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Hipólito Yrigoyen

1852 - 1933

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Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in 1930. He was the first president elected democratically by means of the secret and mandatory male suffrage established by the Sáenz Peña Law of 1912. His activism was the prime impetus behind the passage of that law in Argentina. Known as "the father of the poor", Yrigoyen presided over a rise in the standard of living of Argentina's working class together with the passage of a number of progressive social reforms, including improvements in factory conditions, regulation of working hours, compulsory pensions, and the introduction of a universally accessible public education system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hipólito Yrigoyen is the 4,011th most popular politician (up from 4,382nd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Argentinean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hipólito Yrigoyen ranks 4,011 out of 19,576. Before him are Álvaro Obregón, H. H. Asquith, Mehmet Shehu, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Emperor Qinzong, and Prince George of Greece and Denmark. After him are Constantine Doukas, Anna von Schweidnitz, Htin Kyaw, Palamedes, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, and Leo I, King of Armenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Hipólito Yrigoyen ranks 24. Before him are Ferdinand von Lindemann, Alice Liddell, Constantin Fehrenbach, Christian Krohg, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and H. H. Asquith. After him are Tewfik Pasha, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Paul Bourget, Pietro Gasparri, Julius Richard Petri, and Calamity Jane. Among people deceased in 1933, Hipólito Yrigoyen ranks 22. Before him are Anatoly Lunacharsky, Paul Painlevé, Knud Rasmussen, Stefan George, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Oskar Potiorek. After him are Erhard Heiden, Frank Jarvis, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, Erik Jan Hanussen, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, and Kenji Miyazawa.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Hipólito Yrigoyen ranks 47 out of 1,154. Before him are Javier Zanetti (1973), Ernesto Sabato (1911), Héctor Cúper (1955), Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), Fernando de la Rúa (1937), and Lucio Fontana (1899). After him are Francisco Varallo (1910), Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878), Violet Jessop (1887), Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924), Luis Galván (1948), and Alberto Granado (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Hipólito Yrigoyen ranks 15. Before him are Raúl Alfonsín (1927), Richard Walther Darré (1895), Alberto Fernández (1959), Reynaldo Bignone (1928), Juan Manuel de Rosas (1793), and Fernando de la Rúa (1937). After him are Carlos Saavedra Lamas (1878), Violet Jessop (1887), Roberto Eduardo Viola (1924), Mauricio Macri (1959), Manuel Belgrano (1770), and Bartolomé Mitre (1821).

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