Alfredo Juan Rouillon (1875–1951) was an entrepreneur, businessman and politician from

Rosario, Santa Fe Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...

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. He served as mayor of Rosario from 1922 to 1923. He was the son of Bernardo Rouillon and Magdalena Vierci. Due to the early death of his father, he was educated in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. In 1901 he married Maria Hortensia Echesortu, with whom he had nine children: Alfredo, Armando, Hortensia, Guillermo, Fernando, Stella, Elena, Ernesto, and Jorge . His usual residence was in Moreno and Cordoba in downtown Rosario, Villa Hortensia was the family summer residence. He served as mayor of Rosario, councilor, president of numerous commercial companies, founder of several clubs in the city of Rosario like the Jockey Club, the Club Rosarino de pelota, pioneer of aviation and communications in Argentina. He was also president of the

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, Rosario section. During his tenure as Mayor of Rosario his friend

Santos Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont ( Palmira, 20 July 1873 — Guarujá, 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier- ...

landed his airplane in the city.

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Argentine businesspeople History of aviation Mayors of Rosario, Santa Fe 1875 births 1951 deaths Argentine expatriates in Switzerland {{Argentina-politician-stub