Eduardo Pérez Bulnes

Eduardo Pérez Bulnes (12 October 1785 –3 March 1851) was an Argentine statesman.

He was a representative to the Congress of Tucumán which on 9 July 1816 declared the Independence of Argentina.

Pérez Bulnes was born in Córdoba into a landowning family and was educated at the College of Monserrat.

Along with his Córdoba colleagues, he was one of the few federalists in the Congress, speaking for a system of strong autonomous provinces.

He was a supporter of the federalist José Gervasio Artigas and was one of two deputies who declined to follow the Congress to Buenos Aires.

Eduardo Pérez Bulnes