Carlos Enrique José Pellegrini Bevans (October 11, 1846 – July 17, 1906) was Vice President of Argentina and became President of Argentina from August 6, 1890 to October 12, 1892, upon Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman 's resignation (see Revolución del Parque ).
17-457: During his administration, he cleaned up the finances and created the Banco de la Nación Argentina , Argentina's national bank, and the prestigious high-school that carries his name, Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini , public school of noted academic level, part of Universidad de Buenos Aires . After the end of his term, he served as senator between 1895 and 1903, and in 1906, he
34-521: A Financial Times publication. Domestically, it has long been Argentina's largest bank; in December 2011 it maintained 626 branches, US$ 30 billion in deposits (28% of the domestic total), and a loan portfolio of US$ 15 billion (20% of the domestic total). Its lending profile is less oriented toward consumer or mortgage lending than other leading banks in Argentina; one third of its outstanding credit
51-689: A large number of works including commercial buildings, private houses and rental property. The Martínez de Hoz Building (1929) served as the Gran Hotel Argentino before its conversion into the Intelligence Secretariat . He undertook the remodel in 1931 of the interior of the Palais de Glace and in 1932 began the conversion of an old pumping station in Libertador Avenue , Buenos Aires, into the new headquarters for
68-821: A representative office in Porto Alegre , Brazil. It employed 16,519 people in Argentina, and more than 200 abroad. 34°36′26″S 58°22′17″W / 34.60722°S 58.37139°W / -34.60722; -58.37139 Alejandro Bustillo Alejandro Bustillo (18 March 1889 – 3 November 1982) was an Argentine painter and architect who designed numerous buildings including iconic landmarks in Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, and Bariloche. Born in Buenos Aires , son of María Luisa Madero and Dr. José María Bustillo, he completed his secondary school studies at Otto Krause Technical School . He later entered
85-600: Is also home to the Alejandro Bustillo Art Gallery , established in 1971, as well as to a historic and numismatic museum. In December 2011 the bank maintained 626 branches throughout Argentina, and 15 more overseas ( Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia ; Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil ; Georgetown, Cayman Islands ; Santiago, Chile ; Paris ; Tokyo ; Panama City ; Asunción, Paraguay ; Madrid ; London ; New York City and Miami ; Montevideo, Uruguay ; and Caracas, Venezuela ), along with
102-518: Is to the public sector and 80% of the remainder is allocated to commercial loans. The public bank is giving to the people divers credit such as UVA credit for house mortgage. The bank's headquarters are located in the San Nicolás neighborhood of Buenos Aires on the site of the Teatro Colón 's first building, bought by the national government in 1888 and later designated as main offices of
119-723: The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes . He was contracted by the governor of Misiones Province in 1935 on the design of the governor's residence, San Martín Square, the municipal park, the police station and the surroundings of the Jesuit ruins of San Ignacio . In 1938 he began some of his most important works by winning the competition for the design of the Llao Llao Hotel in San Carlos de Bariloche , an important tourist centre. The building, made almost entirely of wood,
136-895: The National Bank in Buenos Aires in both its phases, the first completed in 1944 and the second in 1955. Bustillo also designed numerous landmark works in Mar del Plata during the 1940s, including the Grand Provincial Hotel , the Casino , the seaside esplanade joining each, and City Hall. Among Bustillo's best known later works was the National Flag Memorial in Rosario , designed in 1944 with fellow architect Ángel Guido and completed in 1957. His last works began in 1977 and he died in Buenos Aires in 1982 at
153-527: The history of Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Argentine politician is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Banco de la Naci%C3%B3n Argentina Banco de la Nación Argentina ( BNA ; English: Bank of the Argentine Nation ) is a large bank in Argentina , and the largest in the country's banking sector . The Bank of
170-515: The Argentine Nation was founded on 18 October 1891 by President Carlos Pellegrini , with the purpose of stabilizing the nation's finances following the Panic of 1890 ; its first director was Vicente Lorenzo Casares . In its early decades it became a leading financing source for agricultural smallholders, and later for commercial and industrial businesses, as well as handling an array of public sector transactions. The bank's reputation suffered after it
187-581: The School of Architecture at the University of Buenos Aires , where he also excelled as a painter, earning a first prize at the 1912 National Salon of Painters for a self-portrait. He graduated with a degree in Architecture in 1914. He obtained his first professional experience working on the design of estancias , the first of which was for Santiago Rocca in 1916. He married Blanca Ayerza in 1917, and
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#1732790425567204-603: The couple had eight children. Bustillo designed a country house for his own family, Estancia La Primavera , in 1918. Two years later he returned to Buenos Aires. After a visit to Paris , Bustillo undertook two major projects for Carlos Tornquist in Buenos Aires, by designing the family's house (now the Belgium Embassy) in 1923, and the Tornquist Bank (today the Buenos Aires branch of Credit Lyonnais ) in 1928. From 1924 until 1937 he consolidated his career with
221-406: The main goal of the bank in her inauguration speech in 2006 as "putting [the bank] at the service of production, especially small and medium businesses, and not of speculation." In December 2006 the bank ranked 278th in the world in terms of tier one capital ( US$ 1.623 billion, or 11% of deposits in December 2006) according to a global survey of top 1000 world banks carried out by The Banker ,
238-434: The recently founded institution. The edifice was remodeled in 1910 by architect Adolfo Büttner to better suit its new role as a bank venue. In 1938 architect Alejandro Bustillo presented a new design for a much larger building in a revivalist, French-influenced , Monumental Neoclassical style. These new 100,000 m (1,100,000 sq ft) headquarters were built in two stages between 1940 and 1955. This building
255-496: Was destroyed by fire soon after its completion in 1939 and a year later Bustillo built a new hotel out of reinforced concrete and stone. In the Nahuel Huapi National Park , he designed Inalco on the shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake in the heart of the 'Seven Lakes Route' ( Spanish : Ruta de los 7 lagos ) northwest of Villa La Angostura , Neuquén , for Enrique García Merou. He designed the headquarters of
272-570: Was elected National Representative in the lower house. Pellegrini was the son of Swiss-Italian engineer Charles Henri Pellegrini (born in Chambéry ) and María Bevans Bright, and grandson of English engineer James "Santiago" Bevans. Like many other nineteenth century Argentines prominent in public life, he was a Freemason . He died in his native city of Buenos Aires and is buried in La Recoleta Cemetery . This article about
289-427: Was revealed that bribes had been received by the board of directors in 1994 when contacting IBM for the supply of computers, software, and communication equipment, becoming a prominent political scandal at the time. Long a significant supplier of domestic lending in a credit-tight economy, the bank attempted—with only partial success—to revive the local credit market during the tenure of Gabriela Ciganotto, who stated
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