Juan Ramón Balcarce

Juan Ramón González de Balcarce (March 16, 1773 - November 12, 1836) was an Argentine military leader and politician.

He was the older bother of Antonio González de Balcarce. He fought against the British in 1807 and in 1812 in the military campaign in Peru under General Manuel Belgrano. He was governor of Buenos Aires from 1818 to 1820. Under the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, he served as the defense minister. In 1828 In 1832, he was again elected governor of Buenos Aires, a post he occupied until 1835, when he was ousted by de Rosas. Balcarce was imprisoned and died in exile in Concepción del Uruguay .

See also

• List of Presidents of Argentina