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Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (15 April 1847 – 19 May 1889) was a
Biography
1847 births 1889 deaths People from Pando, Uruguay Presidents of Uruguay Presidents of the Senate of Uruguay Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians Defence ministers of Uruguay 19th-century Uruguayan people Uruguayan military personnel {{Uruguay-politician-stub
Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (15 April 1847 – 19 May 1889) was a Uruguay
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an 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 theColorado Party (Uruguay)
The Colorado Party ( es, Partido Colorado, lit=Red Party) is a liberal political party in Uruguay.
Ideology
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.
In 1882 Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez, who served briefly as acting President of Uruguay
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, stepped down from office.
President of Uruguay (1st term)
Succeeding acting President Flangini, Santos served asPresident of Uruguay
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from 1882 until 1886.
Creation of Flores Department
Among Santos's lasting acts as President was the creation of the Flores Department in the interior of the country, named after assassinated formerPresident of Uruguay
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General Venancio Flores, who hailed from the territory incorporated as a department.
Other features of his rule
He also in a measure repaired relations withParaguay
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.
However, his administration was also widely criticized for failure to root out corruption.
Succession
Santos was succeeded as president by Francisco Antonino Vidal in 1886. Santos served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1886.President of Uruguay (second interim term)
Subsequently, after relinquishing presidential office in 1886, Santos returned to exercise presidential powers for a number of months in 1886.Succession
Santos was succeeded as president by his Colorado Party colleagueMáximo 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 ( ...
, with whom, however, he had poor relations. Tajes was still exercising his presidential office at Santos's death.
Later life; death in exile
Subsequent to the relinquishing of his presidential office for the second time, Santos travelled inEurope
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, and was unable to return to Uruguay
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.
Still aged in his early 40s, Santos died in exile in Buenos Aires
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, Argentina
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, in 1889.
Legacy
Santos' magnificent residence in downtown Montevideo nowadays is the seat of the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Uruguay and is known asPalacio Santos
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*Agustina Palacio de Libarona (1825-1880), Argentine writer, story ...
. His country estate now houses the Museo de la Memoria, a state-owned museum dedicated to the victims of the Uruguayan dictatorship.
See also
* Colorado Party (Uruguay)#Earlier History *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 ...
* Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez#Interim President of Uruguay
* Máximo Tajes#President of Uruguay
* Flores Department#History and cultural heritage
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Biography
1847 births 1889 deaths People from Pando, Uruguay Presidents of Uruguay Presidents of the Senate of Uruguay Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians Defence ministers of Uruguay 19th-century Uruguayan people Uruguayan military personnel {{Uruguay-politician-stub