Juan B. Justo
Argentine politician (1865–1928)
Juan Bautista Justo (28 June 1865 – 8 January 1928), known as Juan B. Justo, was an Argentine physician, journalist, politician, and writer. A freemason, like most Argentine socialists, after finishing medical school he joined the Civic Union of the Youth, Justo later participating in the foundation of the Socialist Party in 1896, of which he was chief director until his death.2
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Born Jun 28, 1865, died Jan 8, 1928.1
Companies
- El Hogar ObreroFounder13
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: surgeon, physician, politician, journalist, socialist.8
- 1924 to 1928Member of the Argentine Chamber of Senators6 7
- Date not recordedWorked at University of Buenos Aires4
- Date not recordedFounded El Hogar Obrero5
- Date not recordedMember of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies6
Personal life
- BornJun 28, 1865, Buenos Aires9
- DiedJan 8, 1928, Buenos Aires Province10
- CitizenshipArgentina11
- SpouseAlicia Moreau de Justo 1922 to 192812
Justo was married to Mariana Chertkoff (1876–1912), the sister of Fenia Chertkoff. Justo and Chertkoff had six children.
Justo later married Alicia Moreau de Justo, with whom he had three children.
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Politics
Juan B. Justo participated in the UCR from its beginnings as Unión Cívica in 1889. During the Park Revolution of 1890 he took care of the revolutionary wounded. Shortly after, Justo deepened its participation in workers' circles and socialist currents, to finally found the Socialist Party in 1896 with Estéban Jiménez, Augusto Kühn and Isidoro Salomó. He directed the party from its creation to his death in 1928.
In 1912 Justo was elected a national deputy, seat that he kept until 1924 when he was elected senator, in both cases representing the city of Buenos Aires. As a deputy he was chief of the commission that investigated the trusts conflict, and participated of the deliberations that led to the University Reform of 1918. Justo also proposed several projects of law for the social welfare, and against gambling, alcoholism and illiteracy.
Justo also participated of the creation of cooperative El Hogar Obrero, the Biblioteca Obrera and the Sociedad Luz of culture and promotion of socialism. As president of the Argentine Socialist Party, he assisted to the socialist congresses held in Copenhagen and Bern.
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- 1WikidataJuan B. Justo on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJuan B. Justo on Wikipedia
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- 13WikidataEl Hogar Obrero, Founder
- 14Wikimedia CommonsJuan B. Justo photo by Bain, Public domain