Francisco Seeber
| Francisco Seeber | |
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| Mayor of Buenos Aires | |
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In office May 10, 1889 – June 4, 1890 |
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| Preceded by | Guillermo Cranwell |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Bollini |
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| Born | November 15, 1841 Buenos Aires |
| Died | December 13, 1913 (aged 72) Buenos Aires |
| Resting place | La Recoleta Cemetery |
| Political party | National Autonomist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Fanny Agrelo |
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| Allegiance | Argentina |
| Service/branch | Argentine Army |
| Years of service | 1859 — 1866 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Cepeda (1859) Paraguayan War |
Francisco Seeber (November 15, 1841 – December 13, 1913) was an Argentine military officer, businessman and Mayor of Buenos Aires.
Francisco Seeber was born in Buenos Aires to Sophia Taut and Magnus Seeber, both German Argentine immigrants. He completed his studies in Hamburg, Germany, and returned in 1859. He joined the Argentine Army, and fought in the Battle of Cepeda (1859) and as a Captain in the Paraguayan War in 1865 and 1866. Upon his return, he joined the editorial board of La Libertad, and was elected to the Buenos Aires Province Legislature. He married the former Fanny Agrelo in 1868, and they had nine children.
Seeber established a construction firm, the Catalinas Warehouses and Pier Company, Ltd., in 1872. The firm obtained a municipal contract for the construction of the Catalina Docks (located along what later became the Catalinas Norte office park). Needing a large and steady supply of soil to level and grade the hitherto flood-prone site for the wharf, Seeber bought land in the then-desolate northwest end of the city with the intent of hauling soil to Catalinas for land reclamation. Enlisting workers mostly from Entre Ríos Province, these latter established a neighborhood (Villa Urquiza) there in 1887.
Seeber was named President of the Buenos Aires Western Railway in 1887. He commissioned the construction of the important rail link between Córdoba and Buenos Aires. He also invested in the development of the city's first large-scale department store, Bon Marché, and was appointed Mayor of Buenos Aires on May 10, 1889, by President Miguel Juárez Celman.
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