Enrique Perez Colman ( Paraná, July 15, 1886,

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, August 4, 1957) was a lawyer, journalist, writer, professor and Argentine politician, who served as Minister of the Treasury between 1928 and 1930, during the second presidency of

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

Biography

Work as a writer and journalist

Beside being an Yrigoyenist politician, Enrique Pérez Colman was also a writer and journalist. He is also family of the respected Argentinian writer

César Blas Pérez Colman Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * Ce ...

. In 1912 the

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newspaper ''La Libertad'' was founded, result of the enthusiasm of the young radicalist movement; its main editors were Enrique Pérez Colman and the

Eduardo F. Lemos. As a journalist, he was Director of '' El Diario de Paraná'' (1920-1922), and director of the University Magazine of the National University of the Litoral.(Book) Who's who in Latin America: Part V Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. (Page 150) He also wrote several books:

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1886 births 1957 deaths Argentine Ministers of Finance People from Paraná, Entre Ríos Radical Civic Union politicians {{Argentina-politician-stub