Esteban Agustín Gazcón (July 9, 1764 – June 25, 1824) was a Bolivia

Bolivia

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n-born statesman and lawyer. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán

Congress of Tucumán

The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America on July 9, 1816, from the Spanish Empire....

 which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina

Argentine Declaration of Independence

What today is commonly referred as the Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen that were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America, which is still today one of the legal names of the...

.

Gazcón was born in Oruro

Oruro, Bolivia

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 (now Bolivia) and studied at the Real Colegio de San Carlos in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, graduating as doctor in law at the University of Charcas in 1791. Upon his return he participated in the Buenos Aires Cabildo

Cabildo (council)

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of 1810 and supported the revolutionary cause. In 1809 he was the guiding spirit of the revolution in Chuquisaca

Sucre

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 and in 1811 he was president of the Real Audiencia.

In 1813, Gazcón was named head of the government in Salta

Salta

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 after Manuel Belgrano

Manuel Belgrano

Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano , usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano, was an Argentine economist, lawyer, politician, and military leader. He took part in the Argentine Wars of Independence and created the Flag of Argentina...

's victory. In 1814 he accompanied José Rondeau

José Rondeau

José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra was a general and politician in Argentina and Uruguay in the early 19th century.-Biography:...

 as war auditor of the military campaign in the Banda Oriental

Banda Oriental

The Banda Oriental del Uruguay was the South American territory east of the Uruguay River and north of the Río de la Plata, coinciding approximately with the modern nation of Uruguay, the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul and some parts of Santa Catarina...

; the following year he headed the Observation Junta in Buenos Aires.
He was elected by the city of Buenos Aires to the Tucumán Congress, present in 1816 for the declaration. In 1817 he served as minister of property under Supreme Director Juan Martín de Pueyrredón

Juan Martín de Pueyrredón

Juan Martín de Pueyrredón y O'Dogan was an Argentine general and politician of the early 19th century. He was appointed Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata after the Argentine Declaration of Independence.-Early life:Pueyrredón was born in Buenos Aires, the fifth of...

and from 1819 he held various high positions in the judiciary of Buenos Aires.

From 1820 he held various political positions and was then a deputy to the Buenos Aires assembly of which he was secretary.