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Julio Argentino Roca

1843 - 1914

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Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (July 17, 1843 – October 19, 1914) was an Argentine army general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the Conquest of the Desert, a series of military campaigns against the indigenous peoples of Patagonia sometimes considered a genocide. During his two terms as president, many important changes occurred, particularly major infrastructure projects of railroads and port facilities; increased foreign investment, along with immigration from Europe and particular large-scale immigration from southern Europe; expansion of the agricultural and pastoral sectors of the economy; and laicizing legislation strengthening state power. Roca's main foreign policy concern was to set border limits with Chile, which had never been determined with precision. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Julio Argentino Roca is the 7,471st most popular politician (down from 6,881st in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 104th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Argentinean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 7,471 out of 19,576. Before him are Igor II of Kiev, Henry Wilson, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos, Mitja Ribičič, Sancho of Majorca, and Spencer Perceval. After him are Enrico Ferri, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gengshi Emperor, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Eugene Meyer, and Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 42. Before him are Adelina Patti, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Robert Todd Lincoln, Odoardo Beccari, Eugene de Blaas, and Shō Tai. After him are Kitty Lange Kielland, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Elizabeth Stride, Pedro Américo, Otto Kuntze, and Bernhard Förster. Among people deceased in 1914, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 41. Before him are Theodor Kittelsen, George Speck, Christian Morgenstern, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Jurji Zaydan, and George William Hill. After him are Empress Shōken, Albéric Magnard, Ayub Khan, Giuseppe Mercalli, Kitty Lange Kielland, and Ödön Lechner.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 114 out of 1,154. Before him are Diego Milito (1979), Libertad Lamarque (1908), Héctor Babenco (1946), Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Luis Bacalov (1933), and Ricardo Darín (1957). After him are Justo José de Urquiza (1801), Sergio Agüero (1988), Juan Román Riquelme (1978), Guillermo Mordillo (1932), Victoria Ocampo (1890), and Horacio Pagani (1955).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Julio Argentino Roca ranks 26. Before him are Manuel Belgrano (1770), Bartolomé Mitre (1821), Eduardo Duhalde (1941), Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811), Bernardino Rivadavia (1780), and Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (1947). After him are Justo José de Urquiza (1801), José Félix Uriburu (1868), Arturo Frondizi (1908), Arturo Umberto Illia (1900), Héctor José Cámpora (1909), and Juan Carlos Onganía (1914).

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