Pedro Ignacio Rivera (c. 1759–1833-02-17) was a
Bolivia
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n-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the
Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816
declared the Independence of Argentina.
Rivera was born in
Mizque
Mizque, Misk'i (from Quechua: ''misk'i'', meaning "sweet") is a town in the Cochabamba Department, Bolivia. It is the capital of the Mizque Province. Mizque is located in the valley of the Mizque River, one of the main tributaries of the Río Gran ...
(now Bolivia) and studied law at the
University of Charcas
The Royal and Pontifical Higher University of San Francisco Xavier of Chuquisaca ( es, Universidad Mayor, Real y Pontificia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca; USFX) is a public university in Sucre, Bolivia. It is one of the oldest universiti ...
. He was noted for his work with the poor as a lawyer.
Rivera was elected to represent Mizque at the
1813 Assembly and again to the
Tucumán Congress, serving in 1816 for the declaration. He supported the idea of a constitutional
Inca
The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...
n monarchy.
References
Profileby the
House of Tucumán
1759 births
1833 deaths
18th-century Bolivian lawyers
Members of the Congress of Tucumán
Members of the Assembly of the Year XIII
People from Mizque Province
Argentine monarchists
University of Charcas alumni
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