Martín Rodríguez (politician)

Martín Rodríguez

Martín Rodríguez (* 1771 in Buenos Aires , † 1845 in Montevideo ) was an Argentine politician and soldier .

Life

Rodríguez studied in Buenos Aires and later took part in the invasions of the Río de la Plata during the coalition wars against the British . He also took part in the May Revolution and was a member of the first non-Spanish government in Argentina. He was sent to the Entre Ríos region to support Manuel Belgrano's activities in Paraguay .

Rodríguez was later appointed commander in chief of the hussars and threatened a political meeting with his combat unit in April 1811 to help Cornelio Saavedra and was therefore temporarily arrested in San Juan.

The following year Rodríguez took part in the Battle of Salta , which went in favor of the rebels. In 1815 he united the troops and led them into the battle of Sipe-Sipe, which, however, escalated into a serious defeat for the rebels.

In 1820, during the so-called anarchy of the year XX , Rodríguez was elected the first governor of the new province of Buenos Aires after several provisional predecessors , which he remained until 1824. His reign is marked by numerous reforms and with almost four years by far the longest until the later assumption of office by Juan Manuel de Rosas (1835-1852). In 1842 he had to go into exile in Uruguay as an opponent of the authoritarian governor Manuel de Rosas , where he died in Montevideo in 1845.