Juan Esteban Pedernera

3rd President of the Argentine Confederation

Juan E. Pedernera


President of Argentina
In office November 5, 1861 – December 12, 1861
Preceded by	Santiago Derqui
Succeeded by	Bartolomé Mitre
Vice President of Argentina
In office March 5, 1860 – November 5, 1861
President	Santiago Derqui
Preceded by	Salvador María del Carril
Succeeded by	Marcos Paz

Personal details
Born	(1796-12-25)December 25, 1796 San José del Morro, San Luis Province
Died	February 1, 1886(1886-02-01) (aged 89) Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentine
Spouse	Rosa Juana Heredia
Relations	Juan Esteban (father) Dominga Pedernera (mother)
Profession	Military

Juan Esteban Pedernera (December 25, 1796 – February 1, 1886) was interim President of Argentina during a brief period in 1861.^[1]^[2]

Born in 1796 in San Luis Province, he studied in a Franciscan monastery when young, and left his studies to join the Regiment of Mounted Grenadiers being summoned by José de San Martín to fight in the War of Independence against Spanish rule. In 1815, he fought in the Battles of Chacabuco and Battle of Maipú, in Chile; and then in the campaign to liberate Peru. He was imprisoned by the Spanish during the former campaign in Chiloé Island, but managed to escape and rejoin his army.

Lieutenant-general Juan Esteban Pedernera married the former Rosa Juana Heredia in Callao on September 23, 1823; she was born in Perú, in 1805, and died in Buenos Aires, on August 26, 1886.

In 1826 engaged again in military activity, this time in the Cisplatine War. In the Argentine Civil War, he joined the Unitarian side, under the command of General José María Paz, and fought in La Tablada against federalist forces. After a long time in exile, he returned to the country after the fall of the Rosas' regime, and acted as Senator for San Luis Province. In 1856, he was designated commander of the frontier armed forces, and in 1859 he was elected Governor of San Luis, and fought at the Battle of Cepeda that same year.

He then was elected Vice-President to President of the Argentine Confederation Santiago Derqui, and served from 1860 until 1861, when Derqui resigned after the Battle of Pavón. Pedernera then acted as President until the political situation forced the dissolution of the office. In 1882 he was designated Lieutenant General of the Armies of the Republic.

References

^ "Juan Esteban Pedernera | Real Academia de la Historia". dbe.rah.es.
^ Veláquez, Luis (1958). Vida de un héroe. Biografía del Brigadier General Juan Esteban Pedernera. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Peuser. Colección Grandes Biografías. p. 524.

Political offices
Preceded by Salvador María del Carril	Vice President of Argentina 1860-1861	Succeeded by Marcos Paz
Preceded by Santiago Derqui	President of Argentina 1861	Succeeded by Bartolomé Mitre

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Juan Domingo Perón

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Federalists	José Gervasio Artigas Mariano Vera Estanislao López Francisco Ramírez Juan Bautista Bustos Manuel Dorrego Facundo Quiroga Alejandro Heredia Pascual Echagüe Juan Manuel de Rosas Justo José de Urquiza Ricardo López Jordán Felipe Varela Chacho Peñaloza
Unitarians	Carlos María de Alvear Juan Martín de Pueyrredón José Rondeau Bernardino Rivadavia Juan Lavalle José María Paz Juan Esteban Pedernera Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid Pedro Ferré Domingo Faustino Sarmiento