Alsogaray is a Basque

Basque language

Basque is the ancestral language of the Basque people, who inhabit the Basque Country, a region spanning an area in northeastern Spain and southwestern France. It is spoken by 25.7% of Basques in all territories...

 surname. A branch of the family emigrated to South America

South America

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 in the early 19th century, and sustained a military tradition for several generations, beginning with Coronel Álvaro José Alsogaray's role in the 1845 Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

The naval Battle of Vuelta de Obligado took place on the waters of the Paraná River on November 20, 1845, between the Argentine Confederation, under the leadership of Juan Manuel de Rosas, and an Anglo-French fleet.- Background :...

. Some members of the Alsogaray family became famous in Argentina

Argentina

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 due to their involvement in critical events in Argentine history.

• Julio Alsogaray was a top-ranking police officer with a significant involvement in dismantling the Zwi Migdal
  Zwi Migdal
  Zwi Migdal was an organization of Jewish white slave traders based in mostly Argentina, which engaged in trafficking of women from the shtetls of Eastern Europe.-Origin of the name:...
  
   prostitution
  Prostitution
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   ring in the early 20th century.

• Another Julio Alsogaray
  Julio Alsogaray
  Julio Alsogaray was an Argentine Army general.-Life and times:Julio Alsogaray was born in Esperanza, Santa Fe to Julia Elena Bosch and Álvaro Enrique Alsogaray, in 1918...
  
   (b. 1918) was a top-ranking military officer, involved in the toppling of President Arturo Illia in 1966, following which he was named Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Argentine Armed Forces.

• Álvaro Alsogaray
  Álvaro Alsogaray
  Álvaro Carlos Alsogaray was an Argentine politician and businessman. Minister of Economy during much of the 1959-62 period, he was one of the principal proponents of economic conservatism in modern Argentina.-Early career:...
  
   (1913-2005), the second Julio's brother, was from the 1950s until his death, the main advocate of free-market economics in Argentina. He established the Nueva Fuerza party in 1972 with little success, and later the Ucedé
  Union of the Democratic Centre (Argentina)
  The Union of the Democratic Centre is a conservative political party in Argentina. It was founded in 1982 by Álvaro Alsogaray who stood for the Party in the 1983 and 1989 presidential elections....
  
   party in the 1980s, which attained better electoral results, and a large influence as the main voice calling for privatisation and deregulation
  Deregulation
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   of the then-stagnant Argentine economy.

• María Julia Alsogaray
  María Julia Alsogaray
  María Julia Alsogaray is an Argentine politician convicted for financial crimes against the state.-Life and times:The daughter of conservative politician Álvaro Alsogaray, she was born in Buenos Aires and became an engineer...
  
   (b. 1942) is Álvaro's daughter. She entered politics in 1983 with Ucedé, and later became an influential member of the Menem
  Carlos Menem
  Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...
  
   administration, leading the successful privatisation of the ENTel
  ENTel
  The Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones was an Argentine state owned company which had the monopoly on public telecommunications in the country until its privatization in 1990.-Overview:...
  
  phone company and as secretary of Natural Resources.