Ignacio Álvarez Thomas
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José Ignacio Álvarez Thomas was a Peruvian-born Argentine military officer, statesman and diplomat. He served as interim Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata between 6 May 1
Daguerreotype of Álvarez Thomas, 1850s
Carlos María de Alvear
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Carlos María de Alvear was an Argentine soldier, statesman and diplomat who served as the second Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 9 January to 15 April 1815. He pla
Ignacio Álvarez Thomas
…Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata between 6 May 1815 and 16 April 1816, in the transitional period following the fall of Carlos María de Alvear and prior to the acting directorship of Antonio González de Balcarce. He later held ministerial and diplomatic posts in Peru and Chile and lived in…
Carlos María de Alvear (1860), in a portrait by an unknown artist