List of presidents of Uruguay
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Uruguay is a presidential republic in which the President (Template:Lang-es) is both the head of state and head of government. The following is a list of all the people who have held the office of President of Uruguay since 6 November 1830 (when the first constitution was adopted), with the exception of those who held the office of "President" under the National Council of Government, which served as the country's executive directory from 1955 to 1967. The first president of this list is Fructuoso Rivera, who held the office twice and once as part of the Triumvirate that ruled Uruguay from 1853 to 1854.
Most of the Presidents of Uruguay have belonged to the Colorado Party, a traditionally conservative party founded by Rivera in 1836. The first free democratic elections for President were held in 1920. The current president is Tabaré Vázquez of the Broad Front, who was elected for a second term in the 2014 presidential election.
List of presidents since 1830
XIX century
- Parties
Colorado Party National Party Independent
№ [n 1] |
Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Fructuoso Rivera (1784–1854) |
6 November 1830 |
24 October 1834 |
Colorado | — | |
2 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Carlos Anaya (1777–1862) Acting |
24 October 1834 |
March 1 1835 |
Colorado | — | |
3 | style="background:Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Manuel Oribe (1792–1857) |
1 March 1835 |
24 October 1838 |
National | — | |
4 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Gabriel Antonio Pereira (1794–1861) Acting |
24 October 1838 |
1 March 1839 |
Colorado | — | |
5 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Fructuoso Rivera (1784–1854) |
1 March 1839 |
1 March 1843 |
Colorado | — | |
6 | style="background:Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Manuel Oribe (1792–1857) Disputed with Joaquín Suárez |
1 March 1843 |
8 October 1851 |
National | — | |
7 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Joaquín Suárez (1781–1868) Acting Disputed with Manuel Oribe |
1 March 1841 |
15 February 1852 |
Colorado | — | |
8 | style="background:Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Bernardo Berro (1803–1868) Acting |
15 February 1852 |
1 March 1852 |
National | — | |
9 | style="background:Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Juan Francisco Giró (1891–1863) |
1 March 1852 |
25 September 1853 |
National | — | |
10 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Venancio Flores (1808–1868) Part of the Triumvirate |
25 September 1853 |
12 March 1854 |
Colorado | — | |
style="background:Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Juan Antonio Lavalleja (1784–1853) Part of the Triumvirate |
25 September 1853 |
22 October 1853 |
Independent | — | ||
style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Fructuoso Rivera (1784–1854) Part of the Triumvirate |
25 September 1853 |
13 January 1859 |
Colorado | — | ||
11 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Venancio Flores (1808–1868) Disputed with Luis Lamas |
12 March 1854 |
10 September 1855 |
Colorado | — | |
12 | Luis Lamas Acting Disputed with Venancio Flores |
29 August 1855 |
10 September 1855 |
Conservative | — | ||
13 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Manuel Basilio Bustamante Acting |
10 September 1855 |
15 February 1856 |
Colorado | — | |
14 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | José María Piá (1809–1868) Acting |
15 February 1856 |
1 March 1856 |
Colorado | — | |
15 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Gabriel Antonio Pereira (1794–1861) |
1 March 1856 |
1 March 1860 |
Colorado | — | |
16 | style="background:Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Bernardo Berro (1803–1868) |
1 March 1860 |
1 March 1864 |
National | — | |
17 | style="background:Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Atanasio Aguirre (1801–1875) Acting |
1 March 1864 |
15 February 1865 |
National | — | |
18 | style="background:Template:National Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Tomás Villalba (1805–1886) Acting |
15 February 1865 |
20 February 1865 |
National | — | |
19 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Venancio Flores (1808–1868) Acting |
20 February 1865 |
15 February 1868 |
Colorado | — | |
20 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Pedro Varela (1837–1906) Acting |
15 February 1868 |
1 March 1868 |
Colorado | — | |
21 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Lorenzo Batlle y Grau (1810–1887) |
1 March 1868 |
1 March 1872 |
Colorado | — | |
22 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Tomás Gomensoro Albín (1810–1900) Acting |
1 March 1872 |
1 March 1873 |
Colorado | — | |
23 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | José Eugenio Ellauri (1834–1894) |
1 March 1873 |
22 January 1875 |
Colorado | — | |
24 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Pedro Varela (1837–1906) |
22 January 1875 |
10 March 1876 |
Colorado | — | |
25 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Lorenzo Latorre (1844–1916) |
10 March 1876 |
15 March 1880 |
Colorado | — | |
26 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Francisco Antonino Vidal (1825–1889) |
15 March 1880 |
1 March 1882 |
Colorado | — | |
27 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Máximo Santos (1847–1889) |
1 March 1882 |
1 March 1886 |
Colorado | — | |
28 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Francisco Antonino Vidal (1825–1889) |
1 March 1886 |
24 May 1886 |
Colorado | — | |
29 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Máximo Santos (1847–1889) |
24 May 1886 |
18 November 1886 |
Colorado | — | |
30 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Máximo Tajes (1847–1889) |
18 November 1886 |
1 March 1890 |
Colorado | — | |
31 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Julio Herrera y Obes (1841–1912) |
1 March 1890 |
1 March 1894 |
Colorado | — | |
32 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Duncan Stewart (1833–1923) Acting |
1 March 1894 |
21 March 1894 |
Colorado | — | |
33 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Juan Idiarte Borda (1844–1897) |
21 March 1894 |
25 August 1897 |
Colorado | — | |
34 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Juan Lindolfo Cuestas (1837–1905) Acting |
25 August 1897 |
15 February 1899[n 2] |
Colorado | — | |
35 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856–1929) Acting |
15 February 1899 |
1 March 1899 |
Colorado | — | |
36 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Juan Lindolfo Cuestas (1837–1905) |
1 March 1899 |
1 March 1903 |
Colorado | — |
XX century
- Parties
Colorado Party National Party Independent Military/civic-military
XXI century
- Parties
№ [n 1] |
Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | Election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
57 | style="background:Template:Colorado Party (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Jorge Batlle (1927–2016) |
1 March 2000 |
1 March 2005 |
Colorado | 1999 | |
58 | style="background:Template:Broad Front (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Tabaré Vázquez (1940–) |
1 March 2005 |
1 March 2010 |
Broad Front | 2004 | |
59 | style="background:Template:Broad Front (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | José Mujica (1935–) |
1 March 2010 |
1 March 2015 |
Broad Front | 2009 | |
60 | style="background:Template:Broad Front (Uruguay)/meta/color" | | Tabaré Vázquez (1940–) |
1 March 2015 |
Incumbent | Broad Front | 2014 |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c For the purposes of numbering, a presidency is defined as an uninterrupted period of time in office served by one person. They do not represent the official number of a presidency, nor do they reflect "Constitutional Presidencies".
- ^ Served as acting President from 25 August 1897 to 10 February 1898, then as de facto President (following a coup) until 15 February 1899.
- ^ a b c President served as part of the executive alongside the National Administration Council.
- ^ Served alongside the National Administration Council from 1 March 1931 to 31 March 1933, then as de facto President following a self-coup until 18 May 1934, then as provisional president elected by the 3rd National Constituent Convention.
- ^ Constitutional President until 21 February 1942, then de facto President after a self-coup.
- ^ Constitutional President until 1 March 1952, then President of the National Council.