Lisandro de la Torre
Argentine politician
Died when: 70 years 30 days (840 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Lisandro de la Torre (6 December 1868 – 5 January 1939) was an Argentine politician, born in Rosario, Santa Fe.He was considered as a model of ethics in politics.
He was a national deputy and senator, a prominent polemicist, and founder of the Democratic Progressive Party in 1914.He ran twice for the office of President, in 1916 and in 1931.
De la Torre became a lawyer in 1890.His thesis about municipalities and communes, as well as other works of his, gave rise to the idea of municipal autonomy in Argentina, which was included in the Argentine Constitution in the 1994 reform.
In 1898 he founded the newspaper La República ("The Republic") in Rosario.
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