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President of Argentina (–22, –30)

For other uses, see Hipólito Yrigoyen (disambiguation).

Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (Spanish pronunciation:[iˈpolitoiɾiˈɣoʝen]; 12 July &#;– 3 July ) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from to and his second term from to He was the first president elected democratically by means of the secret and mandatory male suffrage established by the Sáenz Peña Law of His activism was the prime impetus behind the passage of that law in Argentina.

Known as "the father of the poor", Yrigoyen presided over a rise in the standard of living of Argentina's working class together with the passage of a number of progressive social reforms, including improvements in factory conditions, regulation of working hours, compulsory pensions, and the introduction of a universally accessible public education system.

Yrigoyen was the first