- Victorino de la Plaza
Infobox_President
name=Victorino de la Plaza
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nationality=Argentine
order=18thPresident of Argentina
term_start=August 10 ,1914
term_end=October 11 ,1916
predecessor=Roque Sáenz Peña
successor=Hipólito Yrigoyen
birth_date=November 2 ,1840
birth_place= Salta
death_date=death date and age|1919|10|2|1840|11|2
death_place=Buenos Aires
spouse=Ecilda Belvis Castellanos de la Plaza (1870-1875)
Emily Henry de la Plaza (1884-1919)
party=National Autonomist Party
vicepresident=
profession=Lawyer
order2=11th Vice President of Argentina
term_start2=October 12 ,1910
term_end2=August 9 ,1914
successor2=Pelagio Luna
predecessor2=José Figueroa Alcorta Victorino de la Plaza y Palacios (
November 2 ,1840 -October 2 ,1919 ) wasPresident of Argentina from9 August 1914 to11 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 ofSantiago del Estero Province .He studied law in
Buenos Aires and obtained hisdoctorate in 1868. Was secretary ofDalmacio Vélez Sársfield and collaborated on the writing of theArgentine Civil Code . Was Treasury Minister underNicolás Avellaneda (1876), later Interventor inCorrientes Province (1878) and Foreign Minister (1882) and Treasury (1883-1885) during the firstJulio Argentino Roca administration. Was elected vicepresident for the National Union presided byRoque Sáenz Peña in 1910. He assumed the presidency after the death of Sáenz Peña and governed between 1914 and 1916. Died ofpneumonia after retiring from politics.
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