Salvador María del Carril
| Salvador María del Carril | |
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| 1st Vice President of Argentina | |
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In office March 5, 1854 – March 5, 1860 |
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| President | Justo José de Urquiza |
| Succeeded by | Juan Esteban Pedernera |
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| Born | August 5, 1798 San Juan, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina) |
| Died | January 10, 1883 (aged 84) Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Political party | Federalist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Tiburcia Domínguez y López Camelo |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Salvador María del Carril (August 5, 1798 – January 10, 1883) was a prominent Argentine jurist and policy-maker, as well as his country's first Vice President
Born in the Andes-range city of San Juan, Argentina, del Carril was a precocious student, and enrolled in the University of Córdoba Law School while still in his teens. Mentored by the school's prestigious ecclesiastical Dean, Gregorio Funes, del Carril received a juris doctor in 1816, at age 18. He relocated to Buenos Aires, the capital of the newly declared United Provinces of South America, and following a stint as a journalist, he was appointed as an official in the Finance Ministry.
General José María Pérez de Urdininea, Governor of his native San Juan Province (which had recently seceded from Mendoza Province), called on del Carril to replace Francisco Narciso de Laprida as his Minister of Government in 1822, the highest-ranking advisory position. Amid the turmoil surrounding the Argentine War of Independence, however, Pérez de Urdininea was returned to active duty in Bolivia by General José de San Martín, leaving del Carril as Governor of San Juan.
Taking office in January 1823, the 24-year-old Governor undertook an ambitious modernization program, commissioning the construction of roads, bridges, water works, public buildings and parks, purchasing the province's first printing press, and establishing San Juan's first newspaper. Inheriting a province devastated by the wars, he ordered the first Agricultural Census and created a charitable association. The first lawyer to occupy the governor's post, he established San Juan's judicial system and in 1825, promulgated the "May Charter," the province's first constitution.
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