Supreme Chief of the Argentine Confederation

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The Supreme Chief of the Argentine Confederation was the title held by the dominant 19th-century caudillo who effectively ruled Argentina with strong central authority before the establishment of a modern national government.

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Supreme Chief of the Argentine Confederation canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state title
political office
appliesToJurisdiction Argentina NERFINISHED
associatedWithConcept caudillismo
centralism in Argentina
associatedWithEvent Argentine Civil Wars NERFINISHED
country Argentine Confederation NERFINISHED
deFactoNature not established by a stable constitutional framework
exercisedAuthorityIn Buenos Aires NERFINISHED
interior provinces of Argentina
exercisedPowerOver Argentine provinces
followedBy President of Argentina NERFINISHED
governmentForm caudillo rule
de facto dictatorship
historicalSignificance predecessor to constitutional presidency in Argentina
transitional form of national leadership in Argentina
languageOfTitle Spanish
legitimacyBasis military dominance
personal political alliances
support from key provinces such as Buenos Aires
mainFunction concentration of military power
control of foreign relations
coordination of provincial governments
politicalContext pre-modern national government of Argentina
powerStructure strong central authority
precededBy loose federation of Argentine provinces
relatedInstitution Argentine Confederation NERFINISHED
provincial militias
relatedProcess centralization of power in Buenos Aires
state formation in Argentina
role head of government of the Argentine Confederation
head of state of the Argentine Confederation
sphereOfInfluence River Plate region NERFINISHED
temporalRelation before consolidation of the Argentine Republic
titleInSpanish Jefe Supremo de la Confederación Argentina NERFINISHED
typeOfLeadership authoritarian leadership
personalist rule
typicalTitleHolder provincial caudillo
usedInPeriod 19th century

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Juan Manuel de Rosas positionHeld Supreme Chief of the Argentine Confederation