Victorino de la Plaza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victorino de la Plaza

President of Argentina

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1840

Place of Birth: Salta, Salta Province, Argentina

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1919

Profession: lawyer, military personnel, politician, economist, diplomat

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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 vice president 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.
He died of pneumonia after retiring from politics.