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Victorino de la Plaza

1840 - 1919

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Victorino de la Plaza (2 November 1840 – 2 October 1919) was an Argentine politician and lawyer who served as President of Argentina from 9 August 1914 to 11 October 1916. As the second son of José Roque Mariano de la Plaza Elejalde and Manuela Silva; his older brother, Rafael de la Plaza, was also a politician and acted as governor of Santiago del Estero Province. He studied law in Buenos Aires and obtained his doctorate in 1868, became secretary of Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield and collaborated on the writing of the Argentine Civil Code, and was Treasury Minister under Nicolás Avellaneda (1876), later Interventor in Corrientes Province (1878) and Foreign Minister (1882) and Treasury (1883–1885) during the first Julio Argentino Roca administration. He was elected vice president for the National Union presided by Roque Sáenz Peña in 1910, and assumed the presidency after the death of Sáenz Peña and governed between 1914 and 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victorino de la Plaza is the 12,479th most popular politician (down from 12,296th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Argentina (up from 286th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Argentinean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victorino de la Plaza ranks 12,479 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, Julia Gardiner Tyler, György Klapka, Margrethe Vestager, Noli de Castro, and Richard I of Capua. After him are Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Alois Estermann, Luis Herrera Campins, Cecile of France, and Maurizio Galbaio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Victorino de la Plaza ranks 63. Before him are Titu Maiorescu, Francišak Bahuševič, Adolf Bernhard Meyer, Aisha Taymur, Ferdinand Sarrien, and Émile Duclaux. After him are Célestine Galli-Marié, Yaa Asantewaa, Kazimierz Alchimowicz, Hermann Goetz, Marko Kropyvnytskyi, and Viktor Knorre. Among people deceased in 1919, Victorino de la Plaza ranks 104. Before him are Evgraf Fedorov, Frederick DuCane Godman, Paul Deussen, Maria Nikiforova, Woldemar Voigt, and John Alcock. After him are Franz Steindachner, Ernest von Koerber, Pavel Chistyakov, Louis Diémer, Alfred Deakin, and José Santos Zelaya.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Victorino de la Plaza ranks 263 out of 1,154. Before him are Olga Orozco (1920), Rogelio Domínguez (1931), Roberto M. Levingston (1920), Horacio Elizondo (1963), Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810), and Hilda Bernard (1920). After him are Juan Antonio Pizzi (1968), Esteban Echeverría (1805), Luis Moreno Ocampo (1952), José López Rega (1916), Carlos Anaya (1777), and Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1919).

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Among POLITICIANS In Argentina

Among politicians born in Argentina, Victorino de la Plaza ranks 57. Before him are José Evaristo Uriburu (1831), Julio Velasco (1952), José María Guido (1910), Luis Sáenz Peña (1822), Roberto M. Levingston (1920), and Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810). After him are Luis Moreno Ocampo (1952), José López Rega (1916), Carlos Anaya (1777), Arturo Rawson (1885), Martín Miguel de Güemes (1785), and Santiago Derqui (1809).

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