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Roque Sáenz Peña
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Key facts
- Vice president
- Victorino de la Plaza
- Preceded by
- José Figueroa Alcorta
- Succeeded by
- Victorino de la Plaza
- President
- Miguel Juárez Celman
- Born
- Roque José Antonio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Sáenz-Peña , ( 1851-03-19 ) 19 March 1851, Buenos Aires , Argentine Confederation
- Died
- 9 August 1914 (1914-08-09) (aged 63), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Resting place
- La Recoleta Cemetery , Buenos Aires
- Party
- National Autonomist Party
- Spouse
- Rosa Isidora González ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1887 )
- Children
- Rosa Sáenz-Peña Luis Roque Sáenz-Peña
- Parent s
- Luis Sáenz-Peña , Cipriana du Cos de La Hitte
- Alma mater
- University of Buenos Aires
- Profession
- Lawyer
- Allegiance
- Argentina, Peru
- Branch service
- Argentine Army , Peruvian Army
- Rank
- Brigadier General (of Peru)
- Battles wars
- Revolution of 1874, War of the Pacific
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Argentina
- Place of birth
- Buenos Aires
- Place of death
- Buenos Aires
- Father
- Luis Sáenz-Peña
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- National School of Buenos Aires
- Political party
- National Autonomist Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Military branch
- Peruvian Army
- Military rank
- brigadier general
- Image
- Roque Sáenz Peña01.JPG
- Work location
- Buenos Aires
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- place of burial
- Recoleta Cemetery
- Commons category
- Roque Sáenz Peña
- date of birth
- 1851-03-19
- date of death
- 1914-08-09
- name in native language
- Roque Sáenz Peña Del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
- candidacy in election
- 1910 Argentine presidential election
- second family name in Spanish name
- Peña
- relative
- Carlos Saavedra Lamas
- birth name
- Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte
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Encyclopedic overview
Roque José Antonio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Sáenz-Peña Lahitte (19 March 1851 – 9 August 1914) was an Argentine politician and lawyer who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1910 to his death in office on 9 August 1914. He was the son of former president Luis Sáenz-Peña. He was a candidate for an internal, modernist line within the National Autonomist Party.
He was responsible for passing Law 8871, known as "Sáenz-Peña Law", which greatly reformed the Argentine electoral system, making the vote secret, universal and compulsory for males over 18. This effectively ended the rule by electoral fraud of the conservative Argentine oligarchy, the Generation of '80, and paved the way for the rise of the Radical Civic Union in the first free elections of the country.
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