Luis Batlle Berres
Luis Conrado "Lusito" Batlle Berres (born November 26, 1897 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † July 15, 1964 ibid) was a Uruguayan politician and journalist.
Batlle Berres was born to Luis Batlle y Ordóñez and Petrona Berres . He was the nephew of José Batlle y Ordóñez . Battle Berres was married to Matilde Ibáñez Tálice . From this marriage there were three children. These were the sons of Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez , who was President of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005, and the pianist Luis Batlle Ibáñez . He also had a daughter named Matilde.
He received his school and university education at the Escuela Elbio Fernández and the Universidad de la República . He then worked as a journalist for the daily El Dia for ten years . Later he was the owner and director of the Montevidean and Baltic radio stations CX 10 Radio Ariel and CW 47 Radio Tabaré and in 1948 founded the Acción newspaper . As part of his political career, he was first a member of Parliament in Uruguay from 1923 to 1933. This was followed by a period of political exile from 1933 to 1937. Later, from 1942 to 1947, he was again a member of parliament. In this phase he was chairman of the Uruguayan Chamber of Deputies from 1943 to 1945.
Batlle took over the presidency from Tomás Berreta , who had been president from March 1, 1947 until his death on August 2, 1947 , as vice- president . Luis Batlle Berres served his country as president from 1947 to 1951 and from 1955 to 1956. He was a member of the Partido Colorado . His government work brought economic prosperity, which was mainly supported by Uruguayan exports during the Korean War (1950–1953).
literature
- Who is Who in Latin America - Part V 1950 , Archivo Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica (ABEPI), p. 290
- Latin American Lives, 1998 , Archivo Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica (ABEPI), p. 312f
- Julio María Sanguinetti : Luis Batlle Berres. El Uruguay del optimismo . Taurus, Montevideo 2018.
Web links
- Biography on www.biografiasyvidas.com (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fallció la madre del presidente Batlle (Spanish) in El País of September 4, 2002, accessed on March 4, 2012
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Tomás Berreta |
President of Uruguay August 2, 1947 to March 1, 1951 |
Andrés Martínez Trueba |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Batlle Berres, Luis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Batlle Berres, Luis Conrado (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan politician and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1964 |
| Place of death | Montevideo |