Manuel Alberti
Manuel Alberti | |
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| Committee member of the Primera Junta | |
| In office 25 May 1810 – 11 January 1811 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 May 1763 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 31 January 1811 (aged 47) Buenos Aires, United Provinces of the Río de la Plata |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Alma mater | National University of Córdoba |
| Occupation | Priest |
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Manuel Maximiliano Alberti (28 May 1763 – 31 January 1811) was an Argentine priest from Buenos Aires when the city was part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He had a curacy at Maldonado, Uruguay during the British invasions of the River Plate, and returned to Buenos Aires in time to take part in the May Revolution of 1810. He was chosen as one of the seven members of the Primera Junta, considered the first national government of Argentina. Alberti supported most of the proposals of Mariano Moreno and worked at the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres newspaper. Internal disputes among Junta members had a negative effect on Alberti's health, and he died of a heart attack in 1811.