Manuel de Sarratea
| Manuel de Sarratea | |
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| 2nd Governor of Buenos Aires Province | |
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In office February 18, 1820 – March 6, 1820 |
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| Preceded by | Matías de Irigoyen |
| Succeeded by | Juan Ramón Balcarce |
| 4th Governor of Buenos Aires Province | |
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In office March 11, 1820 – May 2, 1820 |
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| Preceded by | Juan Ramón Balcarce |
| Succeeded by | Ildefonso Ramos Mexía |
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| Born | August 11, 1774 Buenos Aires |
| Died | September 21, 1849 (aged 75) Limoges, France |
| Nationality | Argentine |
Manuel de Sarratea, (Buenos Aires, August 11, 1774 – Limoges, France, 21 September 1849), was an Argentine diplomat, politician and soldier. He was the son of Martin de Sarratea (1743-1813), of the richest merchant of Buenos-Aires and Tomasa Josefa de Altolaguirre. His sister Martina de Sarrateas (1772-1805) married Santiago de Liniers, vice-roy del Rio de la Plata.
Sarratea was educated in Madrid. He returned to the country to work as a diplomat. He participated in the May Revolution of 1810 and per advice from Belgrano he was named ambassador in Río de Janeiro. When the Primera Junta was dissolved, he returned and took part on the following government body, the so-called First Triumvirate. One of the Triumvirate's political accomplishments was a treaty signed with vicerroy Francisco Javier de Elío, where the Banda Oriental (present-day Uruguay was ceded to the crown.
In 1812, after the change of government in Montevideo, the treaty was broken and the war against the royalists in the city was resumed. Most of the Criollo soldiers had abandoned the territory, following their caudillo, José Artigas. Sarratea took charge of the army in the Banda Oriental, making his primary mission to get back the troops from Artigas. He attempted to convince him and when this failed he attempted to bribe him, also without success. He then declared Artigas a traitor but this measure was rejected by the rest of the Triumvirate.
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