Honorio Pueyrredón was an Argentine

Argentina

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 lawyer, university professor, diplomat and politician.

Born in San Pedro, Buenos Aires

San Pedro, Buenos Aires

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, Pueyrredón graduated at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

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 in 1896, were he would also later teach.

Originally affiliated to the National Civic Union

National Civic Union (Argentina)

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, he later became a prominent figure in the Radical Civic Union

Radical Civic Union

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, and was named Minister of Agriculture in 1916 by President Hipólito Yrigoyen

Hipólito Yrigoyen

Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Irigoyen Alem was twice President of Argentina . His activism became the prime impetus behind the obtainment of universal suffrage in Argentina in 1912...

, and was Minister of Foreign Relations between 1917 and 1922. During this last term Pueyrredón was also chief of the Argentine delegation at the first gathering of the League of Nations

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 in Geneva

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, where he served as vice-president of the first assembly of 1920.

In 1922 Pueyrredón was named Argentine Ambassador to the United States

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, a post he also held in Cuba

Cuba

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 years later. He was also president of the Argentine delegation to the XI Pan-American Conference

Pan-American Conference

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 held in Havana

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 in 1928.

Pueyrredón was elected governor of the Province

Provinces of Argentina

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 of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Province

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 in 1930, but the elections were invalidated by dictator

Dictator

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 José Félix Uriburu

José Félix Uriburu

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, whose coup d'etat

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 toppled Yrigoyen. He continued his political activity, firmly following Yrigoyen ideas, until he was exiled during the Década Infame because of his political tendencies. He returned to Argentina several years later, and died in Buenos Aires in 1945.

Reference

• Historical Dictionary of Argentina. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978.