Mariano Boedo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Argentine politician
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Place of Birth: Salta, Salta Province, Argentina
About Mariano Boedo
- Mariano Joaquin Boedo born Mariano Joaquin de Boedo y de Aguirre, (25 July 1782 – 9 April 1819) was an Argentine statesman and soldier.
- He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina, signing the Declaration of Independence as a Vicepresident of the Congress.
- Boedo was born in Salta.
- His father was Antonio de Boedo y Garcia and his mother was MarĂa Magdalena de Aguirre y de Aguirre-Calvo de Mendoza, who belonged to one of Latin America oldest aristocratic families.
- Boedo was a descendant through his mother of Francisco de Aguirre, a conquistador of Chile, the son of Constanza de Meneses, who was a great granddaughter of Juan Alfonso Téllez de Meneses IV conde de Barcelos y I de Ourém.[3] [4] Boedo was sent to Córdoba at a young age to study at the Loreto Seminary.
- He studied further at the Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia San Francisco Xavier, Chuquisaca and became a lawyer in 1805, befriending Mariano Moreno there.
- They collaborated in the independence movement, in particular developing revolutionary propaganda.
- He became a member of Salta's cabildo in 1813 on the request of Manuel Belgrano, and took charge of the finances and administration of Salta Province.
- He was elected by the province to the Tucumán Congress and was the Vice-president of the Congress in 1816 for the declaration.
- He stepped down in 1818 due to ill health.
- Boedo took an active role in the military campaigns in the northern provinces with MartĂn Miguel de GĂĽemes.
- He also served as governor of CĂłrdoba. The barrio of Boedo in Buenos Aires was named in memory of Mariano Boedo.
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