José Serrato

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José Serrato (1926)

José Serrato Bergeróo (born September 30, 1868 in Montevideo , † September 7, 1960 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician , engineer and economist .

Life

Serrato, whose family originally came from Giustenice in the Italian province of Savona , studied mechanical engineering at the Universidad de la República until 1892 . He then initially worked as a mathematics teacher.

He later held a parliamentary mandate and held the ministerial posts for development (1913), finance (1904-1906) and home affairs (1911). Serrato was President of Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay from 1914 to 1922 .

In 1923 Serrato, a member of the Partido Colorado , was elected President of Uruguay from March 1, 1923 to March 1, 1927 . This made him the first president of his home country to take office through the general election introduced under the 1917 constitution. During his term of office, among other things, the negotiation of a border treaty with Argentina, the establishment of the Corte Electoral , the establishment of a pension fund and the opening of the Palacio Legislativo . His successor in the office of president was Juan Campisteguy .

In 1942 he was a member of the Consejo de Estado , which was responsible for drafting the 1942 constitution. Between March 1, 1943 and October 4, 1945 he also took over the management of the Foreign Ministry .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Galería de Presidentes ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 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.bhu.com.uy, accessed February 10, 2014  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bhu.com.uy
  2. ^ Data on worldstatesmen.org
  3. ↑ The Consolidation of Political Democracy on countrystudies.us (English)
  4. ↑ List of Foreign Ministers of Uruguay since 1828 ( Memento of February 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ List of foreign ministers and their term of office ( Memento of October 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) ( Microsoft Excel ) Faculty of Social Sciences at the Universidad de la República
predecessor Office successor
Baltasar Brum President of Uruguay
March 1, 1923–1. March 1927 		Juan Campisteguy
personal data
SURNAME Serrato, José
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serrato Bergeróo, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan President
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1960
Place of death Montevideo