Leandro Nicéforo Alem
Leandro Nicéforo Alem (around 1843 in Buenos Aires ; died July 1, 1896 ) was an Argentine politician.
Life
Alem was born around 1843 as the fourth child of Leandro Antonio Alén and Tomasa Ponce. The father was a member of the Mazorca, the secret police of dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas . When he fled in 1892, the Mazorca was dissolved and many members were executed, including Alén. The son later changed his last name to Alem in order not to be associated with the father.
After graduating from the Colegio de la America de Sur, Alem began studying law, but gave it up in 1865 to go to the Triple Alliance War . After the war he graduated and went into politics. In 1868 he joined the Partido Autonomista around Adolfo Alsina , where he became known for his speeches.
In 1872 he became a member of the provincial parliament of Buenos Aires. 1877 was among the founders of the Republican Party. In 1878 he was elected a member of the National Assembly, but was unable to defend the seat. In 1880 he resigned his mandate in the provincial parliament in protest against the separation of the city of Buenos Aires from the province of the same name.
Alem was one of the most important founders of the Unión Cívica, the predecessor of the Unión Cívica Radical party founded in 1891 and still operating today . The Unión Cívica tried in 1890 in the "Revolución del Parque" through an armed uprising to remove President Miguel Juárez Celman from office. The uprising was suppressed, but the president resigned.
In 1893 he organized another uprising, in which it failed again. After he was disappointed by the alienation of his followers, he committed suicide , possibly in Buenos Aires (sources are contradicting).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Paula Alonso: Between Revolution and the Ballot Box: The Origins of the Argentine Radical . (= Cambridge Latin American Studies , Volume 86), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, p. 95
- ↑ a b c d Alonso (2000), p. 96
- ↑ Biography Leandro Nicéforo Alem written on March 13, 2016, accessed on March 30, 2020 (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alem, Leandro Nicéforo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1896 |
| Place of death | unsure: Buenos Aires |