Bartolomé Mitre
| Bartolomé Mitre | |
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| 6th President of Argentina | |
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In office 12 October 1862 – 12 October 1868 Interim: 12 December 1861 – 12 October 1862 |
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| Vice President | Marcos Paz |
| Preceded by | Juan Esteban Pedernera |
| Succeeded by | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento |
| 7th Governor of Buenos Aires | |
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In office 3 May 1860 – 11 October 1862 |
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| Vice Governor |
Manuel Ocampo Vicente Cazón |
| Preceded by | Felipe Llavallol |
| Succeeded by | Vicente Cazón |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 June 1821 Buenos Aires |
| Died | 19 January 1906 (aged 84) Buenos Aires |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party |
Colorado (Uruguay) Unitary (1851–1862) Liberal (1862–1874) National (1874) Civic Union (1890–1891) National Civic Union (1891–1906) |
| Spouse(s) | Delfina Vedia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Argentina |
| Service/branch |
 Argentine Army
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| Rank |
 Lieutenant general
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Bartolomé Mitre Martínez (26 June 1821 – 19 January 1906) was an Argentine statesman, military figure, and author. He was the President of Argentina from 1862 to 1868.
Mitre was born in Buenos Aires to a Greek family originally named Mitropoulos.
As a liberal, he was an opponent of Juan Manuel de Rosas, and he was forced into exile. He worked as a soldier and journalist in Uruguay as a supporter of General Fructuoso Rivera, who named Mitre Lieutenant Colonel of the Uruguayan Army in 1846. Mitre later lived in Bolivia, Peru, and Chile, and in the latter country, he collaborated with legal scholar and fellow Argentine exile Juan Bautista Alberdi in the latter's periodical, El Comercio of Valparaíso.
Mitre returned to Argentina after the defeat of Rosas at the 1852 Battle of Caseros. He was a leader of the revolt of Buenos Aires against Justo José de Urquiza's federal system, and was appointed to important posts in the provincial government after Buenos Aires seceded from the Confederation.
The civil war of 1859 resulted in Mitre's defeat by Urquiza at the Battle of Cepeda, in 1860. Issues of customs revenue sharing were settled, and Buenos Aires reentered the Argentine Confederation. Victorious at the 1861 Battle of Pavón, however, Mitre obtained important concessions from the national army, notably the amendment of the Constitution to provide for indirect elections through an electoral college. In October 1862, Mitre was elected president of the republic, and national political unity was finally achieved; a period of internal progress and reform then commenced. During the Paraguayan War, Mitre was initially named the head of the allied forces.
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