Paso, Juan José (1758–1833)

Juan José Paso (b. 2 January 1758; d. 10 September 1833), Argentine educator, journalist, lawyer, and public official in the Río de la Plata. Born in Buenos Aires, Paso studied law and theology (through 1779) at the universities of Chuquisaca and Córdoba. Returning to his birthplace, Paso taught philosophy at the Colegio de San Carlos (1781–1783). He was a member of the first patriot government of Argentina in 1810. During the early 1800s he edited, with Mariano Moreno, another secretary of the revolutionary junta, La Gaceta de Buenos Aires, the official newspaper of the new regime. Paso held the positions of assistant prosecutor of the Royal Treasury in 1803 and advisor to the government during Carlos María de Alvear's directorate in 1815. He also served on the triumvirates of 1811–1812 after the dissolution of the junta and as representative in the Congress of Tucumán in 1816. In addition, Paso was the Santiago-based diplomat of the United Provinces in 1814. Mariano Balcarce, describing him as "the illustrious son of the nation who knew how to provide important services to the cause of independence, skillfully and with talent, and was a jurist known for his integrity and zeal," ordered the construction of a monument in his honor after his death.

See alsoArgentina: The Nineteenth Century .

BIBLIOGRAPHY

José María Saenz Valiente, Juan José Paso (1911).

Alberto Rodríguez Varela, Gobernantes de Mayo (1960).

Vicente Osvaldo Cutolo, Nuevo diccionario biográfico argentino, vol. 5 (1968–1985), pp. 318-322.

Additional Bibliography

Aguirre, Gisela. Juan José Paso. Buenos Aires: Planeta, 2001.

Tanzi, Héctor José. Juan José Paso, el político. Buenos Aires: Ciudad Argentina, 1998.

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