Eliseo Félix Canaveri Roygt (1859–1919) was an Argentine stockbroker and politician, who served as secretary[1] and president of the Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires.[2] He was a delegate of the Argentine National Commission during the Panama–Pacific International Exposition of 1915.[3]

Eliseo Canaveri
President of the Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires
In office
1908–1917
Preceded byCarlos P. Rodríguez
Succeeded byJosé Etcheverry
Secretary of the Bolsa de Cereales de Buenos Aires
In office
?–?
Preceded by?
Succeeded by?
Personal details
Born
Eliseo Félix Canaveri Roygt

May 17, 1859
Buenos Aires
Died1919
Buenos Aires
Resting placeLa Recoleta Cemetery
NationalityArgentine
Political partyRadical Civic Union
SpouseMargarita Rossenthal Dorrego
Occupationbroker
treasurer
politician

He was born on May 17, 1859, in Buenos Aires, the son of José Canaveri and Hipolita Roygt Suárez, belonging to a family of Genoese and Catalan roots.[4] He did his elementary and university studies in Buenos Aires, beginning his career as a "Corredor de Frutos" (fruit wholesale distributor) in the mid-1880s.

He was married to Margarita Rosenthal, daughter of Herman Rosenthal, born in Holstein, and Ángela Dorrego, a noble lady daughter in turn of Manuel Dorrego and Ángela Francisca Baudrix, a family linked to the main political events that took place in Argentina during the 1820s.[5]

He served on the Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange, first as secretary and then president from 1908 to 1917. He had an intense political activity, he militated in the Unión Civica Radical taking part in the Revolution of the Park.[6] He ran as a candidate for the post of senator[7] and deputy in the elections of 1913 and 1914.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Memoria del Directorio del Mercado de Cereales á Término de Buenos Aires, El Mercado, 1969
  2. ^ Memoria presentada al Congreso de la Nación por el Ministerio de Agricultura, Argentina. Ministerio de Agricultura, 1918
  3. ^ The Argentine Republic, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif
  4. ^ Bautismos 1856–1859, Nuestra Señora de Montserrat
  5. ^ Dorrego, Rodolfo Trostiné, 1944
  6. ^ Unión Cívica, 1890, 1890
  7. ^ Diario de sesiones de la Ca mara de Senadores, Argentina. Congreso de la Nación, 1916
  8. ^ Radicalismo bonaerense, Carlos Alberto Giacobone, Edit Gallo, 1999, ISBN 9789500511759
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