Óscar Secco Ellauri (6 August 1904 – 14 October 1990) was a
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of 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 the RÃo de la Plata to the south and the A ...
an politician, Education and Culture Minister from 1948 to 1951 during the government of
Luis Batlle Berres
Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres (26 November 1897 – 15 July 1964) was a Uruguayan politician who was President of Uruguay from 1947 to 1951.
Background
Batlle Berres was a journalist and prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. He was ...
and Foreign Affairs Minister from June 6, 1957, to February 28, 1959, during the administrations of
Arturo Lezama (1957–1958) and
Carlos Fischer (1958–1959). He was also deputy of the Representative Assembly of
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, President of
SODRE and Councilor of Secondary Education.
Ellauri was a member of the
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP).
Biography
He was the grandnephew of
José Eugenio Ellauri y Obes, President of the Republic from 1873 to 1875 and great-grandson of
José Longinos Ellauri Fernández, President of the Constituent Assembly of 1830 among other numerous political positions.
See also
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List of political families#Uruguay
References
Ministers of foreign relations of Uruguay
Education and culture ministers of Uruguay
1990 deaths
1904 births
20th-century Uruguayan historians
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