100 Notable alumni of
University of Buenos Aires
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The University of Buenos Aires is 79th in the world, 3rd in Latin America, and 1st in Argentina by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Buenos Aires sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 1 individual affiliated with the University of Buenos Aires won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry.
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Che Guevara
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- 1948-1953 studied medicine
- Occupations
- revolutionarypartisan
- Biography
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia in popular culture.
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Julio Cortázar
- Occupations
- writer
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Julio Florencio Cortázar was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe.
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Alberto Fernández
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- Graduated with Título de abogado
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
- Biography
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Alberto Ángel Fernández is an Argentine politician, lawyer, and academic who served as President of Argentina from 2019 to 2023. He was also the Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers from 2003 to 2008. His tenure as Cabinet Chief remains the longest since the post was created in 1994.
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Raúl Alfonsín
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- lawyerpolitician
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Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after the 7-years National Reorganization Process. Ideologically, he identified as a radical and a social democrat, serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, 1999 to 2001, with his political approach being known as "Alfonsinism".
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Hipólito Yrigoyen
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- politicianauthorlawyer
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Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 1928 until his overthrow in 1930. He was the first president elected democratically by means of the secret and mandatory male suffrage established by the Sáenz Peña Law of 1912. His activism was the prime impetus behind the passage of that law in Argentina.
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Arturo Frondizi
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerjournalistjurist
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Arturo Frondizi Ércoli was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher and politician, who was elected President of Argentina and ruled between May 1, 1958, and March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown by a military coup.
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Luciana Pedraza
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- film actorscreenwritereconomistfilm director
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Luciana Pedraza is an Argentine actress and director. She is married to American actor Robert Duvall, who is exactly 41 years her senior. She is the granddaughter of Argentine aviation pioneer Susana Ferrari Billinghurst.
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Alejandra Pizarnik
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- literary criticlinguistpoetwritertranslator
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Flora Alejandra Pizarnik was an Argentine poet. Her idiosyncratic and thematically introspective poetry has been considered "one of the most unusual bodies of work in Latin American literature", and has been recognized and celebrated for its fixation on "the limitation of language, silence, the body, night, the nature of intimacy, madness, death".
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Victoria Villarruel
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Victoria Eugenia Villarruel is an Argentine politician, lawyer, writer, and activist who has served as Vice President of Argentina since 2023. Described as a conservative politician, she is the founder of the civil association Centro de Estudios Legales sobre el Terrorismo y sus Víctimas (transl. Center for Legal Studies on Terrorism and its Victims), which she has chaired since its inception. She was a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies from 2021 to 2023. Villarruel belongs to the La Libertad Avanza political coalition. She has been accused of Argentine state terrorism denial by several media outlets and human rights organisations. Villarruel denies such accusations, maintaining that she does not support the National Reorganization Process.
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Arturo Umberto Illia
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- politicianphysician
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Arturo Umberto Illia was an Argentine politician and physician, who was President of Argentina from 12 October 1963, to 28 June 1966. He was part of the Radical Civic Union, and the People's Radical Civic Union during his presidency.
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Carlos Bilardo
- Occupations
- physicianassociation football playergynecologistjournalistassociation football manager
- Biography
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Dr. Carlos Salvador Bilardo is an Argentine former physician, football player, and manager.
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Axel Kicillof
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- 1990-1995 graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- 1997-2005 graduated with Doctor of Economics
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Axel Kicillof is an Argentine economist and politician who has been Governor of Buenos Aires Province since 2019.
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Eduardo Duhalde
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Eduardo Alberto Duhalde is an Argentine former peronist politician who served as the interim President of Argentina from January 2002 to May 2003. He also served as Vice President and Governor of Buenos Aires in the 1990s.
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Janet Hsieh
- Occupations
- television presenterviolinisttaekwondo athlete
- Biography
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Janet Josephine Hsieh is a Taiwanese-American television personality, model, and violinist based in Taipei, Taiwan. She is the host of the Discovery Travel and Living Channel's long-running series Fun Taiwan. The program is currently in its 16th season and has expanded to include Fun Asia, Fun Taiwan Challenge, Fun Taiwan All Stars, and Aquachallenge. She has been nominated four times and won once for the Taiwanese Golden Bell Awards as Best Host of a Travel Program, and once for Best Host of a Variety Program.
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Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
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- politicianeconomist
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Horacio Rodríguez-Larreta is an Argentine economist, politician and the former Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires. Larreta was re-elected in 2019 with almost 56% of the votes, becoming the first candidate to win a mayoral election in the first round since the adoption of Buenos Aires's autonomous constitution. He won in every comuna, except Comuna 4 and Comuna 8.
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Jorge Bucay
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- In 1973 studied medicine
- Occupations
- psychologistphysicianplaywrightpsychotherapistwriter
- Biography
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Jorge Bucay is an Argentine gestalt psychotherapist, psychodramatist and writer. His books have sold more than 2 million copies around the world, and have been translated into more than seventeen languages.
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Nicolás Avellaneda
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- politicianjournalistlawyer
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Nicolás Remigio Aurelio Avellaneda Silva was an Argentine politician and journalist, and President of Argentina from 1874 to 1880. Avellaneda's main projects while in office were banking and education reform, leading to Argentina's economic growth. The most important events of his government were the Conquest of the Desert and the transformation of the Buenos Aires into a federal district.
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Adolfo Bioy Casares
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- editorscreenwriterwriterjournalist
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Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. He is the author of the Fantastique novel The Invention of Morel.
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Juan Grabois
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- In 2010 graduated with Título de abogado in law
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacherlawyer
- Biography
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Juan Grabois is an Argentine lawyer, professor, writer and social leader. He is the founder of the Movimiento de Trabajadores Excluidos ("Excluded Workers Movement"; MTE), the Confederation of Popular Economy Workers (CTEP, now known as UTEP), and the Patria Grande Front.
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Cris Miró
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- media personalityactorshowgirlentertainervedette
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Cris Miró was an Argentine entertainer and media personality who had a brief but influential career as a top-billing vedette in Buenos Aires' revue theatre scene during the mid-to-late 1990s. Miró began her acting career in the early 1990s in fringe theatre plays and later rose to fame as a vedette at the Teatro Maipo in 1995. For years, she hid her HIV positive status from the press until her death on 1 June 1999, due to AIDS-related lymphoma.
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Adolfo Rodríguez-Saá
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- lawyerpolitician
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Adolfo Rodríguez-Saá is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province, he became the province's governor in 1983, after the end of the National Reorganization Process military dictatorship. He remained governor up to 2001, being re-elected in successive elections.
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Julio César Strassera
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- lawyerjudge
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Julio César Strassera was an Argentine lawyer and jurist. He served as Chief Prosecutor during the Trial of the Juntas in 1985.
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Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear
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- sport shooterpoliticianlawyer
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Máximo Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear y Pacheco served as president of Argentina between from 1922 to 1928.
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Nancy Dupláa
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- actor
- Biography
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Nancy Verónica Dupláa is an Argentine actress.
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Paula Pareto
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- judokatraumatologist
- Biography
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Paula Belén Pareto is an Argentine retired judoka and physician. She was the flag bearer for her country at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was the first Argentinian woman to become Olympic Champion.
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Ernesto Laclau
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- philosophersociologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ernesto Laclau was an Argentine political theorist and philosopher. He is often described as an 'inventor' of post-Marxist political theory. He is well known for his collaborations with his long-term partner, Chantal Mouffe.
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Marcela Iacub
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- writerpoet lawyerlawyer
- Biography
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Marcela Iacub is an Argentine writer and jurist specializing in bioethics research, living in France. In 2013, Iacub was successfully sued for invasion of privacy by Dominique Strauss-Kahn: her novel Belle et Bête included a character based on him.
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Luis Moreno Ocampo
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- politicianprosecutoruniversity teacherlawyerjurist
- Biography
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Luis Moreno Ocampo is an Argentine lawyer who served as the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from 2003 to 2012. Previously, he had played a major role in Argentina's democratic transition (1983–1991).
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Luis Caputo
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in economics
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticiantradereconomist
- Biography
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Luis Andrés "Toto" Caputo is an Argentine economist who is the current Minister of Economy under Javier Milei's presidency, having assumed office on 10 December 2023. He previously served as Minister of Public Finances from 2017 to 2018 and President of the Central Bank of Argentina in 2018.
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Eduardo Feinmann
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- Graduated with licentiate in law
- Occupations
- journalistradio personalitylawyer
- Biography
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Guillermo Eduardo Feinmann is an Argentine journalist, columnist, and lawyer. He works on Radio Rivadavia and La Nación.
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Roberto Lavagna
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Roberto Lavagna is an Argentine economist and politician who was Minister of Economy and Production from April 27, 2002 until November 28, 2005.
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Manuel Puig
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- screenwriterprose writerwriterplaywrightfilm screenwriter
- Biography
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Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne, commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are La traición de Rita Hayworth (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, 1968), Boquitas pintadas (Heartbreak Tango, 1969), and El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1976) which was adapted into the film released in 1985, directed by the Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco; and a Broadway musical in 1993.
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Julieta Lanteri
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- politicianphysicianpharmacologistsuffragettewomen's rights activist
- Biography
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Julieta Lanteri was an Argentine physician, leading freethinker, and activist for women's rights in Argentina as well as for social reform generally.
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Cecilia Grierson
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- suffragettephysicianuniversity teacher
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Cecilia Grierson was an Argentine physician, reformer, nurse educator, feminist and prominent Freethinker. She had the distinction of being the first woman to receive a Medical Degree in Argentina.
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Luis Federico Leloir
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- Studied Medical science
- Occupations
- chemistbiochemistphysicianuniversity teacherphysicist
- Biography
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Luis Federico Leloir ForMemRS was an Argentine physician and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of the metabolic pathways by which carbohydrates are synthesized and converted into energy in the body. Although born in France, Leloir received the majority of his education at the University of Buenos Aires and was director of the private research group Fundación Instituto Campomar until his death in 1987. His research into sugar nucleotides, carbohydrate metabolism, and renal hypertension garnered international attention and led to significant progress in understanding, diagnosing and treating the congenital disease galactosemia. Leloir is buried in La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
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Saskia Sassen
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- urban plannerresearchereconomisttheoristscientist
- Biography
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Saskia Sassen is a Dutch-American sociologist noted for her analyses of globalization and international human migration. She is a professor of sociology at Columbia University in New York City, and the London School of Economics. The term global city was coined and popularized by Sassen in her 1991 work The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo.
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Agustín Pedro momo
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- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Agustín Pedro Justo Rolón was an Argentine military officer, diplomat and politician, who served as the president of Argentina from 1932 to 1938 during the Infamous Decade. Justo took part in the coup of 1930, becoming president two years later thanks to widespread electoral fraud. His presidency was part of the period known as the Infamous Decade, which lasted from 1930 until 1943. He established the country's central bank and introduced a nationwide income tax.
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Rafael Viñoly
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- architect
- Biography
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Rafael Viñoly Beceiro was an Uruguayan-born architect based in New York. He was the principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects, which he founded in 1983. The firm has offices in New York City, Palo Alto, London, Manchester, Abu Dhabi, and Buenos Aires. Viñoly designed landmark buildings internationally.
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César Milstein
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- physicianchemistmolecular biologistimmunologistbiologist
- Biography
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César Milstein, CH, FRS was an Argentine biochemist in the field of antibody research. Milstein shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Niels Kaj Jerne and Georges J. F. Köhler for developing the hybridoma technique for the production of monoclonal antibodies.
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Roque Sáenz Peña
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- politicianmilitary personnellawyerdiplomat
- Biography
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Roque José Antonio del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Sáenz-Peña was an Argentine politician and lawyer who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1910 to his death in office on 9 August 1914. He was the son of former president Luis Sáenz-Peña. He was a candidate for an internal, modernist line within the National Autonomist Party.
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Martina Gusmán
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- film actorfilm producer
- Biography
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Martina Gusmán is an Argentine actress and film producer.
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Esther Vilar
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- psychologistphysicianwritersociologist
- Biography
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Esther Margareta Vilar is an Argentine-German writer. She trained and practised as a medical doctor before establishing herself as an author. She is best known for her 1971 book The Manipulated Man and its various follow-ups, which argue that, contrary to common feminist and women's rights rhetoric, women in industrialized cultures are not oppressed, but rather exploit a well-established system of manipulating men.
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Juan Manuel Urtubey
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Juan Manuel Urtubey is an Argentine politician, lawyer, university professor and former governor of Salta Province. Formerly a senior figure in the ruling Front for Victory faction of the Justicialist Party (PJ) in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies and chairman of both the Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Peronist Caucus, Urtubey became governor in the 2007 elections, being only 38 years old. He was reelected in 2011 with almost 60% of the vote, and in 2015 with 51% of the vote.
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Santiago Cafiero
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- Graduated with licentiate in political science
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Santiago Andrés Cafiero is an Argentine political scientist and politician, currently serving as a National Deputy elected in Buenos Aires Province. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship (2021–2023) and as Cabinet Chief (2019–2021) in the cabinet of President Alberto Fernández.
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Eduardo de Pedro
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- politician
- Biography
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Eduardo Enrique "Wado" de Pedro is an Argentine lawyer and Justicialist Party politician who has served as National Senator since 2023. He previously served as the country's Minister of the Interior from 2019 to 2023, National Deputy for Buenos Aires Province, as member of the Council of Magistracy, and General Secretary to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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Carlos Pellegrini
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- politiciantranslatorlawyerjournalist
- Biography
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Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans was Vice President of Argentina and became President of Argentina from August 6, 1890 to October 12, 1892, upon Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation (see Revolución del Parque).
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María Kodama
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- translatorwriter
- Biography
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María Kodama Schweizer was an Argentine writer and translator. The widow of author Jorge Luis Borges, she was the sole owner of his estate after his death in 1986. Borges had bequeathed to Kodama his rights as author in a will written in 1979, when she was his literary secretary, and bequeathed to her his whole estate in 1985. They were married in 1986, shortly before Borges' death.
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Irene María Bernasconi
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- zoologistbiologistteacher
- Biography
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Irene Bernasconi was an Argentine marine biologist specializing in echinoderm research and best known for her work in the Antarctic. She was the first echinoderm specialist in Argentina and spent 55 years conducting research into echinoderms found in the Argentine Sea. Her main focus was sea stars; however, she also conducted research into brittle stars and sea urchins.
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Débora Pérez Volpin
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Débora Denise Pérez Volpin was an Argentine politician, journalist and television host. She was the host of the news program Todo Noticias since 1996 and the program Arriba Argentinos since its inception in 2005.
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Leandro N. Alem
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- statespersonpolitician
- Biography
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Leandro Nicéforo Alem was an Argentine politician, founder and leader of the Radical Civic Union. He was the uncle and political teacher of Hipólito Yrigoyen. He was also an active Freemason.
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Juan Martín Maldacena
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- Studied in 1986-1988
- Occupations
- physicistuniversity teachertheoretical physicist
- Biography
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Juan Martín Maldacena is an Argentine theoretical physicist and the Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has made significant contributions to the foundations of string theory and quantum gravity. His most famous discovery is the AdS/CFT correspondence, a realization of the holographic principle in string theory.
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Victoria Donda
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- politicianhuman rights activistlawyer
- Biography
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Victoria Analía Donda Pérez is an Argentine human rights activist and legislator. She is the first daughter of a "disappeared" person, born in captivity, to become a member of the Argentine National Congress. She was the youngest woman to hold that office.
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Facundo Manes
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- physicianresearcherneuroscientist
- Biography
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Facundo Manes is an Argentine neurologist and politician. Since 2021, he has been a National Deputy of Argentina elected in Buenos Aires Province. He is a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR).
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Roberto María Ortiz
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi was the 19th President of Argentina from 20 February 1938 to 27 June 1942.
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Ramón Castillo
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- politiciandiplomatlawyer
- Biography
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Ramón Antonio Castillo Barrionuevo was a conservative Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from June 27, 1942 to June 4, 1943. He was a leading figure in the period known as the Infamous Decade, characterised by electoral fraud, corruption, and rule by conservative landowners heading the alliance known as the Concordancia.
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Carlos Mugica
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- columnistwriterCatholic priestteacher
- Biography
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Carlos Mugica was an Argentine Roman Catholic priest and activist.
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Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni
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- university teachercriminologistlawyerjudgejurist
- Biography
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Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni is a former Argentine politician and judge. He served as a member of the Supreme Court of Argentina from 2003 until 2015, when he resigned due to age restrictions to hold the position. He subsequently served in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights from 2016 to 2022.
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Myriam Bregman
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Myriam Bregman is an Argentine lawyer, activist, and politician. Raised in a Jewish family, Bregman joined the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS) – a Trotskyist Argentine party of which she is among the most prominent members – while studying a degree in law at the University of Buenos Aires in the 90s.
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Arturo Jauretche
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- politicianwriterhistoriansociologistjournalist
- Biography
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Arturo Martín Jauretche was an Argentine writer, politician, and philosopher.
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Ramón Carrillo
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- neurologistpoliticianneuroscientist
- Biography
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Ramón Carrillo was an Argentine neurosurgeon, neurobiologist, physician, academic, public health advocate, and from 1949 to 1954 the nation's first Minister of Public Health.
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Alicia Moreau de Justo
- Occupations
- physicianuniversity teacherpoliticiansuffragettejournalist
- Biography
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Alicia Moreau de Justo was an Argentine physician, politician, pacifist and human rights activist. She was a leading figure in feminism and socialism in Argentina. Since the beginning of the 20th century, she got involved in public claims for opening rights for women. In 1902, joined by a fellow activists, she founded the Feminist Socialist Center of Argentina and the Feminine Work Union of Argentina.
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Samanta Schweblin
- Occupations
- writershort story writer
- Biography
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Samanta Schweblin is an Argentine author currently based in Berlin, Germany. She has published three collections of short stories, a novella and a novel, besides stories that have appeared in anthologies and magazines such as The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Granta, The Drawbridge, Harper’s Magazine and McSweeney’s. She has won numerous awards around the world and her books have been translated into more than forty languages and adapted for film.
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Carlos Saavedra Lamas
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerdiplomatjurist
- Biography
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Carlos Saavedra Lamas was an Argentine academic and politician, and in 1936, the first Latin American Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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Carlos Melconian
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Carlos Alberto Melconian is an Argentine economist and politician. He served as president of the Banco de la Nacion Argentina from December 23, 2015, to 18 January 2017.
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Raúl Prebisch
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Raúl Prebisch was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He became the executive director of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA or CEPAL) in 1950. In 1950, he also released the very influential study The Economic Development of Latin America and its Principal Problems.
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Gerardo Romano
- Occupations
- actortelevision actorlawyer
- Biography
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Gerardo Romano is an Argentine actor who has made some 45 appearances in mainstream film and television in Argentina since 1979. He is widely regarded as one of Argentina's leading actors.
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Andrés Oppenheimer
- Occupations
- journalistpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Andrés Oppenheimer is the editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with The Miami Herald, anchor of "Oppenheimer Presenta" on CNN En Español, and author of nine books. His column, "The Oppenheimer Report," appears twice a week in The Miami Herald and more than 60 U.S. and international newspapers, including the Miami Herald, El Mundo of Spain, La Nación of Argentina, Reforma of Mexico, El Mercurio of Chile and El Comercio of Peru. He is the author of Saving the Americas (Random House, 2007), The Robots Are Coming (Vintage 2019) and seven other books. Several of his books have been translated into Japanese, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese, in addition to Spanish. Oppenheimer is a regular political analyst with CNN en Español. His previous jobs at The Miami Herald included Mexico City bureau chief, foreign correspondent, and business writer. He previously worked for five years with The Associated Press in New York, and has contributed on a free-lance basis to The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Republic, the BBC, CBS' 60 Minutes, and El Pais of Spain.
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Miss Bolivia
- Occupations
- psychologistwriteryogisinger
- Biography
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María Paz Ferreyra, known as Miss Bolivia, is an Argentine singer, songwriter, producer and DJ, who fuses styles such as cumbia, hip hop, dance, cumbia villera, and reggae.
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Rogelio Frigerio
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Rogelio Frigerio is an Argentine economist and politician. Since 2023, he has been Governor of Entre Ríos Province.
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Mariano Grondona
- Occupations
- university teacherlawyerjournalistsociologist
- Biography
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Mariano Grondona is an Argentine lawyer, sociologist, political scientist, essayist, and commentator. He has been a journalist for several decades, contributing to print media and television, and has authored numerous books. Additionally, he has held teaching positions in several universities, both in Argentina and abroad.
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Antonio Cafiero
- Occupations
- economistuniversity teacherpoliticiandiplomatstatesperson
- Biography
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Antonio Francisco Cafiero was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. Cafiero held a number of important posts throughout his career, including, most notably, the governorship of Buenos Aires Province from 1987 to 1991, the Cabinet Chief's Office under interim president Eduardo Camaño from 2001 to 2002, and a seat in the Senate of the Nation from 1993 to 2005.
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José Ingenieros
- Occupations
- psychologistsociologistpsychiatristwriterphilosopher
- Biography
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José Ingenieros was an Argentine physician, pharmacist, positivist philosopher and essayist.
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Ginés González García
- Enrolled in the University of Buenos Aires
- Studied public health
- Occupations
- politiciansurgeonphysiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Ginés González García was an Argentine politician and physician who served twice as the country's Minister of Health under the successive presidencies of Eduardo Duhalde and Néstor Kirchner, from 2002 to 2007, and under President Alberto Fernández, from 2019 to 2021. A specialist in public healthcare, González García also served as Argentine Ambassador to Chile from 2007 to 2015.
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José Pablo Feinmann
- Occupations
- philosophertelevision presenterplaywrightscreenwriterwriter
- Biography
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José Pablo Feinmann was an Argentine philosopher, writer, playwright, and television host. He also penned several screenplays for domestic film production and international coproductions.
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Enrique Pichon-Rivière
- Occupations
- university teacherpsychoanalystpsychiatrist
- Biography
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Enrique Pichon-Rivière was a Swiss-born Argentine psychiatrist, considered one of the introducers of group psychoanalysis in Argentina and generator of the group theory known as Grupo operativo (Operative Groups).
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Diego Santilli
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
- Biography
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Diego César Santilli is an Argentine accountant and politician. A member of Republican Proposal (PRO), Santilli has served in a number of posts in the Buenos Aires city government, most notably as Deputy Deputy Chief of Government (deputy mayor) under Horacio Rodríguez Larreta from 2015 to 2021.
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Daniel Angelici
- Occupations
- businesspersonsports executivelawyer
- Biography
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Daniel Angelici is an Argentine lawyer, entrepreneur and football executive. He was 33° President of Boca Juniors and Vice-President of the Argentine Football Association.
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Carlos Ruckauf
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionistlawyerdiplomat
- Biography
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Carlos Federico Ruckauf is a Peronist politician in Argentina, member of the Justicialist Party. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from January 2002 to March 2003. He had earlier served as Vice-President of Argentina from 1995 to 1999, with Carlos Menem, and as his Interior Minister during his first administration. He was twice elected to the National Assembly following the restoration of democratic rule. In his early career, he was appointed a labor court judge, followed by Minister of Labor in July 1974.
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Felipe Solá
- Occupations
- agricultural engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Felipe Solá is an Argentine agricultural engineer and politician. He previously served as Governor of Buenos Aires Province, from 2002 to 2007, and as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship under President Alberto Fernández, from 2019 to 2021.
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Carlos Núñez Cortés
- Years
- 1942-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- luthierresearcherfilm directorpianistchemist
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Carlos Núñez Cortés is a pianist, actor, composer, multi-instrumentist and singer. He has been a member of Les Luthiers since 1969 until 2017, when he retired. He also wrote 3 books (in Spanish): "Los juegos de Mastropiero", "100 caracoles argentinos" and "Memorias de un luthier".
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Bernardo Houssay
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- chemistpharmacistphysicianbiologistentomologist
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Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentine physiologist. Houssay was a co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role played by pituitary hormones in regulating the amount of glucose in animals, sharing the prize with Carl Ferdinand Cori and Gerty Cori. He is the first Latin American Nobel laureate in the sciences.
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Lisandro de la Torre
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- politicianwriterlawyerjournalist
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Lisandro de la Torre was an Argentine politician, born in Rosario, Santa Fe. He was considered as a model of ethics in politics. He was a national deputy and senator, a prominent polemicist, and founder of the Democratic Progressive Party in 1914. He ran twice for the office of President, in 1916 and in 1931.
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Julia Mengolini
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- journalistlawyer
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Julia Mengolini is an Argentine journalist and lawyer. She works on radio and television on topics such as gender perspective, social justice and environmentalism.
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José Figueroa Alcorta
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
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José María Cornelio Figueroa Alcorta was an Argentine lawyer and politician, who managed to be the only person to head the three powers of the State: Vice President of the Nation (President of the Senate), from October 12, 1904 to March 12, 1906, President of the Nation from that date and until October 12, 1910; and President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Nation, from 1929 until his death in 1931.
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Clorindo Testa
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- sculptorpainterarchitect
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Clorindo Manuel José Testa was an Italian-Argentine architect and artist.
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Leandro Santoro
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- university teacherpolitical scientist
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Leandro Santoro is an Argentine political scientist, professor and politician, currently serving as a National Deputy since 2021. Santoro previously served as a member of the Buenos Aires City Legislature from 2017 to 2021.
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Mario Aurelio Poli
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- university teacherCatholic priestchurch historianCatholic bishop
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Mario Aurelio Poli is an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 2013 to 2023. He was the Bishop of Santa Rosa from 2008 to 2013 and before that an auxiliary bishop in Buenos Aires from 2002 to 2008. Pope Francis, his predecessor in Buenos Aires, made him a cardinal in 2014.
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Aníbal Ibarra
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Aníbal Ibarra is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Buenos Aires.
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Federico Pinedo
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- lawyerpolitician
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Federico Pinedo is an Argentine politician, provisional president of the Argentine Senate between 2015 and 2019. He was in charge of the executive branch on 10 December 2015 until the assumption of Mauricio Macri on the same day.
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Florencio Randazzo
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- politicianeconomist
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Aníbal Florencio Randazzo in an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He was Minister of the Interior and Transport during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from 2007 to 2015. An ally of Kirchner's during most of his political career, Randazzo fell out with her and ran against her for a seat in the Senate in 2017.
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Alfredo Palacios
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- politiciandiplomatlawyer
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Alfredo Lorenzo Palacios was an Argentine socialist politician.
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Julio de Vido
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- politician
- Biography
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Julio Miguel de Vido is an Argentine politician who was Minister of Planning and Public Investment between 2003 and 2015.
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Vilma Ibarra
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Vilma Lidia Ibarra is an Argentine lawyer and politician, formerly a Senator and National Deputy representing Buenos Aires. From 2019 to 2023, she served as the Legal and Technical Secretary of the Presidency under President Alberto Fernández.
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Beatriz Sarlo
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- journalistliterary criticwritersociologistuniversity teacher
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Beatriz Sarlo was an Argentine literary and cultural critic. She was a founding editor of the cultural journal Punto de Vista ("Point of View"). She became an Order of Cultural Merit laureate in 2009.
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Manuel Quintana
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- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Manuel Pedro Quintana Sáenz was the President of Argentina from 12 October 1904 to 12 March 1906. He died in office.
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Alicia Kirchner
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- politician
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Alicia Margarita Kirchner Ostoić is an Argentine politician. She is the elder sister of the late former President Néstor Kirchner and served in his government as Minister of Social Development, a role which she held under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, her sister-in-law, until the end of her presidential term on 9 December 2015. She served two consecutive terms as governor of her native Santa Cruz Province from 2015 to 2023.
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María Onetto
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- actorpsychologist
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María Onetto was an Argentine theatre, film, and television actress. She received the 2011 Konex Award in entertainment for her theatrical work, and is also well known for her role in the 2006 Argentine TV series Montecristo, for which she won the Clarín and Martín Fierro Awards as best actress in drama and rising star. She also directed a localized production of rock musical Passing Strange in 2011.
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Victorino de la Plaza
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- economistmilitary personnelpoliticianlawyerdiplomat
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Victorino de la Plaza was an Argentine politician and lawyer who served as President of Argentina from 9 August 1914 to 11 October 1916.
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Luis Sáenz-Peña
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- lawyerpolitician
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Luis Sáenz-Peña was a lawyer and President of Argentina. He was the father of president Roque Sáenz Peña.
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anib pachanish
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- actorchoreographerarchitect
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Aníbal Pachano is an Argentine choreographer, actor, dancer, director and architect. Together with his ex-wife Ana Sans, he created the art group "Bottom Tap."
