Victorino de la Plaza y Palacios (November 2, 1840 – October 2, 1919) was President of Argentina 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 of Santiago del Estero Province.
He studied law in Buenos Aires and obtained his doctorate in 1868. Was secretary of Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield and collaborated on the writing of the Argentine Civil Code. Was Treasury Minister under Nicolás Avellaneda (1876), later Interventor in Corrientes Province (1878) and Foreign Minister (1882) and Treasury (1883-1885) during the first Julio Argentino Roca administration. Was elected vicepresident for the National Union presided by Roque Sáenz Peña in 1910. He assumed the presidency after the death of Sáenz Peña and governed between 1914 and 1916. Died of pneumonia after retiring from politics.
| Political offices |
Preceded by
José Figueroa Alcorta |
Vice President of Argentina
1910–1914 |
Succeeded by
Pelagio Luna |
Preceded by
Roque Sáenz Peña |
President of Argentina
1914–1916 |
Succeeded by
Hipólito Yrigoyen |
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Heads of state of Argentina
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May Revolution and Independence War Period
up to Asamblea del Año XIII (1810–1814) |
- Primera Junta
- Junta Grande
- First Triumvirate
- Second Triumvirate
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Supreme Directors of the United Provinces
of the Río de la Plata (1814–1820) |
- Gervasio Antonio de Posadas
- Carlos María de Alvear
- Juan José Viamonte
- José Rondeau
- Ignacio Álvarez Thomas
- Antonio González de Balcarce
- Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
- José Rondeau
- Juan Pedro Aguirre
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| Unitarian Republic – First Presidential Government (1826–1827) |
- Bernardino Rivadavia
- Vicente López y Planes
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| Pacto Federal and Argentine Confederation (1827–1862) |
- Manuel Dorrego
- Juan Manuel de Rosas
- Juan Ramón Balcarce
- Juan José Viamonte
- Manuel Vicente Maza
- Juan Manuel de Rosas
- Justo José de Urquiza
- Santiago Derqui
- Juan Esteban Pedernera
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| National Organization – Argentine Republic (1862–1880) |
- Bartolomé Mitre
- Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
- Nicolás Avellaneda
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| Generation of '80 – Oligarchic Republic (1880–1916) |
- Julio Argentino Roca
- Miguel Juárez Celman
- Carlos Pellegrini
- Luis Sáenz Peña
- José Evaristo Uriburu
- Julio Argentino Roca
- Manuel Quintana
- José Figueroa Alcorta
- Roque Sáenz Peña
- Victorino de la Plaza
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First Radical Civic Union terms,
after Universal (Male) Suffrage (1916–1930) |
- Hipólito Yrigoyen
- Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear
- Hipólito Yrigoyen
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| Infamous Decade (1930–1943) |
- José Félix Uriburu
- Agustín Pedro Justo
- Roberto María Ortiz
- Ramón Castillo
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| Revolution of '43 military dictatorships (1943–1946) |
- Arturo Rawson
- Pedro Pablo Ramírez
- Edelmiro Julián Farrell
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| First Peronist terms (1946–1955) |
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| Revolución Libertadora military dictatorships (1955–1958) |
- Eduardo Lonardi
- Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
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| Fragile civilian governments – Proscription of Peronism (1958–1966) |
- Arturo Frondizi
- José María Guido
- Arturo Umberto Illia
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| Revolución Argentina military dictatorships (1966–1973) |
- Juan Carlos Onganía
- Roberto M. Levingston
- Alejandro Agustín Lanusse
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| Return of Perón (1973–1976) |
- Héctor José Cámpora
- Raúl Alberto Lastiri
- Juan Domingo Perón
- Isabel Martínez de Perón
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| National Reorganization Process military dictatorships (1976–1983) |
- Jorge Rafael Videla
- Roberto Eduardo Viola
- Leopoldo Galtieri
- Reynaldo Bignone
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| Return to Democracy (1983–present) |
- Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín
- Carlos Saúl Menem
- Fernando de la Rúa
- Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
- Eduardo Duhalde
- Néstor Kirchner
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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- Portal:Argentina
- Politics of Argentina
- President of Argentina
- List of heads of state of Argentina
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- This article draws heavily on the July 17, 2008 version of the corresponding article in the Spanish-language Wikipedia.
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| Name |
Plaza, Victorino de la |
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| Date of birth |
November 2, 1840 |
| Place of birth |
Salta |
| Date of death |
October 2, 1919 |
| Place of death |
Buenos Aires |
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