In the political history of Argentina, Hipólito Yrigoyen is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Hipólito Yrigoyen as president of Argentina (1852-1937).
Hipólito Yrigoyen was born at Buenos Aires in 1850. His recorded nationality is Argentina. He was educated at University of Buenos Aires.
The nineteenth century produced mass politics - parties, newspapers, franchises that widened by inches - and empire on a scale never seen before.
The record of office reads: President of Argentina (1916–1922) and President of Argentina (1928–1930).
His political affiliation is recorded as Radical Civic Union.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
Recognition followed: Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1928).
That the career was made in Argentina is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Hipólito Yrigoyen died in 1933, aged 83. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- President of Argentina (1916–1922)
- President of Argentina (1928–1930)
- Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic — 1928
- Educated at University of Buenos Aires
