Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
	Portrait, c. 1874
7th President of Argentina
	In office; 12 October 1868 – 11 October 1874
Vice President	Adolfo Alsina
Preceded by	Bartolomé Mitre
Succeeded by	Nicolás Avellaneda
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship
	In office; 6 September 1879 – 9 October 1879
President	Nicolás Avellaneda
Preceded by	Manuel Montes de Oca
Succeeded by	Lucas González
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 29 August 1879 – 9 October 1879
President	Nicolás Avellaneda
Preceded by	Bernardo de Irigoyen
Succeeded by	Benjamín Zorrilla
Governor of San Juan
	In office; 3 January 1862 – 9 April 1864
Preceded by	Francisco Domingo Díaz
Succeeded by	Santiago Lloveras
Personal details
Born	Faustino Valentín Quiroga Sarmiento; 15 February 1811; San Juan, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Died	11 September 1888 (aged 77); Asunción, Paraguay
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Benita Martínez Pastoriza (m. 1847; sep. 1857)
Domestic partner	Aurelia Vélez Sársfield; (1857–1888)
Children	Ana Faustina; Domingo Fidel
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Argentina
Branch/service	Argentine Army
Years of service	1834–1863
Rank	Divisional General
	Philosophy career
	Influences Generation of '37, The Federalist, Babeuf, Bello, Buret, Chevalier, Condorcet, Constant, Cousin, Damiron, Enfantin, Fourier, Guizot, Jouffroy, Lerminier, Leroux, Locke, Mann, Mill, Montesquieu, Owen, Peabody Mann, Reynaud, Rousseau, Saint-Simon, Tacitus, Tocqueville, Volney;
	Influenced Generation of '37, Generation of '80, Asturias, Bello, Borges, Bunge, Darío, Groussac, Henríquez Ureña, Ingenieros, Lugones, Martínez Estrada, Menéndez Pelayo, Mistral, Peabody Mann, Sebreli, Unamuno, Vargas Llosa;

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine politician, writer, teacher, journalist, military officer, and statesman. He served as President of Argentina from 1868 to 1864.

He is considered a great Castilian prose writer. He collaborated both in public education and in the scientific progress of his country.^[4]

Biography

Birth and family

He was born on February 15, 1811, in a house in the Carrascal neighborhood, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city of San Juan, capital of the current province of the same name, the son of José Clemente Cecilio Quiroga Sarmiento and Paula Zoila Albarracín Irrazábal. His baptismal name was "Faustino Valentín Quiroga Sarmiento."

The names were given to him by the saints of that name, Saint Valentine and Saint Faustino, the latter of which was the name of his birth. However, neither his family nor his friends called him "Valentín." According to some sources, the name "Domingo" was later given to him by his father's house, and it was traditional for many members of his family to bear or use it. This name did not appear on his birth certificate.

Presidency of Argentina

Sarmiento was proposed as a candidate for the Presidency of Argentina by a group of Argentine politicians, at the initiative of Colonel Lucio V. Mansilla. While in the United States, he was elected to the position in the national elections of April 1868, and assumed office on October 12, 1868.

Sarmiento's presidency was the second of Argentina's historic presidencies. These historic or founding presidencies of the modern Argentine state had three clear objectives or goals: "nation, constitution, and liberty." The nation was understood as the definitive union of the Argentine provinces as an entity superior to its component parts.

The Constitution was understood as the basis of the rights of individuals and power. Liberty was conceived as the principle of liberalism that gave way to "civilization" and relegated "barbarism."

Death

Sarmiento died in Asunción, Paraguay, at the age of 77 from a heart attack. He was buried in Buenos Aires.

References

↑ Bravo, Héctor Félix (1993). "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888)" (PDF). Perspectivas: Revista trimestral de educación comparada. XXIII: 808–821. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
↑ Herrero, Alejandro (2012). "Lugones and Ingenieros and their homage to Domingo Faustino Sarmiento in the first hundred anniversary of his birth (1911)" (PDF). Estudios de Filosofía Práctica e Historia de las Ideas. XIX n. 2: 57–72. ISSN 1515-7180. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
↑ A. Fernándes Leys Hallazgo de Unamuno en Sarmiento, "Sobre la literatura hispanoamericana. Ensayos" T. I., p. 855. Aguilar
↑ García Hamilton, José Ignacio (1997). Cuyano alborotador: la vida de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana. pp. 270–271. ISBN 9500712504.

Other websites

Works by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Domingo Faustino Sarmiento at Internet Archive
Works by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

[1] Bravo, Héctor Félix (1993). "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811–1888)" (PDF). Perspectivas: Revista trimestral de educación comparada. XXIII: 808–821. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[2] Herrero, Alejandro (2012). "Lugones and Ingenieros and their homage to Domingo Faustino Sarmiento in the first hundred anniversary of his birth (1911)" (PDF). Estudios de Filosofía Práctica e Historia de las Ideas. XIX n. 2: 57–72. ISSN 1515-7180. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[3] A. Fernándes Leys Hallazgo de Unamuno en Sarmiento, "Sobre la literatura hispanoamericana. Ensayos" T. I., p. 855. Aguilar

[4] García Hamilton, José Ignacio (1997). Cuyano alborotador: la vida de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana. pp. 270–271. ISBN 9500712504.

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