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Valentín Alsina (1802 – September 6, 1869) was an Argentine

Argentina

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 lawyer and politician.

Alsina was born in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 and studied law at the University of Córdoba

National University of Córdoba

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. He occupied diverse posts in government, and had a successful civil career as an advocate and professor of law at the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

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. Under the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas

Juan Manuel de Rosas

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, he had to leave the country, as his liberal ideas did not please the dictator at all. From his refuge in Montevideo

Montevideo

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, he supported the opposition against de Rosas, both financially and through publications.

When Rosas was deposed by Justo José de Urquiza

Justo José de Urquiza

Justo José de Urquiza y García was an Argentine general and politician. He was president of the Argentine Confederation from 1854 to 1860.He was governor of Entre Ríos during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, governor of Buenos Aires with powers delegated from the other provinces...

, Alsina returned to Buenos Aires, and he was elected provincial Governor in 1852. However, he resigned after a few months, shortly before a military coup took place. In 1853, Buenos Aires left the Argentine Confederation

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 and declared itself an independent State. Alsina, a fervent supporter of Buenos Aires Province

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 independence, became Governor again in 1857. In 1859, open hostilities broke out between Buenos Aires and the Argentine Confederation, led by Urquiza. After the defeat of the Buenos Aires army at the Battle of Cepeda

Battle of Cepeda (1859)

The Battle of Cepeda of 1859 took place on October 23 at Cañada de Cepeda, Santa Fe, Argentina. The Republic of the Argentine Confederation army, led by Federal Justo José de Urquiza defeated the Province of Buenos Aires forces, led by Unitarian Bartolomé Mitre.-The battle in context:Before the...

 on October 23, 1859, Alsina had to resign his post, and shortly after Buenos Aires rejoined the Confederation. Alsina became a member of the Argentine Senate

Argentine Senate

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 in 1862.

When Bartolomé Mitre

Bartolomé Mitre

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 (President of Argentina

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 between 1862 and 1868) offered him a position as member of the Argentine Supreme Court he refused and remained serving as a Senator until his death, which occurred just a few months after he took the oath of his son Adolfo Alsina

Adolfo Alsina

Adolfo Alsina Maza was an Argentine lawyer and Unitarian politician, and one of the founders of the Partido Autonomista and the National Autonomist Party.-Biography:...

, who became Vice President of Argentina in 1868.

See also

• List of Presidents of Argentina