Andrés Martínez Trueba (11 February 1884 – 19 December 1959
Profile of Andrés Martínez Trueba
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Background
Martínez Trueba was born in Montevideo and grew up in the Peñarol
Club Atlético Peñarol (; English: ''Peñarol Athletic Club'') —also known as ''Carboneros'', ''Aurinegros,'' and (familiarly) ''Manyas''— is a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo. The name "Peñarol" comes from the Peñarol neigh ...
area, graduating from university with a degree in pharmaceutical chemistry.
Earlier career
He pursued a career as an army officer, and was a member of the Colorado Party, which ruled Uruguay
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for long periods. His combined army and Colorado Party links may be said to anticipate the sizeable support by members of the Colorado Party for the civilian-military administration of 1973-1985. He served as Mayor of Montevideo from 1947 to 1948. He was the president of Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay
Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (also known as Banco República or BROU) is a state-owned bank in Uruguay, founded in 1896 under the presidency of Juan Idiarte Borda. It is the most important Uruguayan bank with the largest number o ...
from 1948 to 1950.
President of Uruguay
He succeeded Luis Batlle as President of Uruguay from 1951 to 1952, as part of the Colorado Party. The Vice President of Uruguay
The vice president of Uruguay is the person with the second highest position in the executive branch of the Uruguayan government, after the President of Uruguay. The Vice President replaces the elected President in case of his death or absence. The ...
during his period of office was Alfeo Brum
Alfeo Brum (22 March 1898 – 25 February 1972) was an Uruguayan politician and lawyer. He was Vice-President of Uruguay from 1947 to 1951 and 1951 to 1952, noted for being the longest consecutively serving Vice-President in Uruguay's hist ...
, who had also served in that office under Luis Batlle Berres
Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres (26 November 1897 – 15 July 1964) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background
Batlle Berres was a journalist and prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was selected — in hindsight, with far- ...
in his first term. In 1952 the new Constitution created the National Council of Government of Uruguay, and Martínez Trueba presided over it till 1955.
President Andrés Martínez Trueba was himself succeeded by Batlle on the latter’s assuming as President of the National Council of Government.
See also
* Constitution of Uruguay of 1952
The fifth Constitution of Uruguay was in force between 1952 and 1967.
Approved in a referendum on 16 December 1951, it replaced the previous constitutional text, which had been in force since 1942.
Overview
On July 31, 1951, a formal pact betwe ...
* Politics of Uruguay
The politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic, under which the President of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government, as well as a multiform party system. The president exercises executiv ...
References
1884 births
1959 deaths
Uruguayan chemists
Presidents of Uruguay
Intendants of Montevideo
Presidents of the National Council of Government (Uruguay)
Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Uruguayan bankers
People from Montevideo
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