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Óscar Secco Ellauri
Óscar Secco Ellauri (6 August 1904 – 14 October 1990) was a Uruguayan politician, Education and Culture Minister from 1948 to 1951 during the government of Luis Batlle Berres and Foreign Affairs Minister from June 6, 1957, to February 28, 1959, during the administrations of Arturo Lezama (1957–1958) and Carlos Fischer (1958–1959). He was also deputy of the Representative Assembly of Montevideo, President of SODRE and Councilor of Secondary Education. Ellauri was a member of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). Biography He was the grandnephew of José Eugenio Ellauri, José Eugenio Ellauri y Obes, President of the Republic from 1873 to 1875 and great-grandson of José Longinos Ellauri, José Longinos Ellauri Fernández, President of the Constituent Assembly of 1830 among other numerous political positions. See also * List of political families#Uruguay References Foreign ministers of Uruguay Education and Culture Ministers of Uruguay 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the RÃo de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |