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Francisco Narciso de Laprida
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Francisco Narciso de Laprida was an Argentine lawyer and politician. He was a deputy for San Juan at the Congress of Tucuman, and president of it on July 9 1816, when the Declaration of Independence of Argentina took place.
Laprida started his studies at the Real Colegio de San Carlos in Buenos Aires, after which he moved to Santiago de Chile to study Law at the Universidad de San Felipe, where he graduated in 1810. He participated in the Cabildo Abierto in Chile, one of the first steps towards the independence of that country.
As such, Laprida collaborated with Jose de San Martin in the organization of the Ejercito de los Andes. Because of his education in law and as an important local figure, he was sent to the Tucuman Congress in 1815 as provincial deputy, together with Fray Justo Santa Maria de Oro. As the congress had a rotating presidency, Laprida was selected for the presidency on July 1, and was still its president 8 days later, when the National Constitution was finished, and the independence of the country declared.
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