Jose Eugenio Ellauri y Obes (1834–1894) 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.
Background
He was a lawyer by profession, and a prominent member of the
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 foundat ...
.
His father was Foreign Minister, Deputy and President of the Constituent Assembly,
José Longinos Ellauri
José Longinos Ellauri Fernández (1789–1867) was a Uruguayan politician.
He was President of the Constituent Assembly of Uruguay in 1830. He also served as Foreign Minister in the same year.'José Longinos Ellauri Fernández', Wikipedia (in ...
.
He served as Foreign Minister under
Lorenzo Batlle y Grau
Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y Grau (August 10, 1810 in Montevideo – May 8, 1887 in Montevideo) was the president of Uruguay from 1868 to 1872.
Family background and early career
He was the son of a wealthy merchant loyal to the Spanis ...
from 1868 to 1872.
President of Uruguay
He served as
President of Uruguay from 1873 to 1875.
['José Eugenio Ellauri', Wikipedia (in Spanish), :es:José Eugenio Ellauri,]
While President, Ellauri founded by decree the town of
Villa del Carmen, in
Durazno Department
Durazno () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Durazno. Its name means ''"peach"'' in Spanish, referring to the department's peaches and its status as an agricultural breadbasket. It is located in the centre of the country, and is bounded ...
in 1873.
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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List of political families#Uruguay
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Colorado Party (Uruguay)#Earlier History
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Villa del Carmen#History
References
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:es:José Eugenio Ellauri
1834 births
1894 deaths
Presidents of Uruguay
Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
Foreign ministers of Uruguay
19th-century Uruguayan lawyers
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