Adolfo Alsina

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Adolfo Alsina (born January 14, 1829 in Buenos Aires , † December 29, 1877 in Carhué ) was an Argentine politician and lawyer. During the reign of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento , he was Vice President of Argentina between 1868 and 1874.

Personal

He was the son of Valentín Alsina, politician, and Antonia Maza. During the reign of Juan Manuel de Rosa , the family went into exile in Uruguay. Adolfo studied law in Montevideo.

politics

Back in Argentina, Adolfo Alsina devoted himself to the fight against Justo José de Urquiza and the federal authorities. During the revolution of September 11, 1852, Adolfo Alsina supported the independence of the province of Buenos Aires in a prominent role.

In the civil war between the Argentine Confederation and the Province of Buenos Aires, he took part in the Battle of Pavón in 1861 as chief of an infantry brigade. In the course of the battle, Alsina is said to have behaved heroically, but after the battle did not receive any recognition from the governor and later president Bartolomé Miter . In 1862 he was elected National MP. At that time he broke completely with Bartolomé Miter because he did not agree with Mitre's plan to federalize Buenos Aires. Due to his strong opposition to Mitre's plans, Alsina became the undisputed leader of the opposition movement against Mitre's policy and founded the Partido Autnomista .

He was elected Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires on May 2, 1866. During his reign he founded towns and schools, promoted compulsory education and continued to reject the idea of ​​federalization of the city of Buenos Aires. Two years later he resigned and was elected Vice-President of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento . He held this office until 1874. He toyed with the idea of ​​running for president himself, but eventually supported Nicolás Avellaneda with the help of the jointly founded Partido Autonomista Nacional . After a successful election campaign, he became Minister of War in Avellaneda's cabinet. In this position he was mainly involved in disputes with the troops of the former President Miter as well as in armed conflicts with indigenous people in central Argentina. There he suffered a sudden illness from which he quickly died on December 29, 1877. He is buried in the La Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Claudio Rodolfo Gallo: Claroscuros de la Historia Argentina (1806-1945) . Editorial Dunken, Buenos Aires 2014, p. 490 .
  2. ↑ Catherine Davies, Claire Brewster, Hilary Owen: South American Independence: Gender, Politics, Text . In: Liverpool Latin American Studies . New Series, No. 7 . Liverpool University Press, 1988, pp. 249 .
  3. ↑ a b Alsina, Adolfo (1829-1877) www.mcnbiografias.com, accessed on May 31, 2020 (Spanish)
  4. ↑ a b c d F.A. Kirkpatrick: A history of the Argentine Republic . Cambridge University Press, 1931, pp. 184-186 .
personal data
SURNAME Alsina, Adolfo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1877
Place of death Carhué , Argentina