Homar Murdoch

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Homar Murdoch (born September 29, 1915 , † December 23, 1996 ) was a Uruguayan military, politician and diplomat .

From 1959 to 1962 Murdoch headed the "Escuela Naval". He was then a naval attaché in the USA from 1962 to 1964 . From May 7, 1965 to May 4, 1967 he exercised the fleet command . Politically he was close to the Partido Nacional and within this lista 51 by Daniel Fernández Crespo . After retiring from military service, he has been involved in Por la Patria since 1970 . The sea ​​captain Murdoch, who was retired at the time , had been chairman of the Partido Nacional since March 11, 1972 in the run-up to the coup in Uruguay in 1973. In the wake of the coup he was brought before a military tribunal. The indictment was published on June 6, 1973, and Murdoch was finally sentenced to jail on June 25, 1973. After Uruguay returned to democracy in the mid-1980s, he was ambassador to Bolivia from March 18, 1991 . Murdoch was married and had five children.

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  1. ↑ Cronología de Comandantes ( Memento of the original of February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.armada.mil.uy, accessed February 8, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.armada.mil.uy
  2. ↑ Murdoch, presidente de los blancos, terminó procesado por un juez militar (Spanish) at www.republica.com.uy of June 9, 2013, accessed on February 8, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Murdoch, Homar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan military, politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1915
DATE OF DEATH December 23, 1996