José Andrés Pacheco de Melo

José Andrés Pacheco de Melo (17 October 1779 – approx. 1820) was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Pacheco de Melo was born in Salta and studied there alongside Martín Güemes. He entered the seminary of Our Lady of Loreto in Córdoba and was ordained in 1801 by Bishop Moscoso of Tucumán. After the Congress moved to Buenos Aires, Pacheco de Melo chaired it in 1818. He subsequently served as a government minister in Mendoza.

José Andrés Pacheco de Melo

José Andrés Pacheco de Melo (17 October 1779 – approx. 1820) was an Argentine statesman and priest. He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina. Pacheco de Melo was born in Salta and studied there alongside Martín Güemes. He entered the seminary of Our Lady of Loreto in Córdoba and was ordained in 1801 by Bishop Moscoso of Tucumán. After the Congress moved to Buenos Aires, Pacheco de Melo chaired it in 1818. He subsequently served as a government minister in Mendoza.