Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre (born June 24, 1784 in Santa Lucia , † October 22, 1853 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan revolutionary. He was the leader of the so - called Thirty - three Orientals and fought against the Brazilian Empire .
On April 19, 1825, this brave little crowd crossed the Río Uruguay , uniting with the patriotic men under the leadership of José Fructuoso Rivera , the later founder of the " Colorados ". Florida, 100 km north of Montevideo, became the seat of a provisional government. Uruguay's independence was finally proclaimed on August 25, 1825 (now a national holiday). Lavalleja was appointed in September by the Congreso de la Florida as the first governor of Uruguay and captain general, where he delegated the office of governor between 1826 and 1828 to Joaquín Suárez and Luis Eduardo Pérez .
At his instigation, after the international recognition of Uruguay's sovereignty, the constituent assembly was held in October 1828, at which, however, José Rondeau, who was intended as mediator, was elected governor in his place , after Lavalleja and Fructuoso Rivera had competed unsuccessfully for it. A few months before the end of the constitutional process, he achieved the resignation of Rondeau in April 1830 and was again governor until October.
After the constitution was finalized, Lavalleja ran for president, but was defeated by Fructuoso Rivera. In September 1853 he was elected to a triumvirate next to Fructuoso Rivera and Venancio Flores , which was to rule Uruguay, but died after a month.
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| SURNAME | Lavalleja, Juan Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lavalleja y de la Torre, Juan Antonio (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1784 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Lucia |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1853 |
| Place of death | Montevideo |