Roque Sáenz Peña, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roque Sáenz Peña

Argentine politician, President of Argentina

Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1851

Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 09-Aug-1914

Profession: lawyer, military personnel, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Argentina, Peru

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte (March 19, 1851 – August 9, 1914) was the sixteenth President of Argentina, serving from October 12, 1910 to his death in office on August 9, 1914.
He was the son of former President Luis Sáenz Peña.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, and paved the way for the rise of the Radical Civic Union in the first free elections of the country.
President Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue in Buenos Aires is named after him. He also served in the War of the Pacific as a lieutenant colonel of the Peruvian Army, and was made prisoner by Chile for six months following the Battle of Arica.
He later served as Ambassador to Spain (1906–1907) and Italy (1907–1910).