Julio Herrera y Obes

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Julio Herrera y Obes

Julián Basilio Herrera y Obes Martínez (born January 9, 1841 in Montevideo , † August 6, 1912 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician, lawyer and journalist .

He belonged to the Partido Colorado and was Foreign Minister of Uruguay in 1872 under Tomás Gomensoro . He sat from February 15, 1873 to January 19, 1875 as a member of the Department of Montevideo in the Cámara de Representantes . He was then in exile until 1880. Julio Herrera y Obes was Máximo Tajes ' adviser , whom he succeeded as the first civil president after the military dictatorship (1875–1890). He held the office of President from March 1, 1890 to March 1, 1894. During this time the executive wanted to strengthen its position compared to that of the legislature. However, this policy was opposed by part of the Colorados under the leadership of José Batlle y Ordóñez , the son of former President Lorenzo Batlle y Grau . In 1894, after Duncan Stewart had taken over the role of interim president of Uruguay, Juan Idiarte Borda was elected to succeed Julio Herrera y Obes after heated internal debates . From February 9, 1895 to January 4, 1897 and again from February 10, 1897 to February 4 of the following year, he exercised a mandate as senator and in this capacity represented the Soriano Department in the Senate . In the following years he went into exile again for a few years. Julio Herrera y Obes, who is the uncle of Julio Herrera y Reissig , worked as an editor for the newspapers Revista Literaria and El Chubasco as part of his journalistic activities .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Por mi honor: vida de los presidentes uruguayos", p.14 by Alejandro Giménez Rodríguez
  2. ↑ List of Uruguayan parliamentarians from 1830 to 2005 on www.parlamento.gub.uy ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 7.8 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlamento.gub.uy
  3. ↑ Uruguay: Heads of State: 1830-1919 on archontology.org
  4. ↑ List of Uruguayan parliamentarians from 1830 to 2005 on ( Spanish , PDF) parlamento.gub.uy. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. 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. Retrieved October 21, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.parlamento.gub.uy
  5. ↑ "Los éxtasis de la montaña: antología poética; Homenaje de Rubén Darío ..." y Julio Herrera Reissig
  6. ^ "Historia de Uruguay y de América, Volume 2" by Alfredo Traversoni

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Commons : Julio Herrera y Obes  - collection of images
predecessor Office successor
Máximo Tajes President of Uruguay
March 1, 1890–1. March 1894 		Duncan Stewart
personal data
SURNAME Herrera y Obes, Julio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herrera y Obes Martínez, Julián Basilio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION President of Uruguay
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1912
Place of death Montevideo