Juan Esteban Pedernera

President of Argentina

December 25, 1796 San José del Morro, San Luis Province

February 1, 1886(1886-02-01) (89) Buenos Aires

November 5, 1861 – December 12, 1861

3rd President of the Argentine Confederation Juan Esteban Pedernera (December 25, 1796 – February 1, 1886) was interim President of Argentina during a brief period in 1861. Born in 1796 in San Luis Province, he studied in a Franciscan monastery when young, and left his studies to join the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers being summoned by José de San Martín to fight in the War of Independence against Spanish rule. In 1815, he fought in the Battles of Chacabuco and Battle of Maipú, in Chile; and then in the campaign to liberate Peru. He was imprisoned by the Spanish during the former campaign in Chiloé Island, but managed to escape and rejoin his army. Lieutenant-general Juan Esteban Pedernera married the former Rosa Juana Heredia in Callao on September 23, 1823; she was born in Perú, in 1805, and died in Buenos Aires, on August 26, 1886. In 1826 engaged again in military activity, this time in the Cisplatine War. In the Argentine Civil War, he joined the Unitarian side, under the command of General José María Paz, and fought in La Tablada against federalist forces. After a long time in exile, he returned to the country after the fall of the Rosas' regime, and acted as Senator for San Luis Province. In 1856, he was designated commander of the frontier armed forces, and in 1859 he was elected Governor of San Luis, and fought at the Battle of Cepeda that same year. He then was elected Vice-President to President of the Argentine Confederation Santiago Derqui, and served from 1860 until 1861, when Derqui resigned after the Battle of Pavón. Pedernera then acted as President until the political situation forced the dissolution of the office. In 1882 he was designated Lieutenant General of the Armies of the Republic. See also Argentine War of Independence Argentine Confederation Battle of Caseros Political offices Preceded by Salvador María del Carril Vice President of Argentina 1860-1861 Succeeded by Marcos Paz Preceded by Santiago Derqui President of Argentina 1861 Succeeded by Bartolomé Mitre vteHeads of state of ArgentinaMay Revolution and Independence War Period up to Asamblea del Año XIII (1810–1814) Primera Junta Junta Grande First Triumvirate Second Triumvirate Supreme directors of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (1814–1820) Gervasio Antonio de Posadas Carlos María de Alvear Juan José Viamonte José Rondeau Ignacio Álvarez Thomas Antonio González de Balcarce Juan Martín de Pueyrredón José Rondeau Juan Pedro Aguirre Unitarian Republic – First Presidential Government (1826–1827) Bernardino Rivadavia Vicente López y Planes Pacto Federal and Argentine Confederation (1827–1862) Manuel Dorrego Juan Manuel de Rosas Juan Ramón Balcarce Juan José Viamonte Manuel Vicente Maza Juan Manuel de Rosas Justo José de Urquiza Santiago Derqui Juan Esteban Pedernera National Organization – Argentine Republic (1862–1880) Bartolomé Mitre Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Nicolás Avellaneda Generation of '80 – Oligarchic Republic (1880–1916) Julio Argentino Roca Miguel Juárez Celman Carlos Pellegrini Luis Sáenz Peña José Evaristo Uriburu Julio Argentino Roca Manuel Quintana José Figueroa Alcorta Roque Sáenz Peña Victorino de la Plaza First Radical Civic Union terms, after secret ballot (1916–1930) Hipólito Yrigoyen Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear Hipólito Yrigoyen Infamous Decade (1930–1943) José Félix Uriburu Agustín Pedro Justo Roberto María Ortiz Ramón Castillo Revolution of '43 – Military Dictatorships (1943–1946) Arturo Rawson Pedro Pablo Ramírez Edelmiro Julián Farrell First Peronist terms (1946–1955) Juan Domingo Perón Revolución Libertadora – Military Dictatorships (1955–1958) Eduardo Lonardi Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Fragile Civilian Governments – Proscription of Peronism (1958–1966) Arturo Frondizi José María Guido Arturo Umberto Illia Revolución Argentina – Military Dictatorships (1966–1973) Juan Carlos Onganía Roberto M. 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