![Torcuato de Alvear](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Torcuato_de_Alvear.jpg)
Torcuato de Alvear y Saenz de la Quintanilla (
Montevideo, 1822 –
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, 1890) was a 19th-century
Argentine conservative politician. He was the son of soldier and statesman
Carlos María de Alvear
Carlos María de Alvear (October 25, 1789 in Santo Ángel, Rio Grande do Sul – November 3, 1852 in New York), was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815.
Early life
H ...
and father of
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear
Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Pacheco (4 October 1868 – 23 March 1942), was an Argentine lawyer and politician, who served as president of Argentina between from 1922 to 1928.
His period of government coincided precisely with the en ...
,
president of Argentina from 1922 to 1928. He was also a Freemason.
![Plaza de Mayo 1904](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Plaza_de_Mayo_1904.JPG)
In 1880
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
was
declared the capital city of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, and Torcuato de Alvear served as the first
mayor of the city until 1887. During this period he improved the road and street networks, the water and electricity supply, public transport and street lighting and other public services.
References
1822 births
1890 deaths
People from Montevideo
Argentine people of Spanish descent
National Autonomist Party politicians
Mayors of Buenos Aires
Argentine Freemasons
Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery
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