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Gervasio Antonio de Posadas
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1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
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In office
January 31, 1814 – January 9, 1815 |
| Succeeded by |
Carlos María de Alvear |
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| Born |
June 18, 1757
Buenos Aires |
| Died |
July 2, 1833
Buenos Aires |
| Nationality |
Argentine |
| Profession |
Lawyer |
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila (Buenos Aires, June 18, 1757 – July 2, 1833) was a member of Argentina's Second triumvirate from 19 August 1813 until 31 January 1814, after which he continued as Supreme Director until January 9, 1815.
Posadas' early studies were at the convent of San Francisco, after which he continued those studies at the legal practice of Manuel José de Labardén. In 1789 he was appointed notary general for the bishopric, and held that post until the events of the May Revolution. He was unaware of the impending revolution and was caught by surprise when the town hall was occupied on May 10, 1810; he did not agree that it had been legitimately occupied. His donations to the Sociedad Patriótica associated him with the Saavedrist faction, and the leaders of the riots of April 5, 1811 sent him to Mendoza. A month later he was appointed solicitor-procurator for the city of Buenos Aires.
The second triumvirate named Posadas with Nicolás Rodríguez Peña and Juan Larrea to draft a constitution for consideration by the Assembly for 1813, and he became a part of that triumvirate when the Assembly granted it executive power. Shortly afterwards, on January 22, 1814 they decided to concentrate power in him as Supreme Director of the United Provinces, and he took the post soon after. During his short rule Saavedra and Campana were exiled, and there was dissidence from Artigas, Montevideo fell, and Ferdinand VII of Spain regained his throne. With the fall of the Alvear faction in August 1815, Posadas was jailed, and he occupied 22 different jails in the following six years. He began writing his memoirs in 1829.
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Heads of state of Argentina |
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| Supreme Directors (1814-1820) |
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas · Carlos María de Alvear · Ignacio Álvarez Thomas · Antonio González de Balcarce · Juan Martín de Pueyrredón · José Rondeau · Juan Pedro Aguirre
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| First presidential government (1826-1827) |
Bernardino Rivadavia · Vicente López y Planes
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| Argentine Confederation (1835-1860) |
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 · Bartolomé Mitre · Domingo Faustino Sarmiento · Nicolás Avellaneda
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| The Generation of '80 (1880-1916) |
Julio Argentino Roca · Miguel Juárez · Carlos Pellegrini · Luis Sáenz Peña · José Evaristo Uriburu · Julio Argentino Roca · Manuel Quintana · José Figueroa Alcorta · Roque Sáenz Peña · Victorino de la Plaza
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| First Radical Terms (1916-1930) |
Hipólito Yrigoyen · Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear · Hipólito Yrigoyen
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| Infamous Decade (1930-1943) |
José Félix Uriburu · Agustín Pedro Justo · Roberto María Ortiz · Ramón Castillo
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| Revolution of '43 (1943-1946) |
Arturo Rawson · Pedro Pablo Ramírez · Edelmiro Julián Farrell
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| First Peronist Terms (1946-1955) |
Juan Domingo Perón
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| Liberating Revolution (1955-1958) |
Eduardo Lonardi · Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
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| Argentine Republic (1958-1966) |
Arturo Frondizi · José María Guido · Arturo Umberto Illia
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| Revolución Argentina (1966-1973) |
Juan Carlos Onganía · Roberto M. Levingston · Alejandro Agustín Lanusse
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| Third Peronist Term (1973-1976) |
Héctor José Cámpora · Raúl Alberto Lastiri · Juan Perón · Isabel Martínez de Perón
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| National Reorganization Process (1976-1983) |
Jorge Rafael Videla · Roberto Eduardo Viola · Leopoldo Galtieri · Reynaldo Bignone
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| Return to Democracy (1983-present) |
Raúl Alfonsín · Carlos Menem · Fernando de la Rúa · Ramón Puerta · Adolfo Rodríguez Saá · Eduardo Camaño · Eduardo Duhalde · Néstor Kirchner · Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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