Roque Sáenz Peña

Local nameRoque Sáenz Peña
LocationRecoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Roque José Antonio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Sáenz Peña Lahitte 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 line called "modernist" 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, and paved the way for the rise of the Radical Civic Union in the first free elections of the country.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Sáenz_Peña

Address 2148 Calle Vicente Lopez, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires C1128ACH, Argentina

Coordinates -34°35'17.415" N -58°23'40.667" E

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