Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante

Teodoro Sánchez de Bustamante (10 January 1778–1 May 1851) was an Argentine statesman, lawyer and soldier. He was a representative to the

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which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Sánchez de Bustamante was born in

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to Manuel Sánchez de Bustamante and María Tomasa González de Araujo y Ortiz de Zárate, and was a descendant of the founder of Jujuy, Francisco Argañaraz y Murguía. He studied in

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at the school of José León Cabezón, then in

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at the '' Real Colegio de San Carlos''. He qualified as a lawyer in 1804 at the

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(now Bolivia) and was named ''Relator'' of the ''

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'' there, and later President of the

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Academy. Sánchez de Bustamante took part in the 1809 uprising in Chuquisaca that pre-dated the 1810

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in Buenos Aires. The leader of the revolutionaries, Coronel Arenales, leader of the revolutionaries, named him captain in the ''Compañía de Practicantes''. The uprising was suppressed by Mariscal Nieto and the leaders captured and sent to Callao, but Sánchez de Bustamante managed to flee to Jujuy. He travelled to Buenos Aires soon after the May Revolution and met his friend

Mariano Moreno Mariano Moreno (; September 23, 1778March 4, 1811) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution. Moreno was b ...

. Moreno named him as attorney of the ''Audiencia'', a position which he held until 1811, before returning to his hometown as general assistant of the city's '' Cabildo'' and courts. In 1813 General

Manuel Belgrano Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He ...

named him as secretary of the

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in the campaign in modern

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and Bolivia. Belgrano's successor, General

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, promoted him to be his secretary, and Rondeau made him secretary-general in 1814. He participated in the Battle of Sipe Sipe in November 1815. In 1815 Sánchez de Bustamante was elected by Jujuy to the Tucumán Congress and served in 1816 for the declaration. In 1819, he became president of the congress until it dissolved in 1820. He served as government secretary to

Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales Juan Antonio Álvarez de Arenales ( Reinoso, Spain, June 13, 1770 – Moraya, Bolivia, December 4, 1831) was an Argentine general of Spanish origin (considered also a Bolivian for his activities in Bolivia) that fought in the war for the United ...

in 1824, and served as acting governor of Salta when Alvarez travelled to Alto Perú. He was governor of Jujuy from 1826 to 1827. Having left politics, Sánchez de Bustamante moved to Sucre in 1831 to teach. He became Rector of the ''Colegio Mayor de Santa Cruz'' in 1834 but retired in 1837 due to ill health. He died in

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in 1851; in 1916 his remains were re-buried in the Cathedral of Jujuy. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanchez de Bustamante, Teodoro 1778 births 1851 deaths People from Jujuy Province Argentine people of Spanish descent University of Charcas alumni 19th-century Argentine lawyers Members of the Congress of Tucumán Governors of Jujuy Province People of the Argentine War of Independence