Benito Nardone Cetrulo (November 22, 1906 – March 25, 1964) was a
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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 ...
an journalist and political figure.
Biography
Nardone was born at
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, the son of an Italian immigrant.
For many years he was a popular radio commentator at
CX 4 Radio Rural. His political prominence came about after his long established reputation as a radio personality.
He was strongly identified with rural affairs. Prior to assuming the Presidency, he was seen as politically close to
Domingo Bordaberry Domingo Bordaberry Elizondo (1889–1952) was a Uruguayan lawyer and political figure.
Early career
Bordaberry was a lawyer by profession.
He became a farm manager and subsequently a landowner.
Senator
Bordaberry served as a Senator under the s ...
and his son
Juan María Bordaberry
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena (; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011) was a Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher, who served as constitutional President from 1972 until 1973, and then ruled as the head of a civilian-military dictatorship up t ...
, both of them heavily involved with a Ruralist affairs organization led by Nardone.
['Liga Federal de Acción Ruralista' (in Spanish), Wikipedia, :es:Liga Federal de Acción Ruralista]
He was a prominent member of the
Uruguay
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an
National (Blanco) Party.
President of Uruguay
In 1960 Nardone's Blanco Party colleague
Martín Echegoyen stepped down as President of the
National Council of Government, so Nardone succeeded Echegoyen as president, remaining in charge until 1961.
Nardone was himself succeeded as President by
Eduardo Víctor Haedo
Eduardo Víctor Haedo 'Eduardo Víctor Haedo', Wikipedia (in Spanish)
:es:Eduardo Víctor Haedo ( Mercedes, Soriano, July 28, 1901 – November 15, 1970) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background
Haedo was a prominent member of the Ur ...
, also a Blanco Party colleague.
See also
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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 ...
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1906 births
1964 deaths
People from Montevideo
Uruguayan people of Italian descent
National Party (Uruguay) politicians
Presidents of the National Council of Government (Uruguay)
Uruguayan radio journalists
Uruguayan radio presenters
Burials at the Central Cemetery of Montevideo
Liga Nacional de Accion Ruralista politicians
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