Bernardo de Irigoyen

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Bernardo de Irigoyen

Bernardo de Irigoyen (born December 18, 1822 in Buenos Aires , † December 27, 1906 there ) was an Argentine lawyer, diplomat and politician . Irigoyen was Foreign Minister twice, in 1874 and 1880, and in 1882 he became Minister of the Interior. In 1898 he was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires . Irigoyen ran twice, in 1885 and 1892, for the office of President of Argentina ( Presidente de la Nación ) and was twice a member of the Senate.

Life

Bernardo de Irigoyen married Carmen Olascoaga (1831-1893) in 1850, and the couple had eight children.

Irigoyen began his diplomatic career at the Argentine legation in Chile, where he mainly dealt with border issues. He later signed the 1881 border treaty between Chile and Argentina .

Irigoyen was a diplomat involved in the San Nicolás Agreement, which formed the basis of the Argentine Constitution of 1853. He campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty for political offenses; this was later incorporated into the constitution.

Irigoyen was a supporter of the Partido Autonomista . In 1875 he was appointed Foreign Minister ( Ministro de Relaciones Internacionales ) by President Nicolás Avellaneda . During his tenure there was a conflict between the British Banco de Londres and the province of Santa Fe : When the provincial government intervened in the business of the Argentine branch of the bank, it threatened to defend itself with a British cannon. Irigoyen took the position that stock corporations do not belong to any nationality and that they are therefore denied the diplomatic protection that citizens enjoy. He also successfully negotiated with Brazil and Paraguay over peace treaties and border drawing after the Triple Alliance War .

In 1882 Julio Argentino Roca appointed him Minister of the Interior. In 1885 Irigoyen resigned and became a presidential candidate for the Partido Autonomista.

In 1889 he joined the recently formed Unión Cívica de la Juventud and its successor Unión Cívica and took part in the so-called Revolución del 90 . In the split of the Unión Civica he joined Leandro N. Alem and was one of the founders of the Unión Cívica Radical .

In the 1892 elections he was the presidential candidate for the Unión Civica Radical. From 1895 to 1898 he represented his party in the Senate until he was elected governor of the province of Buenos Aires in 1898. At the end of his tenure in 1902 he was re-elected to the Senate and remained a senator until his death in 1906.

places

Two Argentine villages are named after Bernardo de Irigoyen:

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SURNAME Irigoyen, Bernardo de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian lawyer, diplomat and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1906
Place of death Buenos Aires