Pedro León Díaz Gallo (29 June 1782 – 7 February 1852) was an

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statesman and Catholic priest. He was a representative to the

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which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Gallo was born in

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and studied at the Monserrat School in

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until he was ordained, graduating as a teacher of art (or philosophy according to other sources) at the

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. Gallo was elected to represent Santiago del Estero in the Tucumán Congress and served for the declaration in 1816. He was vice-president of the Congress in August 1816 and twice president after it was moved to

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. When the Congress was dissolved in 1820, he and his colleagues were imprisoned as traitors. Gallo returned to Santiago del Estero and was a signatory of the peace treaty of Vinará in 1821, signing on his province's behalf with

Pedro Miguel Aráoz Pedro Miguel Aráoz (20 June 1759 – 18 June 1832) was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative in the 1816 Congress of Tucumán, which declared the Independence of Argentina. Aráoz was born in Tucumán to Pedro Antonio ...

of Tucumán and

José Andrés Pacheco de Melo José Andrés Pacheco de Melo (17 October 1779 – approx. 1820) was an Argentina, Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 Argentine Declaration of Independence, declared the In ...

. He was a minister in the government of

Juan Felipe Ibarra Juan Felipe Ibarra (1 May 1787 - 15 July 1851) was an Argentine soldier and politician. He was one of the ''caudillos'' who dominated the Argentine interior during the formation of the national state, and ruled the province of his birth for dec ...

, before retiring in Tucumán where he died.

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