Martín Rodríguez
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Martín Rodríguez (Buenos Aires; 1771 – Montevideo; 1845) was an Argentine politician and soldier.
Rodríguez studied in Buenos Aires, and later took part in the resistance to the British incursions of the area during the Napoleonic Wars. Later, he played a part in the events of the May Revolution and, with the establishment of the First Junta which resulted, he was sent to the province of Entre Ríos to support the activities of Manuel Belgrano in Paraguay.
Later, Rodríguez was colonel of a unit of hussars and organized the militias that later menaced a political meeting in April 1811, in an attempt to support Cornelio Saavedra. As a result of this, Rodríguez was temporarily imprisoned in San Juan, Argentina.
The following year Rodríguez intervened in the Battle of Salta. He was chief of the general staff of the Army of the North, and later acted as the president of Charcas. Rejoining the troops, he participated in the defeats of Venta and Media and the Battle of Sipe-Sipe.
In 1820 Rodríguez was named governor of Buenos Aires. He appointed Bernardino Rivadavia as his minister and began a reform of the government, which in 1824 passed to Juan Gregorio de las Heras.
