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Julio Argentino Roca

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general who served as President of Argentina from 12 October 1880 to 12 October 1886 and again from 12 October 1898 to 12 October 1904.

Upbringing and early career

Julio Roca was born in the northwestern city of San Miguel de Tucuman in 1843 into a prominent local family. He graduated from the National College in Concepcion del Uruguay, Entre Rios. Before he was 15, Roca joined the army of the Argentine Confederation, on 19 March 1858. While still an adolescent, he went to fight as a junior artillery officer in the ...

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