Eduardo Pérez Bulnes

Eduardo Pérez Bulnes (12 October 1785 –3 March 1851) was an

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statesman. He was a representative to the

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which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Pérez Bulnes was born in Córdoba into a landowning family and was educated at the College of Monserrat. He was a member of the Córdoba '' cabildo'' and served as head of police. He was elected to represent Córdoba in the Tucumán Congress and served for the declaration in 1816. Along with his Córdoba colleagues, he was one of the few federalists in the Congress, speaking for a system of strong autonomous provinces. He was a supporter of the federalist

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and was one of two deputies who declined to follow the Congress to

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. Pérez Bulnes also represented Córdoba in the general congress of 1826. He worked with General Paz when he took over Córdoba's government, retiring from public life after Paz's fall. 1785 births 1851 deaths Members of the Congress of Tucumán Politicians from Córdoba, Argentina People of the Argentine War of Independence {{Argentina-politician-stub