Aristóbulo del Valle (15 March 1845 – 29 January 1896) was a lawyer and politician born in Dolores, . He was, together with Leandro Alem, one of the founders of the

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. Del Valle studied in the

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of the

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. He abandoned his studies to join the army during the

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, took them up later and graduated. As a young man, he worked in the '' El Nacional'' newspaper of the city of

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. He entered

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supporting Adolfo Alsina, and was elected ''diputado'' (member of the

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) in 1870. In 1876 he was elected to the

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, and presided over the Upper House in 1880–1881. He took part in the activism against the government of

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in 1890 and was even considered an instigator of the

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of the 1890 revolution, due to which he was forced to leave his senatorial office, but he was re-elected the next year. From that point on, he supported the formation of the Radical Civic Union, an offshoot of the Civic Union proposed by Leandro Alem. Del Valle also served in several Ministries during the term of President

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(1892–1895). After his retirement, he taught law in the University of Buenos Aires. He died in his office at the School of Law in 1896, and is buried in

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