José Félix Uriburu

José Félix Uriburu
22nd President of Argentina De facto
In office September 6, 1930 – February 19, 1932
Vice President	Enrique Santamarina (1930) None(1930-1932)
Preceded by	Hipólito Yrigoyen
Succeeded by	Agustín P. Justo
Personal details
Born	July 20, 1868 Salta
Died	April 29, 1932(1932-04-29) (aged 63) Paris, France
Nationality	Argentine
Political party	Argentine Civic Legion
Profession	Military
Military service
Allegiance	Argentina
Service/branch	Argentine Army
Years of service	1890–1932
Rank	Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General José Félix Benito Uriburu y Uriburu (1868 – 1932) was the first de facto President of Argentina, achieved through a military coup, from September 6, 1930 to February 20, 1932.

Biography

Uriburu was born in Salta Province, and was a nephew of President José Evaristo Uriburu. He graduated from the military college in 1890. Prior to World War I, he served as military attache to Germany and the United Kingdom. When he returned to Argentina in 1914, he was elected to the Argentine National Congress. He was appointed inspector general of the army by Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear in 1922.

In September 1930, he led a military coup against democratically-elected President Hipólito Yrigoyen, in which the far-right Argentine Patriotic League participated. The coup marked the start of what was later called the Infamous Decade. His regime was strongly supported by rightist intellectuals such as Rodolfo and Julio Irazusta and Juan Carulla.

He stayed as head of the government until 1932, implementing several reforms including cutting of government employees' salaries by more than 10 percent.

After being diagnosed with stomach cancer in early 1932, he endured a brief period of futile recovery before dying in Paris, France on 29 April 1932.

References

Preceded by Hipólito Yrigoyen

President of Argentina 1930–1932

Succeeded by Agustín P. Justo