Antonio de Tomaso, born Antonio Di Tommaso (26 June 1889 – 3 August 1933), was an

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politician, Minister of Agriculture, and father of

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Biography

De Tomaso was born into an immigrant family from

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. The original family name (Di Tommaso) was changed by De Tomaso upon being nominated a stenographer in the

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when he was 24. In

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he obtained a Law Degree from the

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. The same year, he married Victoria Gucovsky, but separated in

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. He later married Isabella Ceballos Arellano, from a prominent family of land-owners, with whom he fathered four children: Marcelo, Jaime, Alejandro, and Carlos. De Tomaso was a member of the

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since

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and was elected to the National Chamber of Deputies in 1914 for the

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. He remained until

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, for a total of four legislatures. He participated as an Argentinian delegate to the Socialist International of 1919 at

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. At Congress he interested on issues related to foreign policy and defense for the Socialist Party, but also participated in important debates on issues of economic and social legislation and contributed to the 1921 reform of the Criminal Code.La carrera política del Dr. De Tomaso fue rápida y brillante
''El Orden'', 4 de agosto de 1933 In

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, following tension with the Government led by

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, he led a break up within the Socialist camp and founded the Independent Socialist Party (''Partido Independiente Socialista''). At the head of the new party, he sided in favor of the 1930 coup led by

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, who became President in February

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. Under the Justo administration, De Tomaso took office as Minister for Agriculture. He died of a cardiac disease on 3 August 1933 in Buenos Aires at the age of 44.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tomas, Antonio De Socialist Party (Argentina) politicians 1889 births 1933 deaths Argentine people of Italian descent Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires University of Buenos Aires alumni