Gabriel Terra

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Gabriel Terra 1913

Gabriel Terra Leivas (born August 1, 1873 in Montevideo , † September 15, 1942 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician and president of the country from 1931 to 1938.

Born in Montevideo as the son of the important economist José L. Terra , he studied law at the Universidad de la República until 1895 . He began his career with the Colorados and held the post of Minister for Industry and Labor under José Batlle y Ordóñez from 1925. Terra was elected president by Congress in 1930 and took office in 1931. During his presidency in 1932, women's suffrage was introduced. On March 31, 1933, he declared himself dictator after a coup. He dissolved the national governing body and the legislative forces that limited his power. He enacted a new constitution in 1934 and stood up for the presidential election. He won the election on suspicion of electoral fraud. Terra soon began to reverse most of its predecessor's social reforms and brutally suppressed a revolt against his regime in 1935.

family

Terra's daughter Raquel Terra was married to the politician Alberto Puig Larravide . Their son Daniel Puig Terra , Gabriel Terra's grandson, was a member of the Cámara de Representantes in the early 1990s .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gabriel Terra (Spanish) at www.biografiasyvidas.com, accessed on September 23, 2013
  2. ^ Jad Adams: Women and the Vote. A world history. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-870684-7 , page 437
  3. ↑ Nº 277 - TOMO 418 - 5 DE AGOSTO DE 2003 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from www.parlamento.gub.uy, accessed on February 21, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlamento.gub.uy
predecessor Office successor
Juan Campisteguy President of Uruguay
March 1, 1931 to June 19, 1938 		Alfredo Baldomir
personal data
SURNAME Terra, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Terra Leivas, Gabriel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan politician and president
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 1942
Place of death Montevideo