Pedro Medrano
Pedro de Medrano y Cabrera | |
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Portrait of Pedro de Medrano holding the Argentine declaration of Independence | |
| President of the Congress of Tucumán | |
| In office March 24, 1816 – May 2, 1816 | |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Judge of the Real Audiencia | |
| In office 1810–1812 | |
| Deputy for Buenos Aires to the Assembly of the Year XIII | |
| In office October 3, 1812 – 1815 | |
| Senator of Buenos Aires (elected) | |
| In office 1819 – Did not assume office | |
| Representative to the Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 1821 – Multiple terms until death | |
| State Attorney (Fiscal) | |
| In office 1838–1840 | |
| President of the Chamber of Appeals | |
| In office 1831–1838 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1769 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina) |
| Died | 1840 (aged 71) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Profession | Lawyer, Politician, Jurist |
| Known for | Signatory of the Argentine Declaration of Independence |
Pedro de Medrano y Cabrera (26 April 1769 – 3 November 1840) was a Uruguayan-born Argentine statesman, poet and lawyer from the House of Medrano. He was a provisional president and a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina.