LOPEZ y PLANES, Vicente, Argentine poet, born in Buenos Ayres in 1784; died there in 1856. He :studied law and served as a volunteer during the English invasion of 1806-'7. In 1810 he was secretary to Colonel Ortiz de Ocampo, with whom he marched to Chuquisaca, and in September, 1811, he was chosen secretary of the 1st triumvirate of Chielana, Sarratea, and Passo. He was successively deputy to the constituent general assembly, secretary of the director Puyrredon, prefect and founder of the classic department when the university was established, founder of its topographical department, member of congress in the years 1819 and 1825, founder of the statistical register, provisional president of the republic from 5 July to 13 August, 1827, minister of the treasury in 1828, and president of the supreme court of justice till the fall of Rosas in 1852. Gem Urquiza charged him with the provisional government, and afterward he was appointed governor of the province .of Buenos Ayres. He wrote the "Argentine National Hymn" and other poetical works.