Leandro N. Alem

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Leandro Nicéforo Alem
Born11 March 1841
Died1 July 1896(1896-07-01) (aged 55)
NationalityArgentine
OccupationPolitician
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Leandro Nicéforo Alem (born Leandro Alén; 11 March 1841 – 1 July 1896) 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.[1]

Biography

Born in

political police, the Mazorca, who was executed after the battle of Caseros
. The young Leandro changed his surname from Alén to Alem to mitigate associations with him.

In 1859, being only 18 years old, Alem took part in the battles of

rhetorics
in public debates.

Alem was elected diputado (representative) at the provincial legislature of

Constitution. When the bill was passed by the legislature, Alem resigned his seat and became the intellectual leader of a group of discontents that sought to produce changes in Argentine politics. In 1877, he and his friend Aristóbulo del Valle
founded the Republican Party.

In 1889, Argentina was going through a deep political and economic crisis, worsened by the corruption and abuse of power of President

Revolución del Parque revolt that forced Juárez Celman to resign. When Vice-President Carlos Pellegrini
took charge in his stead, Alem renewed his opposition, lending support to uprisings against the national government in the provinces.

After a failed

uprising in 1893, Alem saw many of his supporters leave him. Feeling disappointed and betrayed, he killed himself on 1 July 1896 by shooting himself in his right temple inside a carriage.[2] His remains are buried in the Memorial to the Fallen in the 1890 Revolution, in the La Recoleta Cemetery
of Buenos Aires.

Legacy

He is considered an unshakable champion of

equality are its basic and unshakable pillars. A dreamer who left everything to bet on the political struggle.[3]

There are two cities called Leandro N. Alem in Argentina, one in the province of Misiones and another one in the north-west of Buenos Aires (with the same name as the partido where it belongs). There is also a small town in San Luis with this name.

Parque Alem, one of two large parks in Rosario, Santa Fe, is named after Alem, and has a heroic statue of him, trying to bend a quebracho log, representing the motto of the Radical Civic Union, Se quiebra pero no se dobla ("It breaks but it does not bend", an expression of commitment to principles). The sculptor was Guillermo Gianninazzi.

References

  1. ^ "Masones ilustres argentinos" [Illustrious Argentine Freemasons] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8047-4871-1
    . Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Libertad y democracia, los legados de Leandro Alem".

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