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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 ballot and mandatory male suffrage established by the Sáenz Peña Law of 1912. His activism was the prime impetus beh…
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politics · President of Argentina (1916–1922, 1928–1930) · lawyer · politician · author · also Hipólito Yrigoyen, Hipólito Yrigoyen de las Marías, Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen, Hipolito Yrigoyen, Yrigoyen
Born 12 July 1852 · Died 3 July 1936 · Q297134
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» Cholila Online: Comodoro instala nuevas garitas inteligentes y sustentables en la Av. Hipólito Yrigoyen
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When women were able to exercise their right to vote and be voted for
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Died 1936-07-03.
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Awarded Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1928).
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Yrigoyen was overwhelmingly elected President for the second time
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Career landmark: President of Argentina (1928–1930).
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A fund was established for old age, disability and survivors' pensions for personnel working at various public utilities owned by foreign corporations, along with those working in hospitals and clinics
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A tenant rental law was passed spelling out (as noted by one study) "rights and limitations of rental contracts and working conditions
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Providing the building of workers' houses at reasonable prices, while in 1921 a maximum increase in rent was fixed by law as a means of tackling an exorbitant rise in rents
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A law was brought to Congress regulating work in manufacturing and the production of yerba mate, citing that the conditions of the workers were inhumane
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Had a notable influence on the legislative body and the fact that many radical senators were not aligned with Yrigoyen's government were a few of the factors that stopped several of Yrigoyen's proposals in the Senate
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A railroad worker pension plan was amended, and was further amended in 1921 (as one study has noted) "to create a fund to build houses for railroaders and in that way helped to alleviate the decided shortage of decent af
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A law was enacted fixing the conditions of homework, providing (as noted by oen study) "that a minimum wage for such work shall be fixed by mixed committees of employers and employees
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The UCR received 367,263 votes, and in 1920, the party received 338,723 votes
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A financial entity whose objective would be to regulate the economy and national finances
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Career landmark: President of Argentina (1916–1922).
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By federal intervention, and the new governor organized elections for provincial governor and the provincial legislature in accord with the new electoral reform
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And 1908 to try to convince him to call for corruption-free elections, but he found little success
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Joined the Jockey Club and went several times, and although he never set foot in the institution after 1900, he continued to be a member until his death
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Lisandro de la Torre challenged Yrigoyen to a fencing duel
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Emerging from a heterogeneous movement linked together by the ideology of suffragism and the fight against Roca's regime
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As a temporary solution for the Baring crisis and to prevent a capital outflow
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Yrigoyen moved into a house of his own, facing what is today Plaza Congreso in the City of Buenos Aires, on the street that is now named after him, on the 1600 block
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At the Normal School for Teachers, though he was first named President of the Balvanera School Council by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, then president of the National Council of Education
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At 25 years old, he was elected Provincial Deputy for the Republican Party and sat on the Budget Committee, but his term ended in 1880 as a result of the Federalization of Buenos Aires
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Ended his studies, having never completed his thesis
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Alem, Artistóbulo del Valle, and Yrigoyen, in protest of Adolfo Alsina's attitude towards Mitre's party, formed the Republican Party, which proposed del Valle as a candidate and positioned itself in opposition to any agr
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Entered public administration as a scribe for the General Accounts of the Office of Balances and Information, though he did not remain at this job for very long
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Began his political life as a member, along with his uncle Leandro N
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Worked at a judicial office that Leandro Alem and Aristóbulo del Valle shared
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At the age of nine, he entered the San José of Buenos Aires School, run by the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Betharram, although he continued his studies at the School of South America, where his uncle Lea
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Born 1852-07-12.
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Married Marcelina Alén Ponce, daughter of Leandro Antonio Alén (who was also the father of Leandro N
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