Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni (1903 – 7 August 1969) was a
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 ...
an political figure. He was
President of Uruguay
The president of Uruguay ( es, Presidente del Uruguay), officially known as the president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (), is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay. Their rights are determined in the Constitution of Urugua ...
from 1958 to 1959, at the end of a long period of rule by Presidents of the
Colorado Party not to be resumed by that party until 1967.
Background
Fischer was a member of the Uruguayan
Colorado Party. From February 15, 1943, until November 9, 1949, during the 34th and 35th legislative period he was, representing the department Río Negro, a member of the
Cámara de Representantes. In the early 1950s he was minister of agriculture in Uruguay.
In 1955 he was elected member of the National Council of Government; after his fellow-Colorado colleague
Arturo Lezama Arturo Lezama Bagez (1899–1964) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background
Lezama was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which ruled the country for lengthy periods, and was President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1951 and 19 ...
stepped down as President of the body, on March 7, 1958, he acceded to that position. At March 1, 1959 The next year he was succeeded by
Martín Echegoyen
Martín Ricardo Echegoyen (3 April 1891 in Montevideo – 18 May 1974 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan political figure. In the years 1959 to 1960 he was President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government.
Political background
Echegoyen ...
of the
National Party, after which Fischer was until 1963 the first vice-president in the
Senate of Uruguay
The Chamber of Senators of Uruguay (''Cámara de Senadores de Uruguay''), or Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (''Asamblea General del Uruguay''). It has 30 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional repr ...
.
During the 38th and 39th legislative period he was a replacing senator from March 3, 1959, with some interruptions until February 14, 1967.
Uruguayan members of parliament since 1830 at www.parlamento.gub.uy
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See also
* 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 ...
* Colorado Party (Uruguay)
The Colorado Party ( es, Partido Colorado, lit=Red Party) is a liberal political party in Uruguay.
Ideology
The party seeks to unite moderate and liberal groups, although its members have had a diverse set of ideologies since its foundation ...
References
Presidents of the National Council of Government (Uruguay)
Uruguayan people of German descent
Fischer
Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
People with the surname A
* Abraham Fischer (1850–1913) South African public official
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1903 births
1969 deaths
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