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Juan Esteban Pedernera

Juan Esteban Pedernera was interim President of Argentina during a brief period in 1861.

Born in 1796 in San Luis, he was studying in a Franciscan monastery when young, when he left his studies to join the army of Grenadiers being summoned by Jose de San Martin to fight in the war of independence against Spanish rule. In 1815, he fought in Chacabuco and Maipu, Chile, and in the campaign to liberate Peru. He was imprisoned by the Spanish during the latter campaign in Chiloe island, but managed to escape and rejoin his army.

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