Manuel Vicente Maza
| Manuel Vicente Maza | |
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Maza portrayed by Ignacio Baz
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| Governor of Buenos Aires Province | |
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In office 27 June 1834 – 7 March 1835 |
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| Preceded by | Juan José Viamonte |
| Succeeded by | Juan Manuel de Rosas |
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| Born | 1779 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | June 27, 1839 (aged 59–60) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality |
 Argentina
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| Political party | Federal |
| Spouse(s) | Mercedes Fernandez Puelma Andrade |
| Children | Ramón Maza |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Religion | Catholicism |
Manuel Vicente Maza (1779 – June 27, 1839) was an Argentine lawyer and federal politician. He was governor of Buenos Aires, and was killed after the discovery of a failed plot to kill Juan Manuel de Rosas.
Even though Maza was born in Buenos Aires, he finished his university studies in Law at the Royal University of San Felipe, in Santiago, Chile.
As the independence movement from Spain grew in South America, Maza was taken prisoner in Lima, by that time the centre of the Viceroyalty of Peru, and later spent time in reclusion in Buenos Aires, released in 1815. That year he started his political activity as head of the Civil Commission of Justice of Buenos Aires, bringing about the justice administration regulation named after him. In 1816 he served as mayor at the Buenos Aires Cabildo. In the following years he developed a friendship and political relationship with Juan Manuel de Rosas.
During the 1820s Maza became widely involved in political activity. He was sent to exile for the first time in 1823 because of his participation in the uprising against Martín Rodríguez, and then again in 1829 to Bahía Blanca for rising up against Juan Lavalle.
When Rosas returned to power, Maza assumed an important role in Rosas' government. At the meeting with José María Paz in Córdoba, Maza accompanied Rosas, when they suffered an assassination attempt.
With Rosas gone in 1832, Maza was named Chief Minister by Juan Ramón Balcarce, but a year later he took part in the movement that demanded Balcarce's resignation. He also took part in the following brief administration of Juan José Viamonte.
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