Juan Agustín Maza (4 May 1784 – 11 June 1830) was an Argentine statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the

Congress of Tucumán The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in San Miguel de Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America (modern-day Argentina, Uruguay, part of Bolivia) on July 9, 1816, fro ...

which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Maza was born in Mendoza and studied there, then received his doctorate in

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at the

Royal University of San Felipe The Royal University of San Felipe ( es, Real Universidad de San Felipe) was a university created by Philip V of Spain, King Philip V in 1738, in territory which was then part of the Kingdom of Spain. It was officially founded in Santiago in 1747 ...

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. He worked in Mendoza until the events of the

May Revolution The May Revolution ( es, Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the terri ...

in 1810. In 1815, Maza was elected to the '' Cabildo'' of Mendoza and actively assisted

José de San Martín José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras (25 February 177817 August 1850), known simply as José de San Martín () or '' the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru'', was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and centr ...

. He was elected by Mendoza to the Tucumán Congress and served in 1816 for the declaration. After the Congress moved to Buenos Aires, he served as president of the body in November 1817. He resigned his mandate in 1818 and returned to his hometown to teach. In 1830, Videla Castillo was sent by General Paz to take charge of the government. Maza, a leading Federalist, left for the campaign, and was killed by natives at Chacay.

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1784 births 1830 deaths Members of the Congress of Tucumán 19th-century Argentine lawyers People from Mendoza, Argentina People of the Argentine War of Independence People murdered in Argentina Deaths by blade weapons {{Argentina-politician-stub