Enrique Martínez (politician)

Enrique Martínez
14th Vice President of Argentina
In office October 12, 1928 – September 6, 1930
President	Hipólito Yrigoyen
Preceded by	Elpidio González
Succeeded by	Enrique Santamarina
Governor of Córdoba
In office May 17, 1928 – October 10, 1928
Vice Governor	José Antonio Ceballos
Preceded by	Ramón J. Cárcano
Succeeded by	José Antonio Ceballos
Personal details
Born	July 25, 1887 Córdoba, Argentina
Died	February 20, 1938(1938-02-20) (aged 50) Villa María
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Radical Civic Union
Profession	Lawyer

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

Biography

Martinez was born in Córdoba, and studied there until 1900, when he started his military service. He later studied law at the National University of Córdoba, receiving a degree in 1911.

Martinez was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 1917 to fill the seat vacated by Vice President Elpidio González. 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 Francisco Beiró, prompted President-elect Hipólito Yrigoyen to ask Martínez to take the late Francisco Beiró's place, and on October 12, 1928, he was inaugurated Vice President of Argentina.

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 Buenos Aires in 1934, and retired from public life. While riding horseback in Villa María, Córdoba, in 1938, he suffered an accident, and died at age 51.

References

• Historical Dictionary of Argentina. London: Scarecrow Press, 1978.