General Luis J. Dellepiane (3 February 1865–1941), born in Buenos Aires

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, was a civil engineer

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, militarist and politician of Argentina

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With the title of Lieutenant General

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 he participated in the politics linked to the Radical Civic Union

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 (UCR) following Hipólito Yrigoyen

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. In 1919, the president designated him Head of the Federal Police during the Tragic Week

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In 1928, together with Yrigoyen, he served as minister of war and commanded the second division of the Argentine army stationed in Campo de Mayo

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. In September 1930 he resigned from the post.

Delle Piane was also a civil engineer. He had an important trajectory in university teachings, becoming vice dean of the school of sciences, physics and nature, where he taught students from 1909. He also was a member of the superior council of the national University of Buenos Aires

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. He is considered the father of geodesy

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of Argentina for his work on the science. He was an avid man of the sciences and a member of number of the national academy of sciences, physics and nature.