Alejandro Heredia
| Alejandro Heredia | |
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| Governor of Tucumán Province | |
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In office 4 November 1831 – 12 November 1838 |
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| Preceded by | José Frías |
| Succeeded by | Bernabé Piedrabuena |
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| Born | 1788 San Miguel de Tucumán |
| Died |
12 November 1838 (aged 50) Lules |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Federal |
| Occupation | Soldier |
Alejandro Heredia (1788 – 12 November 1838 ) was an Argentine soldier and politician. He fought in the war of independence, and in the subsequent civil war. He was governor and caudillo of Tucumán Province.
Alejandro Heredia was born in San Miguel de Tucumán in 1788, and was educated at the College of Our Lady of Loreto in Córdoba. He studied at the National University of Córdoba, gaining a Doctorate in Law. A well-educated man, he studied classical literature and later taught Latin to his protege, Juan Bautista Alberdi.
After the May Revolution of 1810, when Buenos Aires declared independence from Spain, Heredia joined the Army of the North. General Manuel Belgrano dispatched him on a diplomatic mission to talk with the royalist general José Manuel de Goyeneche. As a soldier, he distinguished himself as a lieutenant in the Battle of Tucumán (1812), then fought in the Battle of Salta (1813) and the Battle of Sipe-Sipe (1815). He reached the rank of colonel in the Army of the North, and was among the leaders of the historic Arequito Revolt (1820), where a group of army officers refused to fight in the civil war against the Federalists.
After this event, Heredia was sent to Salta Province, to be under the command of Martín Miguel de Güemes, Governor of Salta. In 1824 he represented Tucumán at the National Constitution Congress in Buenos Aires and in 1826 represented Salta. At the congress sessions he was noted for his Federalist views.
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