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Gregorio Arrechi
Gregorio is a masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Gregorio Conrado Álvarez (1925–2016), Uruguayan army general and de facto President of Uruguay from 1981 until 1985 * Gregorio Álvarez (historian) (1889–1986), Argentine historian, physician and writer * Gregorio S. Araneta (1869–1930), Filipino lawyer, businessman and nationalist * Gregorio Benito (1946–2020), Spanish retired footballer * Gregorio C. Brillantes, Filipino writer * Gregorio di Cecco (c. 1390–after 1424), Italian painter * Gregório Nunes Coronel (c. 1548–c. 1620), Portuguese theologian, writer and preacher * Gregorio Cortez (1875–1916), Mexican-American tenant farmer and folk hero * Gregorio De Gregori (), printer in Renaissance Venice * Gregorio del Pilar (1875–1899), Philippine Revolutionary Forces general during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War * Gregorio De Ferrari (c. 1647–1726), Italian painter * Gregorio López (writer) (1895–196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregorio Conrado Álvarez
Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Armelino (26 November 1925 – 28 December 2016), also known as El Goyo, was an National Army (Uruguay), Uruguayan Army general who served as president of Uruguay from 1981 until 1985 and was the last surviving president of the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay, civic-military dictatorship. Early life and military career Álvarez was born in the Minas Department in 1925, later renamed Lavalleja Department, Lavalleja in 1927. He entered the Uruguayan Military Academy in 1940 and graduated as an officer of the cavalry regiment (1946-59). He became chief of the Republican Guard in Montevideo in 1962. In 1971, he was promoted to general and then named chief of the Combined Armed Forces Command that ran the counterinsurgency operation against the Tupamaros (urban guerrillas). When the military seized power in the 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, Álvarez became permanent secretary of the new Consejo de Seguridad Nacional (National Security Council). In 1978 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |