Saturnino María Laspiur
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| Born | October, 1829 San Juan, Argentina |
| Died | August, 1885 Buenos Aires |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Saturnino María Laspiur (October 1829 – August 1885) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as deputy, senator, Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice and Minister of the Interior of his country.
Saturnino María Laspiur Gómez was born in San Juan, Argentina in October 1829, son of Saturnino Manuel de Laspiur. His father was a minister of the caudillo of San Juan, Nazario Benavídez, Saturnino María Laspiur became a lawyer in 1850 at the National University of Córdoba. On returning to San Juan he joined the Unitarian Party.
After the Battle of Caseros (3 February 1852) in which the dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas was defeated by Justo José de Urquiza, Laspiur participated in the revolution that toppled Benavidez. He was sent by the deputies appointed by the revolutionaries, Antonino Aberastain and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento to the 1853 Constituent Congress of Santa Fe. There he learned that Benavidez was back in charge, and that the two Unitarian leaders had been replaced. However, Laspiur was appointed secretary of Congress.
In 1854 Laspiur was elected national deputy for San Juan. From Paraná, Entre Ríos, the provisional capital of Argentinian Confederation, he supported the revolution against Governor Benavídez. He helped his uncle, Manuel José Gómez Rufino, to become governor of San Juan in 1857. Gómez made him his government minister in November 1857. Laspiur used his newspapers La Tribuna and El nacional to agitate for removal of the "tyrant" Benavídez.
When Benavídez was killed in prison in October 1858, federalist intervention sent him as a prisoner to Paraná, where he was prosecuted for his involvement in the murder. He rejected an offer from the minister and future president Santiago Derqui to regain his freedom in exile in Montevideo, saying he intended to accept having participated in the murder. Following the signing of the peace with the State of Buenos Aires in the Pact of San José de Flores, he was released in June 1860.
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