Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (San Juan, United Provinces of the river of the Plata, February 15, 1811 did Asuncion, Paraguay, on September 11, 1888 )? He was a politician, writer, teacher, journalist and Argentine military; Governor of San Juan province between 1862 and 1864, President of the Argentina nation between 1868 and 1874, national Senator for his province between 1874 and 1879, and Minister of the Interior of Argentina at 1879.Se stood out both for their laborious struggle in public education and to contribute to their country's cultural and scientific progress. In 1947 the Inter-American Conference of education established as Pan American teacher's day on 11 September, date of his death and in homage to its figure of educator.