA]] (economist, President of the ''Comisión Nacional de Valores'' (CNV).<ref>http://www.bcra.gov.ar/institucional/in020301.asp</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://drupaldesa.cnba.uba.ar/old/ex-alumnos/busqueda?nombre=Alejandro&apellido=Vanoli&egreso=1979&division=0&profesion=&email=&paginar=20&op=Buscar&form_build_id=form-ef9a271cbe38057c836cf0210dd9f290&form_id=exalumnos_form |title=Archived copy |access-date=8 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108195630/http://drupaldesa.cnba.uba.ar/old/ex-alumnos/busqueda?nombre=Alejandro&apellido=Vanoli&egreso=1979&division=0&profesion=&email=&paginar=20&op=Buscar&form_build_id=form-ef9a271cbe38057c836cf0210dd9f290&form_id=exalumnos_form |archive-date=8 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>), [[Mariano Recalde]] (Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned airline [[Aerolíneas Argentinas]]), [[Augusto Costa]] (''Secretario de Comercio Interior''.), [[Cecilia Nahón]] (the Argentina ambassador to the USA).
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{{Alum
|name=[[Carlos Saavedra Lamas]] (1878-1959)
|year=1896
|nota=politician; jurist; diplomat; [[Nobel Peace Prize]] winner (1936)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Bernardo Houssay]] (1887-1971)
|year=1900
|nota= physiologist; first Director of [[CONICET]]; [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] winner (1947)
|ref=<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4gAvThQew_oC |title = El Colegio. La formación de una élite meritocrática en el Nacional Buenos Aires |author = Alicia Méndez |publisher = Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina |date= 2013|isbn = 9789500741194 }}</ref>
}}
{{AlumniEnd}}

=== Politicians and jurists===
==== Heads of State ====
{{AlumniStart}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Cornelio Saavedra]] (1759-1829)
|year=1776
|nota= military officer; President of the [[Primera Junta]]
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Juan José Paso]] (1758-1833)
|year=1776
|nota= lawyer; politician; Secretary of the Primera Junta; member of the [[Junta Grande]]; member of the [[First Triumvirate]]; member of the [[Second Triumvirate]]; Representative to the [[Congress of Tucumán]]
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Feliciano Antonio Chiclana]] (1761-1826)
|year=1779
|nota= lawyer; military officer; judge; member of the First Triumvirate
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Hipólito Vieytes]] (1762-1815)
|year=1780
|nota= businessman; military officer; politician; Secretary of the Junta Grande
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Manuel Alberti]] (1763-1811)
|year=1781
|nota= priest; member of the Primera Junta
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Juan José Castelli]] (1764-1812)
|year=1782
|nota= lawyer; politician; member of the Primera Junta
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Manuel Belgrano]] (1770-1820)
|year=1788
|nota= economist; lawyer; politician; journalist; military officer; member of the Primera Junta; creator of the [[Flag of Argentina]]
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Antonio González Balcarce]] (1774-1819)
|year=1791
|nota= military commander; 5th [[Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]]
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Nicolás Rodríguez Peña]] (1775-1853)
|year=1793
|nota= politician; member of the Second Triumvirate
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Juan Martín de Pueyrredón]] (1777-1850)
|year=1795
|nota= general; politician; member of the First Triumvirate; 6th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Mariano Moreno]] (1778-1811)
|year=1796
|nota= lawyer; journalist; politician; Secretary of the Primera Junta
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Bernardino Rivadavia]] (1780-1845)
|year=1798
|nota= politician; first [[President of Argentina]] (1826-1827)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Vicente López y Planes]] (1785-1856)
|year=1803
|nota= writer; lawyer; politician; 2nd President of Argentina; 18th [[Governor of Buenos Aires]]; representative to the [[Assembly of Year XIII]]; author of the lyrics of the [[Argentine National Anthem]]
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Justo José de Urquiza]] (1801-1870)
|year=1818
|nota= general; politician; President of Argentina (1854-1860), Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation (1852-1854); [[Governor of Entre Ríos Province]] (1842-1852, 1860-1854, 1868-1870); Governor of Buenos Aires (1852)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Marcos Paz]] (1813-1868)
|year=1831
|nota= lawyer; politician; [[Governor of Tucumán]]; [[Governor of Córdoba (Argentine province)|Governor of Córdoba]]; member of the [[Argentine Senate]]; [[Vice President of Argentina]] (1862-1868)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Juan Bautista Egusquiza]] (1845-1902)
|year=1863
|nota= military officer; politician; 13th [[President of Paraguay]] (1894-1898)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Carlos Pellegrini]] (1846-1906)
|year=1864
|nota= lawyer; journalist; politician; Vice President of Argentina (1886-1890); President of Argentina (1890-1892)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Roque Sáenz Peña]] (1851-1914)
|year=1869
|nota= military officer; lawyer; politician; President of Argentina (1910-1914)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear]] (1868-1942)
|year=1886
|nota= lawyer; politician; President of Argentina (1922-1928)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Agustín Pedro Justo]] (1876-1943)
|year=1894
|nota= military officer; lawyer; diplomat; politician; President of Argentina (1932-1938)
|ref=
}}
{{Alum
|name=[[Carlos Alberto Lacoste]] (1929-2004)
|year=1944
|nota= navy vice-admiral; politician; responsible for organizing the [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] hosted in Argentina; interim President of Argentina (1981) as member of the [[National Reorganization Process]] [[military junta]]
|ref=
}}
{{AlumniEnd}}

=== Other ===

* [[Alberto Manguel]] – writer, bibliophile, essayist, journalist
* [[Alberto Manguel]] – writer, bibliophile, essayist, journalist
* [[Herman Aguinis]] – business school professor, researcher, author
* [[Herman Aguinis]] – business school professor, researcher, author
* [[Luis Agote]] – devised the first effective method of blood transfusion
* [[Luis Agote]] – devised the first effective method of blood transfusion
* [[Roberto Aizenberg]] – Surrealist painter
* [[Roberto Aizenberg]] – Surrealist painter
* [[Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear]] – President of Argentina, 1922–1928
* [[Mariano Moreno]] – Independence figure, member of the first independent government of Argentina.
* [[Manulo Manulito]] – leader in the [[Argentine War of Independence]], creator of the national flag
* [[Miguel Cané]] – writer, diplomat and lawmaker
* [[Miguel Cané]] – writer, diplomat and lawmaker
* [[Gregorio de Laferrère]] – playwright and lawmaker
* [[Gregorio de Laferrère]] – playwright and lawmaker
* [[Martiniano Molina]] – chef and elected mayor of [[Quilmes Partido]]
* Martiniano Molina – chef and elected mayor of [[Quilmes Partido]]
* [[Clavandddd]] – President of Paraguay, 1894–1898
* [[Bernardo Houssay]] – Nobel laureate in Medicine, 1947
* [[Agustin P. Justo]] – President of Argentina, 1932–1938
* [[Mario Firmenich]] – [[Montoneros]] guerrilla leader
* [[Mario Firmenich]] – [[Montoneros]] guerrilla leader
* [[Alejandro Korn]] – philosopher and lawmaker
* [[Alejandro Korn]] – philosopher and lawmaker
* [[Ernesto Jaimovich]] – politician
* Ernesto Jaimovich – politician
* [[Manuel Mendanha]] – plastic artist
* [[Manuel Mendanha]] – plastic artist
* Film directors: [[Manuel Antin]] (founder of the [[Universidad del Cine]]), [[Fabián Bielinsky]], [[Ana Katz]], [[Nicolas Entel]] (winner [[Festival de Cine de La Habana]])
* Film directors: [[Manuel Antín]] (founder of the [[Universidad del Cine]]), [[Fabián Bielinsky]], [[Ana Katz]], [[Nicolas Entel]] (winner Festival de Cine de La Habana)
* [[Salvador Mazza]] – epidemiologist who helped control [[Chagas disease]] locally
* [[Salvador Mazza]] – epidemiologist who helped control [[Chagas disease]] locally
* Father [[Carlos Mugica]] – activist priest, assassinated in 1974
* Father [[Carlos Mugica]] – activist priest, assassinated in 1974
* [[José Pablo Ventura]] – student activist, assassinated in 1977
* [[José Pablo Ventura]] – student activist, assassinated in 1977
* [[José Luis Murature]] – Foreign Minister of Argentina, 1914–1916
* [[José Luis Murature]] – Foreign Minister of Argentina, 1914–1916
* [[Carlos Pellegrini]] – President of Argentina, 1890–1892
* [[Ignacio Pirovano]] – surgeon, performed first local [[laparotomy]]
* [[Ignacio Pirovano]] – surgeon, performed first local [[laparotomy]]
* [[Nicolás Repetto]] – co-founder of the [[Socialist Party of Argentina]] and [[Cooperative movement]] leader
* [[Nicolás Repetto]] – co-founder of the [[Socialist Party of Argentina]] and [[Cooperative movement]] leader
* [[Carlos Saavedra Lamas]] – Nobel Peace laureate (1936)
* [[Roque Sáenz Peña]] – President of Argentina, 1910–1914
* [[Lalo Schiffrin]] – composer and pianist, born Boris Claudio Schifrin, [[Grammy Award]] winner and [[Academy Award]] nominee
* [[Lalo Schiffrin]] – composer and pianist, born Boris Claudio Schifrin, [[Grammy Award]] winner and [[Academy Award]] nominee
* [[Bernardo Grinspun]] – economist, Economy Minister (1983–1985)
* [[Bernardo Grinspun]] – economist, Economy Minister (1983–1985)
* Journalists: [[Pepe Eliaschev]] (award-winning journalist 1945–2014), [[Martín Caparrós]], [[Rolando Hanglin]], [[Mario Mactas]]
* Journalists: [[Pepe Eliaschev]] (award-winning journalist 1945–2014), [[Martín Caparrós]], [[Rolando Hanglin]], [[Mario Mactas]]
* [[Ana María Shua]] (Shoua)- writer
* [[Ana María Shua]] (Shoua) – writer
* [[Aníbal Ponce]] – psychologist and sociologist.
* [[Ada María Elflein]]- Poet
* [[Ada María Elflein]]- Poet
* [[Alicia Moreau de Justo]] – political figure, pioneer in women's and human rights.
* [[Alicia Moreau de Justo]] – political figure, pioneer in women's and human rights.
* [[Roberto Alemann]] – lawyer and economist, entrepreneur, antinazi activist, Several times minister of Economy.
* [[Roberto Alemann]] – lawyer and economist, entrepreneur, antinazi activist, Several times minister of Economy.
* [[Juan Ernesto cacatua]] – economist, entrepreneur, antinazi activist, Minister of Economy (1976–1981)
* [[Juan Ernesto Alemann]] – economist, entrepreneur, antinazi activist, Minister of Economy (1976–1981)
* [[Mario Roberto Álvarez]] (1913–2011), architect. He designed the municipal [[Teatro General San Martín]] (completed in 1960); the [[Raúl Uranga - Carlos Sylvestre Begnis Subfluvial Tunnel|Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel]] (completed in 1969), the [[Teatro Colón|Colón Opera House]]'s labyrinthine production facilities (1972), the Buenos Aires headquarters for the [[State enterprise|state steel concern]], Somisa (1977), the [[Salto Grande Dam]] (1979) and numerous office buildings.
* [[Mario Roberto Álvarez]] (1913–2011), architect. He designed the municipal [[Teatro General San Martín]] (completed in 1960); the [[Raúl Uranga - Carlos Sylvestre Begnis Subfluvial Tunnel|Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel]] (completed in 1969), the [[Teatro Colón|Colón Opera House]]'s labyrinthine production facilities (1972), the Buenos Aires headquarters for the [[State enterprise|state steel concern]], Somisa (1977), the [[Salto Grande Dam]] (1979) and numerous office buildings.
* Cartoonists: [[Carlos Loiseau|Caloi]] (creator of [[Clemente]]), [[Cristian Dzwonik|Nik]] (creator of [[Gaturro]])
* Cartoonists: [[Carlos Loiseau|Caloi]] (creator of [[Clemente]]), [[Cristian Dzwonik|Nik]] (creator of [[Gaturro]])
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==Facilities==
==Facilities==
[[File:Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires - Biblioteca detail.jpg|thumb|Library of the ''Colegio Nacional'']]
[[File:Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires - Biblioteca detail.jpg|thumb|Library of the ''Colegio Nacional'']]
The school offers an astronomy [[observatory]], a swimming pool, a cinema, a sports campus with football, rugby, handball, volleyball, hockey and basketball courts. Free classes are available such as [[astronomy]], [[photography]], languages, [[sailing]], tango, theater, history of cinema, Yoga, piano, chess, band production and [[martial arts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnba.uba.ar/extension/area-cultura/talleres |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-08-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726073230/http://www.cnba.uba.ar/extension/area-cultura/talleres |archivedate=26 July 2010}}</ref> The sailing team has won many of the local competitions. It also has a choir, which sings in the most important school events.
The school offers an astronomy [[observatory]], a swimming pool, a cinema, a sports campus with football, rugby, handball, volleyball, hockey and basketball courts. Free classes are available such as [[astronomy]], [[photography]], languages, [[sailing]], tango, theater, history of cinema, Yoga, piano, chess, band production and [[martial arts]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnba.uba.ar/extension/area-cultura/talleres |title=Talleres &#124; Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires |accessdate=2010-08-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726073230/http://www.cnba.uba.ar/extension/area-cultura/talleres |archivedate=26 July 2010}}</ref> The sailing team has won many of the local competitions. It also has a choir, which sings in the most important school events.


==Enrollment==
==Enrollment==
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:34, 11 February 2024

The new Art Nouveau building was designed by Norbert Auguste Maillart. Its 1910 cornerstone laying medal shows Minerva on the obverse.

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires
Address
Map
Bolívar 263

Buenos Aires

Argentina
Coordinates34°36′40″S 58°22′26″W / 34.611°S 58.374°W / -34.611; -58.374
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1863
FounderBartolomé Mitre
RectorLic. Valeria Bergman
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment2017[1]
Colour(s)Blue and white    
AthleticsSoccer, field hockey, swimming, handball, track and field, basketball, gymnastics, judo, rugby, volleyball, Fencing
NicknameEl Colegio, El Nacional
AffiliationUniversity of Buenos Aires
Former namesColegio Grande de San Carlos, Real Colegio de San Carlos, Real Convictorio Carolino, Colegio Nacional
Notable alumniManuel Belgrano, Bernardo Houssay, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, José Luis Murature, Lalo Schiffrin
Websitehttp://www.cnba.uba.ar
The reverse of this medal by Dr Jorge Maria Lubary commemorating president Alcorta and education minister Naón

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires (National School of Buenos Aires) is a public high school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, affiliated to the University of Buenos Aires. In the tradition of the European gymnasium it provides a free education that includes classical languages such as Latin and Greek. The school is one of the most prestigious in Latin America. Its alumni include many personalities, including two Nobel laureates and four Presidents of Argentina.

History[edit]

Its origins date to 1661, when it was known as Colegio Grande de San Carlos, when the colonial government entrusted the Jesuit Order with the education of the youth. After the Papal suppression of the Jesuits from Spanish Empire-controlled South America in 1767, the institution languished until 1772, when governor Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo reopened the school as the Real Colegio de San Carlos. Vértiz, already appointed Viceroy of the Río de la Plata, renamed the school Real Convictorio Carolino in 1783, a name that endured until 1806. Thereafter, the school changed its name and program several times.[2]

President Bartolomé Mitre redesignated the institution as the Colegio Nacional in 1863, and since 1911 the school has been administered by the University of Buenos Aires. Originally only for men, the school has admitted female students since 1957.[2]

Nowadays, students from the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires rank among the best in most science Olympiads, such as the IPhO, IChO and IBO.[2]

Alumni[edit]

Alumni include many of Argentina's founding fathers, Presidents, members of political parties of all ideologies, internationally recognized scientists, artists, and two Nobel laureates. A partial list includes:

Nobel laureates[edit]

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878-1959) 1896 politician; jurist; diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize winner (1936)
Bernardo Houssay (1887-1971) 1900 physiologist; first Director of CONICET; Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (1947) [3]

Politicians and jurists[edit]

Heads of State[edit]

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Cornelio Saavedra (1759-1829) 1776 military officer; President of the Primera Junta
Juan José Paso (1758-1833) 1776 lawyer; politician; Secretary of the Primera Junta; member of the Junta Grande; member of the First Triumvirate; member of the Second Triumvirate; Representative to the Congress of Tucumán
Feliciano Antonio Chiclana (1761-1826) 1779 lawyer; military officer; judge; member of the First Triumvirate
Hipólito Vieytes (1762-1815) 1780 businessman; military officer; politician; Secretary of the Junta Grande
Manuel Alberti (1763-1811) 1781 priest; member of the Primera Junta
Juan José Castelli (1764-1812) 1782 lawyer; politician; member of the Primera Junta
Manuel Belgrano (1770-1820) 1788 economist; lawyer; politician; journalist; military officer; member of the Primera Junta; creator of the Flag of Argentina
Antonio González Balcarce (1774-1819) 1791 military commander; 5th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Nicolás Rodríguez Peña (1775-1853) 1793 politician; member of the Second Triumvirate
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (1777-1850) 1795 general; politician; member of the First Triumvirate; 6th Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
Mariano Moreno (1778-1811) 1796 lawyer; journalist; politician; Secretary of the Primera Junta
Bernardino Rivadavia (1780-1845) 1798 politician; first President of Argentina (1826-1827)
Vicente López y Planes (1785-1856) 1803 writer; lawyer; politician; 2nd President of Argentina; 18th Governor of Buenos Aires; representative to the Assembly of Year XIII; author of the lyrics of the Argentine National Anthem
Justo José de Urquiza (1801-1870) 1818 general; politician; President of Argentina (1854-1860), Provisional Director of the Argentine Confederation (1852-1854); Governor of Entre Ríos Province (1842-1852, 1860-1854, 1868-1870); Governor of Buenos Aires (1852)
Marcos Paz (1813-1868) 1831 lawyer; politician; Governor of Tucumán; Governor of Córdoba; member of the Argentine Senate; Vice President of Argentina (1862-1868)
Juan Bautista Egusquiza (1845-1902) 1863 military officer; politician; 13th President of Paraguay (1894-1898)
Carlos Pellegrini (1846-1906) 1864 lawyer; journalist; politician; Vice President of Argentina (1886-1890); President of Argentina (1890-1892)
Roque Sáenz Peña (1851-1914) 1869 military officer; lawyer; politician; President of Argentina (1910-1914)
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1868-1942) 1886 lawyer; politician; President of Argentina (1922-1928)
Agustín Pedro Justo (1876-1943) 1894 military officer; lawyer; diplomat; politician; President of Argentina (1932-1938)
Carlos Alberto Lacoste (1929-2004) 1944 navy vice-admiral; politician; responsible for organizing the 1978 FIFA World Cup hosted in Argentina; interim President of Argentina (1981) as member of the National Reorganization Process military junta

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Facilities[edit]

Library of the Colegio Nacional

The school offers an astronomy observatory, a swimming pool, a cinema, a sports campus with football, rugby, handball, volleyball, hockey and basketball courts. Free classes are available such as astronomy, photography, languages, sailing, tango, theater, history of cinema, Yoga, piano, chess, band production and martial arts.[4] The sailing team has won many of the local competitions. It also has a choir, which sings in the most important school events.

Enrollment[edit]

In accordance with the meritocratic conception of the school, admission is highly competitive. It involves ten exams after a year-long course, testing in language, mathematics, geography, and history.[5] Every year 1,200 candidates apply but only around 400 gain admission. There are about 2,000 students enrolled, who pay no fees since the school is public and therefore free.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Universidad de Buenos Aires, Censo de Estudiantes Secundarios 2004
  2. ^ a b c "Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires" (in Spanish). University of Buenos Aires. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  3. ^ Alicia Méndez (2013). El Colegio. La formación de una élite meritocrática en el Nacional Buenos Aires. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Argentina. ISBN 9789500741194.
  4. ^ "Talleres | Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires". Archived from the original on 26 July 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Descripción del Curso" [Description of the Course]. Curso de Ingreso para los Establecimientos de Enseñanza Media de la UBA (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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