Julio Argentino Pascual Roca Funes (17 May 1873 – 8 October 1942) was an

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politician and diplomat. He was born to Clara Funes and General

Julio Roca Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz (July 17, 1843 – October 19, 1914) was an army general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation ...

, who would become

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and dominate national politics for a generation after 1880. Earning a

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at the

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in 1895, he served in the

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for Córdoba Province from 1904 to 1916, and in the

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from 1916 to 1922. He was then elected Governor of Córdoba, serving from 1922 to 1925. The 1931 general elections made him Vice President of Argentina, serving from 1932 to 1938 with President Agustín Justo. His tenure as Vice President was remembered mainly for his being the co-author of the Roca-Runciman Treaty, signed with

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in February 1933 in order to strengthen the commercial and financial ties between the two countries. Justo's successor,

Roberto María Ortiz Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi (24 September 1886 – 15 July 1942) was the 19th President of Argentina from 20 February 1938 to 27 June 1942. Ortiz is a little remembered president. He became president in 1938 follow ...

, appointed Roca Ambassador to Brazil in 1938, and he was named Minister of Foreign Relations in 1940. He retired the following year, and died in Buenos Aires in 1942. Roca Runciman

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