Alfredo Palacios

Not to be confused with Alfredo Palacio.
Alfredo Palacios
Palacios, c. 1910.
National Senator
In office
1 May 1958 – 29 March 1962
ConstituencyCity of Buenos Aires
National Deputy
In office
13 October 1963 – 20 April 1965
ConstituencyCity of Buenos Aires
In office
May 1935 – 4 June 1943
Constituency4th Circunscription
Personal details
Born
Alfredo Lorenzo Palacios

10 August 1878
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died30 April 1965(1965-04-30) (aged 86)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Political partySocialist Party
ProfessionLawyer

Alfredo Lorenzo Palacios (August 10, 1878 – April 20, 1965) was an Argentine socialist politician.

Palacios was born in Buenos Aires, and studied law at University of Buenos Aires, after graduation he became a lawyer and taught at the university until becoming a dean.

In 1902, he was elected to the Buenos Aires' legislature, and in 1904, to the Chamber of Deputies for the 4th Circunscription of Buenos Aires, which corresponded to the barrio of La Boca, thus becoming the first socialist in the Argentine Congress and in the American continent. Palacios helped create many laws including the "Palacios Law" (Ley Palacios) against sexual exploitation, and others regulating child and women labor, working hours and Sunday rest.[1]

Palacios was elected Senator in 1932, serving until the Senate was dissolved in 1943, and in 1955 was appointed ambassador to Uruguay. In 1960, Palacios was elected again as Senator, and as Deputy in 1963.

  1. ^ Poy, Lucas (16 February 2018). "Teoría y práctica del 'primer diputado socialista de América'. La acción de Alfredo Palacios en el Parlamento argentino y sus repercusiones en la prensa socialista, 1904-1908" [Theory and practice of the 'first socialist deputy of the Americas'. The activity of Alfredo Palacios in the Argentine Parliament and its impact in the socialist press, 1904-1908]. Nuevo Mundo (in Spanish). doi:10.4000/nuevomundo.71852. hdl:11336/93680. Retrieved 12 December 2020.