Enrique Martínez (July 25, 1887 – February 20, 1938) was an Argentine lawyer and politician, governor of Córdoba Province Argentine Vice President during the second

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administration.

Biography

Martinez was born in

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, and studied there until 1900, when he started his military service. He later studied law at the

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, receiving a degree in 1911. Martinez was elected to the

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in 1917 to fill the seat vacated by Vice President

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. He was elected Governor of Córdoba in December 1927, with José Antonio Ceballos as Vice-Governor, and took office on May 17, 1928. The death, on July 22, of Vice President-elect

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, prompted President-elect

to ask Martínez to take the late Francisco Beiró's place, and on October 12, 1928, he was inaugurated

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. Following a series of incidents organized against the populist Yrigoyen, on September 5, 1930, the President took a leave of health, and Martínez assumed the presidency on an acting basis. A coup d'état overthrew the Yrigoyen administration the following day, however, and both he and Martínez was jailed for two years. Martínez moved to

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in 1934, and retired from public life. While riding horseback in

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, Córdoba, in 1938, he suffered an accident, and died at age 51.

References

*''Historical Dictionary of Argentina''. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978. {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Enrique 1887 births 1938 deaths Politicians from Córdoba, Argentina Argentine people of Spanish descent National University of Córdoba alumni Radical Civic Union politicians Members of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Vice presidents of Argentina Governors of Córdoba Province, Argentina Accidental deaths in Argentina