Pedro Ignacio Rivera (c. 1759–1833-02-17) was a

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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.

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by 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 {{Argentina-law-bio-stub