José Mariano Serrano (8 September 1788–1852) was a
Bolivian-born statesman and jurist. He was a representative to the
Congress of Tucumán
The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in San Miguel de Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America (modern-day Argentina, Uruguay, part of Bolivia) on July 9, 1816, fro ...
of 9 July 1816 which
declared the Independence of the
provinces of the River Plate and presided over the assembly that declared the independence of Bolivia.
Serrano was born in Chuquisaca (now
Sucre) and became a lawyer. He left for
Tucumán due to persecution, and was elected to represent Charcas (Sucre) in the
1813 Assembly and in the 1816 Congress in Tucumán, in which he acted as Secretary. He was a minister in the administrations of Aráoz and González, governors of the then much larger
Tucumán Province
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Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neigh ...
and had represented
Buenos Aires
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in the 1815 Observation ''Junta''.
In 1825, Serrano was President of the Assembly which declared
Bolivian independence. He was made a member of the High Court of Chuquisaca in 1825 and in 1841 he was appointed the country's leading judge.
References
Profileby the
House of Tucumán
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1788 births
1852 deaths
19th-century Bolivian lawyers
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Bolivia)
Members of the Congress of Tucumán
Members of the Assembly of the Year XIII
People from Chuquisaca Department
Argentine monarchists
Bolivian politicians