Juan Pedro Julián Aguirre y López de Anaya (October 19, 1781
– July 17, 1837
) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
revolutionary and
politician.
Aguirre was born in
Buenos Aires,
on October 19, 1781,
to parents Cristobal Aguirre Hordenana Lecue
and Maria Manuela Inocencia Lopez Anaya y Ruiz Gamez.
He fought in the wars against the
British troops of 1806/07, rising to the rank of
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
. In 1820, he briefly served as interim
Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, and was the last official to hold that title. In 1824, he was minister of economics, and in 1826, he became the first president of the newly established
national bank.
See also
*
List of heads of state of Argentina
References
Supreme Directors of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
People of the Argentine War of Independence
Government ministers of Argentina
Argentine military personnel
1781 births
1837 deaths
Politicians from Buenos Aires
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