Abel Bazán was an Argentine

Argentina

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 politician and jurist.

Bazán was born in La Rioja, Argentina

La Rioja, Argentina

La Rioja is the capital city of the Argentine province of La Rioja, located on the east of the province. The city has a population of almost 150,000 as per the ....

 and studied law at the National University of Córdoba

National University of Córdoba

The National University of Córdoba, , is the oldest university in Argentina, and one of the oldest in the Americas. It is located in Córdoba, the capital of Córdoba Province. Since the early 20th century it has been the second largest university in the country in terms of the number of students,...

, gaining the title of doctor of jurisprudence

Jurisprudence

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. He became a politician in La Rioja Province

La Rioja Province (Argentina)

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, serving as minister of government under the governorship of Colonel Domingo Antonio Villafañe. He served in the Argentine Senate

Argentine Senate

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 from 1864 until 1880 and served as deputy for the Province in the constituent convention of 1898.

It was as a judge that Bazán was most prominent. He worked as a judge in Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...

 and Córdoba

Córdoba Province (Argentina)

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 and in 1890 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Argentina

Supreme Court of Argentina

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 by President

President of Argentina

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 Miguel Juárez Celman. In 1903 President Julio Argentino Roca

Julio Argentino Roca

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appointed Bazán as President of the Supreme Court.