Colegio del Salvador is a private

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, primary, and secondary school for boys, located in

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. The school was founded by the

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in 1868.

Notable alumni

* Natalio R. Botana

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and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

* Carlos Octavio Bunge sociologist,

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and lawyer * Oscar Camilión

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, lawyer and diplomat; served as Minister of Defense from December 1993 to August 1996 * Ivo Cutzarida

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, politician, and director of films and

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s *

Enrique Finochietto Enrique Finochietto (March 13, 1881 – February 17, 1948) was a distinguished Argentine academic, physician and inventor. Life and work Enrique Finochietto was born in 1881 in Buenos Aires to Ana and Tomás Finochietto. His father died durin ...

a distinguished Argentine academic,

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, and inventor * Joaquin Galansinger, actor, composer and producer. Also known for being part of the famous duo

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Manuel Gálvez Manuel Gálvez (18 July 1882 – 14 November 1962) was an Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, historian and biographer. Early years Gálvez, a member of one of the leading patrician families of Entre Ríos Province, was educated by the Jesuits bef ...

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, essayist, historian and biographer *

Julio Grondona Julio Humberto Grondona (September 18, 1931 – July 30, 2014) was an Argentine football executive. He served as president of the Argentine Football Association (''Asociación del Fútbol Argentino'') from 1979 until his death in 2014. He also se ...

football executive who served as the president of the

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and as a Senior Vice-president of FIFA * Juan José Llach

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and sociologist.

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and researcher of Universidad Austral. Member of the

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since 1994 and of the national academies of Education since 2003 and Economics since 2007. He also served as the Secretary of Economic Policy between December 1991 and August 1996 and as the Minister of Education from December 1999 to October 2000 * Felix Lunaprominent writer,

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, and historian * Francisco Diego Macielretired football player * Salvador Oríalawyer who focused his career on economics; served as the

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during

Ramón Castillo Ramón Antonio Castillo Barrionuevo (November 20, 1873 – October 12, 1944) was a conservative Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from June 27, 1942 to June 4, 1943. He was a leading figure in the period known as ...

presidency *

Alejandro Posadas Alejandro Posadas (December 28, 1870 – November 21, 1902) was an Argentinian physician and surgeon specializing in pediatric surgery. He was the first person to film an operation and brought the first x-ray to the country of Argentina. Posadas ...

physician and surgeon specializing in

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. He was the first person to film an operation. He brought the first

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to Argentina *

Julio César Saguier Julio César Saguier (June 18, 1935 – January 13, 1987) was an Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This conne ...

lawyer and politician; former

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Notable faculty

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as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, taught literature and psychology and in served as spiritual director and confessor * Ismael Quilesa Spanish philosopher and Jesuit priest who was the main promoter of

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n studies in Argentina; founded the School of Oriental Studies at

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* Guillermo Furlong

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and historian; Member of the

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Controversy

Ten former students denounce sexual abuse at the Jesuit school where the Pope was a teacher

References

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