Luis Sáenz Peña

Luis Sáenz Peña (1893)

Luis Sáenz Peña Dávila (born April 2, 1822 in Buenos Aires , † December 4, 1907 ibid) was an Argentine lawyer and politician . Between 1892 and 1895 he was President of Argentina .

Life

The son of Roque Julián Sáenz Peña (1792–1860) and María Luisa Dávila (1780–1854) studied law at the University of Buenos Aires and then practiced as a lawyer .

Saenz Peña joined the Partido Autonomista, which merged with the Partido Nacional to form the Partido Autonomista Nacional (PAN) in 1874 . He was a member of parliament, senator and held from May 1, 1875 to May 1, 1878 the office of first lieutenant governor of the province of Buenos Aires . He was President of Argentina from October 12, 1892 until his early resignation on January 23, 1895.

During his six-year presidency, the country's infrastructure was significantly expanded. The national rail network was expanded and all provincial capitals, with the exception of La Rioja , were connected to the existing tracks. The ports in Buenos Aires, Rosario and Gualeguaychú also opened their doors. Through his personal commitment in the negotiations with the Bank of England in 1893, part of the national debt was repaid and the country's financial crisis ended. The official opening of Avenida de Mayo in 1894 also fell during his tenure .

Luis Sáenz Peña was since November 18, 1848 with Cipriana Lahitte Bonavía (1829-1916), a daughter of the politician Eduardo Lahitte , married. The couple had seven children, including Roque Sáenz Peña , who was also President of Argentina from 1910 to 1914. Sáenz Peñas was buried in the La Recoleta cemetery .

literature

• Jeremy Adelman: Sáenz Peña, Luis. In: Latin-American Lives. Selected Biographies from the Five-Volume "Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture". Macmillan Library Reference, New York 1998.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Luis Sáenz Peña Dávila. Genealogía Familiar, accessed June 30, 2016 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ Luis Sáenz Peña (1892–1895). (No longer available online.) Casa Rosada Museum, archived from the original on June 30, 2016 ; Retrieved June 30, 2016 (Spanish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

predecessor	Office	successor
Carlos Pellegrini	President of Argentina 1892–1895	José Evaristo Uriburu