Juan Ramón González de Balcarce (16 March 1773 – 12 November 1836) was an
Argentine
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military leader and politician.
Biography
Juan was the older brother of
Antonio González de Balcarce and of
Marcos González de Balcarce. He fought against the
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in 1807, and in the 1812–1813 military campaign in
Upper Peru
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under General
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentina, Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He to ...
. He was governor of
Buenos Aires
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from 1818 to 1820. Under the government of
Juan Manuel de Rosas
Juan Manuel José Domingo Ortiz de Rozas y López de Osornio (30 March 1793 – 14 March 1877), nicknamed "Restorer of the Laws", was an Argentine politician and army officer who ruled Buenos Aires Province and briefly the Argentine Confedera ...
, he served as the defense minister. In 1832, he was again elected governor of Buenos Aires. On 11 October 1833, the city was filled with announcements of a trial against Rosas. A large number of gauchos and poor people made a demonstration at the gates of the legislature, praising Rosas and demanding the resignation of Balcarce. The troops organized to fight the demonstration mutinied and joined it. The legislature finally gave up the trial, ousted Balcarce and replaced him with
Juan José Viamonte. Balcarce was imprisoned and died in exile in
Concepción del Uruguay
Concepción del Uruguay is a city in Argentina.
It is located in the Entre Ríos province, on the western shore of the Uruguay River, some 320 kilometers north from Buenos Aires. Its population is about 80,000 inhabitants ().
History
The city ...
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See also
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List of heads of state of Argentina
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1773 births
1836 deaths
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Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery
People from the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
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