Julio Argentino Roca

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Julio Argentino Roca was an Argentine military officer and two-time president known for consolidating national territory through the controversial Conquest of the Desert and for modernizing the country’s political and economic structures in the late 19th century.

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Julio Argentino Roca canonical 9
Julio Argentino Pascual Roca 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Argentine politician
President of Argentina
human
military officer
birthCountry Argentina
birthDate 1843-07-17
birthPlace San Miguel de Tucumán
child Julio Argentino Pascual Roca
countryOfCitizenship Argentina
deathCountry Argentina
deathDate 1914-10-19
deathPlace Buenos Aires
familyName Roca
firstTermAsPresidentEnd 1886-10-12
firstTermAsPresidentStart 1880-10-12
givenName Julio
hasMonument Equestrian statue of Julio Argentino Roca in Buenos Aires
ideology conservative liberalism
implementedPolicy centralization of national government in Argentina
economic modernization based on export-led growth
expansion of railway network in Argentina
promotion of European immigration to Argentina
secularization of public education in Argentina
knownFor Conquest of the Desert
modernization of Argentine state structures
territorial consolidation of Argentina
languageSpoken Spanish
memberOf National Autonomist Party
militaryConflict Conquest of the Desert
militaryRank general
name Julio Argentino Roca
notableWork leadership of the Conquest of the Desert campaign
occupation politician
soldier
politicalParty National Autonomist Party
positionHeld Minister of War and Navy of Argentina
National Deputy of Argentina
President of Argentina
Senator of Argentina
precededBy José Evaristo Uriburu
Nicolás Avellaneda
religion Roman Catholicism
secondTermAsPresidentEnd 1904-10-12
secondTermAsPresidentStart 1898-10-12
signature signature of Julio Argentino Roca
spouse Clara Funes
succeededBy Manuel Quintana
Miguel Juárez Celman

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Roca Line namedAfter Julio Argentino Roca
Conquest of the Desert leader Julio Argentino Roca
Conquest of the Desert commander Julio Argentino Roca
Revolution of 1880 commander Julio Argentino Roca
General Roca Department namedAfter Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca name Julio Argentino Roca
Julio Argentino Roca child Julio Argentino Pascual Roca
linked to: Julio Argentino Roca
Nicolás Avellaneda succeededBy Julio Argentino Roca
Roca railway line namedAfter Julio Argentino Roca