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| death_datebirth_date = {{DeathBirth date and age|1856|10|10|1785|5|3}}

| death_placebirth_place = [[Buenos Aires]], [[ArgentinaViceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]]

'''Alejandro Vicente López y Planes''' (May 3, 1785 – October 10, 1856) was an Argentine writer and politician who acted as interim [[President of Argentina]] from July 7, 1827 to August 18, 1827. He also wrote the lyrics of the [[Argentine National Anthem]] adopted on May 11, 1813.

Baptized Alejandro Vicente, he never used his first name.<ref>Adrián Pignatelli (May 3, 2023). «[http://Vicente%20López%20y%20Planes,%20el%20autor%20del%20Himno%20al%20que%20la%20política%20llamaba%20cuando%20las%20papas%20quemabanhttps://www.infobae.com/sociedad/2023/05/03/vicente-lopez-y-planes-el-autor-del-himno-al-que-la-politica-llamaba-cuando-las-papas-quemaban/ Vicente López y Planes, el autor del Himno al que la política llamaba cuando las papas quemaban]». Infobae. Accessed May 21, 2024. In Spanish</ref> López began his primary studies in the San Francisco School, and later studied in the Real Colegio San Carlos, today the [[Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires]]. He obtained a doctorate of laws in the [[University of Chuquisaca]]. He served as a captain in the Patriotic Regiment during the [[British invasions of the Río de la Plata|English invasions]]. After the Argentine victory he composed a poem entitled ''El triunfo argentino'' (The Argentine Triumph).

He participated in the Cabildo Abierto of May 22, 1810, and supported the formation of the [[Primera Junta]]. He had good relations with [[Manuel Belgrano]]. When the royalist members of the city government of Buenos Aires were expelled, he was elected mayor of the city; he was an enemy of the party of [[Cornelio Saavedra]] and one of the creators of the [[First Triumvirate (Argentina)|First Triumvirate]], of which he was the Treasurer.

Like many other nineteenth century Argentines prominent in public life, he was a [[freemason]].<ref>The list includes [[Juan Bautista Alberdi]], [[Manuel Alberti]], [[Carlos María de Alvear]], [[Miguel de Azcuénaga]], [[Antonio González de Balcarce]], [[Manuel Belgrano]], [[Antonio Luis Beruti]], [[Juan José Castelli]], [[Domingo French]], [[Gregorio Aráoz de Lamadrid]], [[Francisco Narciso de Laprida]] , [[Juan Larrea (politician)|Juan Larrea]], [[Juan Lavalle]], [[Vicente López y Planes]], [[Bartolomé Mitre]], [[Mariano Moreno]], [[Juan José Paso]], [[Carlos Pellegrini]], [[Gervasio Antonio de Posadas]], [[Domingo Faustino Sarmiento]], and [[Justo José de Urquiza]]. [[José de San Martín]] is known to have been a member of the [[Lautaro Lodge]]; but whether the lodge was truly masonic has been debated: {{cite book|title=10,000 Famous Freemasons|last=Denslow|first=William R.|publisher=Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co Inc|location=Richmond, VA|year=1957|volume=1-4|page=<!--Not paginated; entries are in alphabetical order-->}}</ref>

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* {{findagravefind a Grave|7025298|Vicente López y Planes}}

[[Category:19th-century Argentine lawyers]]

[[Category: Argentine Freemasons]]