Juan José Paso

Juan José Paso ( born October 6, 1757 Buenos Aires, † September 10, 1833 ) was an Argentine politician.

Life

He studied at the University of Cordoba in 1779 and earned a doctorate in theology. In Buenos Aires he became professor of philosophy at the Colegio Real de San Carlos. In 1783 he went to Peru, where he remained for twenty years or even studied law.

As a lawyer Paso returned to Argentina. There he joined after the English invasion of 1806 the evolving independence movement and advocated for this as a gifted orator. In 1810 he participated as secretary to the formation of the first nine-member junta in Buenos Aires. He also tried to win without much success the city for the independence movement in Montevideo. Between 1811 and 1814 Paso a member of two short-lived Triumviratsregierungen and in diplomatic missions in Chile was on the road, where he played as a defender of Admiral Guillermo Brown. Although he officially engaged in any leading function more after the end of the Triumvirate, he was a central figure in the development of Argentina. He belonged to the Congress of Tucumán in 1816 and was heavily involved in the constitution as secretary. As a monarchist, he was briefly arrested with like-minded MPs.

Paso in 1822 Member of the Congress of the Province of Buenos Aires and was later President of this Assembly. In 1824 he was elected to the National Convention and supported the election of Bernardino Rivadavia as the first President of the Republic. Because of the violent conflicts between the provinces and the dispute between the advocates of a central government and those of the State, he moved in 1826 largely from politics.