Victorino de la Plaza y Palacios (November 2, 1840 – October 2, 1919) was President of Argentina

President of Argentina

The President of the Argentine Nation , usually known as the President of Argentina, is the head of state of Argentina. Under the national Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.Through Argentine history, the...

 from 9 August 1914 to 11 October 1916.

Second son of José Roque Mariano de la Plaza Elejalde and Manuela de la Silva Palacios; his older brother, Rafael de la Plaza, was also a politician and acted as governor

Governor

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 of Santiago del Estero Province

Santiago del Estero Province

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.

He studied law in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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 and obtained his doctorate

Doctorate

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 in 1868. Was secretary of Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield

Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield

Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield was an Argentine lawyer and politician who wrote the Argentine Civil Code of 1869, the vast majority of which remains in use to this day.-Life and times:...

 and collaborated on the writing of the Argentine Civil Code. Was Treasury Minister under Nicolás Avellaneda

Nicolás Avellaneda

Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and president of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth...

 (1876), later Interventor in Corrientes Province

Corrientes Province

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 (1878) and Foreign Minister (1882) and Treasury (1883-1885) during the first Julio Argentino Roca

Julio Argentino Roca

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.-Upbringing and early career:...

 administration. Was elected vicepresident for the National Union presided by Roque Sáenz Peña

Roque Sáenz Peña

Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte was President of Argentina from 12 October 1910 to 9 August 1914, when he died in office...

 in 1910. He assumed the presidency after the death of Sáenz Peña and governed between 1914 and 1916. Died of pneumonia

Pneumonia

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 after retiring from politics.