Alfredo Demarchi

Alfredo Demarchi (1857-1937) was an Argentine businessman and politician, who held various state positions, including as Vice Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires.[1]

Engineer
Alfredo Demarchi
Vice-Governor of Buenos Aires Province
In office
1 May 1898 – 1 May 1902
GovernorBernardo de Irigoyen
Preceded byJosé Inocencio Arias
Succeeded byAdolfo Saldías
Minister of Agriculture
In office
13 September 1917 – 6 March 1922
PresidentHipólito Yrigoyen
Preceded byHonorio Pueyrredón
Succeeded byEudoro Vargas Gómez
President of the Compañía Primitiva de Gas de Buenos Aires
In office
1890–1894
Personal details
Born
Alfredo Silvestre Demarchi y Quiroga

October 12, 1857
Buenos Aires
DiedAugust 16, 1937 (aged 79)
Buenos Aires
Resting placeLa Recoleta Cemetery
Political partyRadical Civic Union
SpouseClara Marta Leloir y Sáenz Valiente

Biography

He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Antonio Demarchi and Mercedes Quiroga, daughter of Facundo Quiroga, belonging to a distinguished family of Swiss and Creole origin. He completed his elementary and university studies in Europe, and received an engineering degree from the Institute of Technology of Zurich around 1878.[2]

He began his political career in 1894 when he was elected as a national deputy by the Radical Party. He served as Vice Governor between 1898 and 1902,[3] and in 1918 was appointed to occupy the Head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock of Argentina.[4]

Family

Alfredo Demarchi was married to Clara Leloir, daughter of Alejandro Leloir Sáenz Valiente and María del Tránsito Sáenz Valiente. He was the grandson of Facundo Quiroga,[5] and his wife niece granddaughter of Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, prominent politicians and military of Argentina during the 19th century.[6]

References
  1. Registro oficial de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires Province. 1898.
  2. Argentines of Today, Volumen1. William Belmont Parker. 1920. ISBN 9780527698003.
  3. Revista de derecho, historia y letras, Volumen3. Estanislao Severo Zeballos, Carlos F. Melo. 1899.
  4. Memoria. Argentina. Ministerio de Obras Públicas. 1919.
  5. Archivo del brigadier general Juan Facundo Quiroga. Universidad de Buenos Aires. 1988.
  6. Genealogía, Temas16-17. Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas. 1976.
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