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Roque Sáenz Peña

1851 - 1914

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Roque José Antonio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Sáenz-Peña (19 March 1851 – 9 August 1914) was an Argentine politician and lawyer who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1910 to his death in office on 9 August 1914. He was the son of former president Luis Sáenz-Peña. He was a candidate for an internal, modernist line within the National Autonomist Party. He was responsible for passing Law 8871, known as "Sáenz-Peña Law", which greatly reformed the Argentine electoral system, making the vote secret, universal and compulsory for males over 18. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roque Sáenz Peña is the 10,107th most popular politician (up from 10,891st in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 221st in 2019) and the 41st most popular Argentinean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roque Sáenz Peña ranks 10,107 out of 19,576. Before him are Nicolás de Ovando, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab, Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, and Juan Ponce Enrile. After him are Khabash, Antonina, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, Anaxilas, Karl August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Karen Demirchyan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Roque Sáenz Peña ranks 47. Before him are Otto Schott, Theodor Lipps, Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Alois Jirásek, Luis Ricardo Falero, and Taytu Betul. After him are Edward Walter Maunder, Émile Boirac, Melvil Dewey, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, David Starr Jordan, and Charles Chamberland. Among people deceased in 1914, Roque Sáenz Peña ranks 59. Before him are John Muir, Theodor Lipps, Delmira Agustini, Amélie Lundahl, Stevan Mokranjac, and Yu Kil-chun. After him are Princess Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, Giovanni Sgambati, Félix Bracquemond, Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen, Carl Chun, and Pierre Souvestre.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Roque Sáenz Peña ranks 186 out of 1,154. Before him are Mauro Camoranesi (1976), Raúl Prebisch (1901), Esteban Cambiasso (1980), Fernando Solanas (1936), María Elena Walsh (1930), and Pablo Aimar (1979). After him are Luis Héctor Villalba (1934), Fernando Muslera (1986), Carmelo Simeone (1934), Walter Samuel (1978), Alberto Tarantini (1955), and Ramón Castillo (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Roque Sáenz Peña ranks 41. Before him are José Hernández (1834), Agustín Pedro Justo (1876), Carlos Lacoste (1929), Alejandro Agustín Lanusse (1918), Edelmiro Julián Farrell (1887), and Nicolás Avellaneda (1837). After him are Ramón Castillo (1873), Eduardo Lonardi (1896), Pedro Pablo Ramírez (1884), Carlos Pellegrini (1846), Manuel Blanco Encalada (1790), and Vicente López y Planes (1785).

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