Pelagio Baltasar Luna (6 January 1867 – June 25, 1919
'' Clarín''. Accessed 18 July 2008.) was an

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politician of the

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. He was elected

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in 1916. Born in

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, where his father was founder of the Radical Civic Union, Luna graduated from the

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at the age of 22. He returned to La Rioja and worked as a lawyer then entered the judicial system, serving as a judge. He also taught literature at the National School of La Rioja. Luna joined the Radical Youth in 1889 and took part in the armed revolution the following year. He was part of the National Convention of November 1892. He was a candidate for National Deputy in 1912 and for governor of La Rioja in 1913, without success. In 1916 Luna was elected vice president on

Hipólito Yrigoyen Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

's ticket, as the first elected vice president under the

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, serving until his death in 1919. As President of the

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, he helped create the

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, serving as its first president.Library of Congress (Argentina)
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