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 ...

is a presidential

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in which the

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

is both the

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and

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. The following is a list of all the people who have held the office of President of Uruguay since 6 November 1830 (when the first constitution was adopted), with the exception of those who held the office of "President" under the National Council of Government, which served as the country's executive

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from 1955 to 1967. The first president of this list is

Fructuoso Rivera José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (17 October 1784 – 13 January 1854) was a Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, twice served as Uruguay's President and was one of the instigators ...

, who held the office twice and once as part of the

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that ruled Uruguay from 1853 to 1854. Most of the presidents of Uruguay have belonged to the Colorado Party, a traditionally

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

party founded by Rivera in 1836. The first free democratic elections for president were held in 1922. The current president is

Luis Lacalle Pou Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou (; ''Luis Lacalle'' locally or ; born 10 August 1973) is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer serving as President of Uruguay since 1 March 2020. Son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle, Lacalle P ...

of the National Party, who was elected for a first term in the 2019 presidential election.

Governors of Uruguay as a province

Oriental Province (1814–1817)

Province part of the

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Cisplatine Province (1817–1828)

After the

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the Oriental Province became a province of the

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and a province of the

Empire of Brazil The Empire of Brazil was a 19th-century state that broadly comprised the territories which form modern Brazil and (until 1828) Uruguay. Its government was a representative parliamentary constitutional monarchy under the rule of Emperors Dom ...

after 1822.

Oriental Province (1825–1828)

In the Congress of Florida the Oriental Province declared independence from the

and reunited with the

Heads of state of Uruguay as an independent country

Government and Provisional General Captaincy of the Oriental State of Uruguay (1828–1830)

After the Preliminary Peace Convention the Oriental Province gained effective independence from the

and the

Oriental State of Uruguay (1830–1919)

The Constitution of 1830 comes into force.

Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1919–present)

The Constitution of 1918 comes into force. According to the Constitution, the president is elected by direct popular election for a term of five years. He may be re-elected any number of times, but is ineligible for immediate re-election.

Timeline

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Juan Antonio Lavalleja Juan Antonio Lavalleja (June 24, 1784 – October 22, 1853) was a Uruguayan revolutionary and political figure. He was born in Minas, nowadays being located in the Lavalleja Department, which was named after him. Pre-Independence role He l ...

" bar:FructuosoRivera from: 1830 till: 1834 color:colorado from: 1839 till: 1843 color:colorado from: 1853 till: 1854 color:colorado text:"

" bar:CarlosAnaya from: 1834 till: 1835 color:colorado text:"

Carlos Anaya Carlos Anaya Lopez Camelo (1777–1862) was an Uruguayan politician and historian from Buenos Aires, who served as interim President of the Republic between 1834 and 1835, in his capacity as President of the Senate. Background Anaya was born ...

" bar:ManuelOribe from: 1835 till: 1838 color:national from: 1843 till: 1851 color:national text:"

Manuel Oribe Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana (August 26, 1792 – November 12, 1857) was the 2nd Constitutional president of Uruguay and founder of Uruguay's National Party, the oldest Uruguayan political party and considered one of the two Uruguayan "tr ...

" bar:GabrielAntonioPereira from: 1838 till: 1839 color:colorado from: 1856 till: 1860 color:colorado text:" Gabriel Antonio Pereira" bar:BernardoProdencioBerro from: 1852 till: 1852 color:national from: 1860 till: 1864 color:national text:"

Bernardo Prudencio Berro Bernardo Prudencio Berro (April 28, 1803 – February 19, 1868) was the President of Uruguay from 1860 to 1864. Background Berro was a member of the National (Blanco) Party. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1852, and from ...

" bar:JuanFranciscoGiro from: 1852 till: 1853 color:national text:"

Juan Francisco Giró Juan Francisco Giró (3 June 1791, Montevideo – 8 May 1863) was a Uruguayan politician and the President of Uruguay from 1852 until 1853. He was deposed by a military mutiny in September 1853 by one of the Colorado party. See also * History ...

" bar:VenancioFlores from: 1853 till: 1854 color:colorado from: 1854 till: 1855 color:colorado from: 1865 till: 1868 color:colorado text:"

Venancio Flores Venancio Flores Barrios (18 May 1808 – 19 February 1868) was a Uruguayan political leader and general. Flores was President of Uruguay from 1854 to 1855 (interim) and from 1865 to 1868. Background and early career In 1839, he was made politic ...

" bar:LuisLamos from: 1855 till: 1855 color:conservative text:"

Luis Lamas Luis Lamas was the mayor of the Argentine city of Rosario, Santa Fe Province, from 21 February 1898 to 19 February 1904. He was grandson of Uruguayan politician and patriot Luis María Lamas. During the Lamas administration the city grew consider ...

" bar:ManuelBasilioBustamante from: 1855 till: 1856 color:colorado text:" Manuel Basilio Bustamante" bar:JoseMariaPla from: 1856 till: 1856 color:colorado text:" José María Plá" bar:AtanasioCruzAguirre from: 1864 till: 1865 color:national text:" Atanasio Cruz Aguirre" bar:TomasVillalba from: 1865 till: 1865 color:national text:"

Tomás Villalba Tomás Villalba y Albin (9 December 1805 – 12 July 1886) was a Uruguayan politician who served as interim President for five days (15 February to 20 February 1865), at the end of the Uruguayan War, which had begun on 10 August 1864. The war w ...

" bar:PedroVarela from: 1868 till: 1868 color:colorado from: 1875 till: 1876 color:colorado text:"

Pedro Varela Pedro José Varela Olivera (22 February 1837, Florida, Uruguay – 1906, Montevideo, Uruguay) was a politician and member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was president of Uruguay from February to March 1868 and from January 1875 to March ...

" bar:LorenzoBattle from: 1868 till: 1872 color:colorado text:"

Lorenzo Batlle 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 Spani ...

" bar:TomasGomensoro from: 1872 till: 1873 color:colorado text:" Tomás Gomensoro" bar:JoseEugenioEllauri from: 1873 till: 1875 color:colorado text:"

José Eugenio Ellauri Jose Eugenio Ellauri y Obes (1834–1894) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background He was a lawyer by profession, and a prominent member of the Colorado Party (Uruguay). His father was Foreign Minister, Deputy and President of the Constitue ...

" bar:LorenzoLatorre from: 1876 till: 1880 color:colorado text:"

Lorenzo Latorre Lorenzo Latorre, full name Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Latorre Jampen, (8 July 1844 – 18 January 1916) was a Uruguayan officer and politician, who was a dictator and President of Uruguay from 10 March 1876 until 15 March 1880. During his rule po ...

" bar:FranciscoAntonioVidal from: 1880 till: 1882 color:colorado from: 1886 till: 1886 color:colorado text:" Francisco Antonino Vidal" bar:MaximoSantos from: 1882 till: 1886 color:colorado from: 1886 till: 1886 color:colorado text:"

Máximo Santos Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (15 April 1847 – 19 May 1889) was a Uruguayan political and military figure. Background Santos pursued a career in the military, prior to serving as Minister for War from 1880 to 1882. He was a member of the Color ...

" bar:MaximoTajes from: 1886 till: 1890 color:colorado text:"

Máximo Tajes Máximo Tajes Caceres (November 23, 1852 – November 21, 1912) was a Uruguayan political figure.'Máximo Tajes', Wikipedia (in Spanish) :es:Máximo Tajes Background Tajes came from a military background. He was a member of the Colorado Party ( ...

" bar:JulioHerrerayObes from: 1890 till: 1894 color:colorado text:"

Julio Herrera y Obes Julio Herrera y Obes (January 9, 1841, Montevideo – August 6, 1912, Montevideo), was a Uruguayan political figure. Background Herrera y Obes belonged to the Colorado Party. He had been an adviser to his predecessor, and was instrument ...

" bar:DuncanStewart from: 1894 till: 1894 color:colorado text:" Duncan Stewart" bar:JuanIdiarteBorda from: 1894 till: 1897 color:colorado text:"

Juan Idiarte Borda Juan Bautista Idiarte Borda y Soumastre (April 20, 1844 – August 25, 1897) was the 17th President of Uruguay. He is the only Uruguayan president to be assassinated in office. Background Originating from the Uruguayan department of Soriano, w ...

" bar:JuanLindolfoCuestas from: 1897 till: 1899 color:colorado from: 1899 till: 1903 color:colorado text:"

Juan Lindolfo Cuestas Juan Lindolfo de los Reyes Cuestas (6 January 1837 – 21 June 1905) was a Uruguayan politician who served as the 18th President of Uruguay from 1897 until 1899 and for a second term from 1899 to 1903. Background Juan Lindolfo Cuestas was a promi ...

" bar:JoseBattleyOrdonez from: 1899 till: 1899 color:colorado from: 1903 till: 1907 color:colorado from: 1911 till: 1915 color:colorado text:"

José Batlle y Ordóñez José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez ( or ; 23 May 1856 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 20 October 1929), nicknamed ''Don Pepe'', was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. He w ...

" bar:ClaudioWilliman from: 1907 till: 1911 color:colorado text:"

Claudio Williman Claudio Wílliman Gonzalez (born 10 October 1861 in Montevideo – † 9 February 1934 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background Claudio Wílliman's parents, José Williman and Antonia González, were immigrants from Galici ...

" bar:FelicianoViera from: 1915 till: 1919 color:colorado text:"

Feliciano Viera Feliciano Alberto Viera Borges (8 November 1872 – 13 November 1927) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background He was a member of the Colorado Party and closely identified with the liberal former president José Batlle y Ordóñez, who l ...

" bar:BaltasarBrum from: 1919 till: 1923 color:colorado text:"

Baltasar Brum Baltasar Brum Rodríguez, GCTE (18 June 1883 – 31 March 1933) was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of Uruguay from 1919 to 1923. Background His political convictions closely followed those of liberal President José Batlle y Or ...

" bar:JoseSerrato from: 1923 till: 1927 color:colorado text:"

José Serrato José Serrato (September 30, 1868 – September 7, 1960) was a politician who was elected President of Uruguay. Background Serrato was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which had long dominated the politics of the country. He ...

" bar:JuanCampisteguy from: 1927 till: 1931 color:colorado text:" Juan Campisteguy" bar:GabrielTerra from: 1931 till: 1938 color:colorado text:"

Gabriel Terra José Luis Gabriel Terra Leivas ( Montevideo, 1 August 1873 - Montevideo, 15 September 1942) was a lawyer and politician of batllista origin in Uruguay, and advisor to all Uruguayan governments on diplomatic, Economic and financial issu ...

" bar:AlfredoBaldomir from: 1938 till: 1943 color:colorado text:"

Alfredo Baldomir Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari (August 27, 1884 – February 25, 1948) was a Uruguayan soldier, architect and politician. He served as President of Uruguay from 1938 to 1943 and is most notable for leading Uruguay to support the Allies during World ...

" bar:JuanJosedeAmezaga from: 1943 till: 1947 color:colorado text:"

Juan José de Amézaga Juan José de Amézaga Landaroso (January 28, 1881 – August 21, 1956) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background Amézaga was a prominent member of the Colorado Party, which ruled the country for long periods. He was a lawyer by pro ...

" bar:TomasBarreta from: 1947 till: 1947 color:colorado text:"

Tomás Berreta Tomás Berreta Gandolfo (November 22, 1875 – August 2, 1947) was the President of Uruguay for five months in 1947. Background Having been an activist in the Uruguayan Colorado Party since 1896, for a number of years he was active in local po ...

" bar:LuisBattleBerres from: 1947 till: 1951 color:colorado from: 1955 till: 1956 color:colorado text:"

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- ...

" bar:AndresMartinezTrueba from: 1951 till: 1952 color:colorado from: 1952 till: 1955 color:colorado text:"

Andrés Martínez Trueba Andrés Martínez Trueba (11 February 1884 – 19 December 1959) was the President of Uruguay from 1951 to 1955. Background Martínez Trueba was born in Montevideo and grew up in the Peñarol area, graduating from university with a degree i ...

" bar:AlbertoFerminZubiria from: 1956 till: 1957 color:colorado text:"

Alberto Fermín Zubiría Alberto Fermín Zubiría Urtiague (9 October 1901 – 4 October 1971) was a Uruguayan political figure, who served as the third President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay, the nominal head of a state in a nine-member executive counc ...

" bar:ArturoLezama from: 1957 till: 1958 color:colorado text:"

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 195 ...

" bar:CarlosFischer from: 1958 till: 1959 color:colorado text:"

Carlos Fischer Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni (1903 – 7 August 1969) was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of Uruguay 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 1 ...

" bar:MartinREchegoyen from: 1959 till: 1960 color:national text:" Martín R. Echegoyen" bar:BenitoNardone from: 1960 till: 1961 color:national text:"

Benito Nardone Benito Nardone Cetrulo (November 22, 1906 – March 25, 1964) was a Uruguayan journalist and political figure. Biography Nardone was born at Montevideo, the son of an Italian immigrant. For many years he was a popular radio commentator at CX 4 ...

" bar:EduardoVictorHaedo from: 1961 till: 1962 color:national text:"

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 ...

" bar:FaustinoHarrison from: 1962 till: 1963 color:national text:"

Faustino Harrison Faustino Harrison Usoz (21 May 1900, Chamangà, Flores Department – 20 August 1963, Montevideo) was a Uruguayan political figure. President of the National Council of Government He was President of the Uruguayan National Council of Gove ...

" bar:DanielFernandesCrespo from: 1963 till: 1964 color:national text:" Daniel Fernández Crespo" bar:LuisGiannattasio from: 1964 till: 1965 color:national text:"

Luis Giannattasio Luis Giannattasio Finocchietti (19 November 1894 – 7 February 1965) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background Giannattasio was an engineer by profession and a leading member of the Uruguayan Blanco (National) Party. From 1959 to 1963 ...

" bar:WashingtonBeltran from: 1965 till: 1966 color:national text:"

Washington Beltrán Washington Beltrán Mullin (6 April 1914, Montevideo – 19 February 2003) was a Uruguayan political figure. Background A journalist by profession, and son of deputy Washington Beltrán Barbat, who was killed in 1920 in a duel with former Colora ...

" bar:AlbertoHeber from: 1966 till: 1967 color:national text:" Alberto Héber" bar:OscarDiegoGestido from: 1967 till: 1967 color:colorado text:" Óscar Diego Gestido" bar:JorgePachecoAreco from: 1967 till: 1972 color:colorado text:" Jorge Pacheco Areco" bar:JuanMariaBordaberry from: 1972 till: 1976 color:colorado text:" Juan María Bordaberry" bar:AlbertoDemicheli from: 1976 till: 1976 color:colorado text:"

Alberto Demicheli Alberto Pedro Demicheli Lizaso (August 7, 1896 – October 12, 1980) was a Uruguayan political figure. Demicheli was a ''de facto'' President of Uruguay in 1976 as a non-democratically elected authority of the civic-military dictatorship. B ...

" bar:AparicioMendes from: 1976 till: 1981 color:national text:"

Aparicio Méndez Aparicio Méndez Manfredini (24 August 1904 – 27 June 1988) was a Uruguayan lawyer and political. He was a de facto President of Uruguay from 1976–1981 as a non-democratically elected authority of the civic-military dictatorship. Backgrou ...

" bar:GregorioAlvarez from: 1981 till: 1985 color:none text:" Gregorio Álvarez" bar:RafaelAddiegoBruno from: 1985 till: 1985 color:civicunion text:" Rafael Addiego Bruno" bar:JulioMariaSanguinetti from: 1985 till: 1990 color:colorado from: 1995 till: 2000 color:colorado text:"

Julio María Sanguinetti Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (; born 6 January 1936 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist, who twice served as President of Uruguay (from March 1985 until March 1990, and again, from March 1995 until Marc ...

" bar:LuisAlbertoLacalle from: 1990 till: 1995 color:national text:"

Luis Alberto Lacalle Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera, GCMG (; ''Lacalle'' locally or ; born 13 July 1941), is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer who served as President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995. Background His mother, María Hortensia de Herrera de Lacalle, ...

" bar:JorgeBattle from: 2000 till: 2005 color:colorado text:"

Jorge Batlle Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez (; ''Batlle'' locally or ; 25 October 1927 – 24 October 2016) was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, and a member of the Colorado Party. He served as the President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. Dr. Jorge Batlle b ...

" bar:TabareVazquez from: 2005 till: 2010 color:broadfront bar:JoseMujica from: 2010 till: 2015 color:broadfront text:"

José Mujica José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and im ...

" bar:TabareVazquez from: 2015 till: 2020 color:broadfront text:" Tabaré Vázquez" bar:LuisLacallePou from: 2020 till: end color:national text:"

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