Juan Manuel de Rosas

Don Juan Manuel Ortiz de Rosas ( born March 30, 1793 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, † March 14, 1877 in Southampton, England) was an Argentine dictator.

Since 1828 Rosas acted as commander of the country 's population and leader of the Federalists in the fight against the Unitarians. In December 1829 he was elected governor of Buenos Aires. In March 1835, he was again elected governor and captain-general. Temporarily to Rosas extraordinary violence was transmitted and received so in fact the power of a dictator. With Juan Facundo Quiroga, he is one of the caudillo figures of Argentina and Latin America with it.

He led the Republic to 1852, where he provided inside for the prosperity of the country. Outwardly it was Don Felipe Arana, who implemented the policy Rosas. After Rosas on September 12, 1849 sovereign powers had again can be equipped, he mingled next to England, France and Brazil in the internal struggles of the La Plata countries ( Uruguay) a. Despite some victories, the opposition grew more and more, and on February 3, 1852 he was at the battle of Monte Caseros by troops of Brazil, Uruguay and the Don Justo José de Urquiza defeated, who led the Argentine opposition. Rosas fled to England and died at his country house in Southampton.

A picture of him is now mapped to the 20 -peso bill Argentina.