Mariano Boedo

Mariano Joaquin Boedo born Mariano Joaquin de Boedo y de Aguirre, (25 July 1782 – 9 April 1819) was an Argentine statesman and soldier. 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, signing the Declaration of Independence as a vice president of the Congress. Boedo was born in

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...

. His father was Antonio de Boedo y Garcia and his mother was María Magdalena de Aguirre y de Aguirre-Calvo de Mendoza, who belonged to one of Latin America oldest aristocratic families. Boedo was a descendant through his mother of Francisco de Aguirre, a conquistador of Chile, the son of Constanza de Meneses, who was a great granddaughter of Juan Alfonso Téllez de Meneses IV conde de Barcelos y I de Ourém. Boedo was sent to Córdoba at a young age to study at the Loreto Seminary. He studied further at the Universidad Mayor Real y Pontificia San Francisco Xavier, Chuquisaca and became a lawyer in 1805, befriending Mariano Moreno there. They collaborated in the independence movement, in particular developing revolutionary propaganda. He became a member of Salta's ''cabildo'' in 1813 on the request of

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 ...

, and took charge of the finances and administration of Salta Province. He was elected by the province to the Tucumán Congress and was the vice president of the Congress in 1816 for the declaration. He stepped down in 1818 due to ill health. Boedo took an active role in the military campaigns in the northern provinces with

Martín Miguel de Güemes Martín Miguel de Güemes (8 February 1785 – 17 June 1821) was a military leader and popular caudillo who defended northwestern Argentina from the Spain, Spanish royalist army during the Argentine War of Independence. Biography Güemes was bor ...

. He also served as governor of Córdoba. The '' barrio'' of

Boedo Boedo is a working-class ''barrio'' or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The neighborhood and one of its principal streets were named after Mariano Boedo, a leading figure in the Argentine independence. It is the home of San Lorenzo de A ...

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was named in memory of Mariano Boedo. {{DEFAULTSORT:Boedo, Mariano 1782 births 1819 deaths Members of the Congress of Tucumán 19th-century Argentine lawyers People from Salta People of the Argentine War of Independence University of Charcas alumni