Juan Martín de Pueyrredón

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Juan Martín de Pueyrredón. Portrait of Rafael Domingo del Villar , 1832

Juan Martín de Pueyrredón (born December 18, 1776 in Buenos Aires , † March 13, 1850 ibid) was an Argentine general and politician .

Life

Juan Martín de Pueyrredón studied in Paris and returned to his homeland in 1806 shortly before the first English invasion . He was one of the leaders of the resistance against the English invaders at the head of a hussar regiment and was instrumental in the British surrender on August 12, 1806. In recognition of his services, he was appointed envoy to the Spanish court in Madrid . In 1809 he returned to Argentina and in 1810 was appointed governor of Córdoba .

From 1811 to March 1812 he was General Commander in Chief of the Army of High Peru , his successor being General Manuel Belgrano .

In 1812 he became a member of the First Triumvirate together with Feliciano Antonio Chiclana and Manuel de Sarratea Altoguirre . He was from May 3, 1816 to July 9, 1819 as Director Supremo of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata , the Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata , head of state of Argentina. In this function he was instrumental in the liberation expedition of San Martín .

After his resignation, as a result of opposition unrest, he initially lived in exile in Montevideo . From 1835 to 1849 he lived with his family in Europe. He died in retirement at his estancia in San Isidro . Pueyrredón was married and had a son.

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SURNAME Pueyrredón, Juan Martín de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine politician and general
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1850
Place of death Buenos Aires