Luis Giannattasio

Luis Giannattasio Finocchietti (* 1894 in Montevideo , † February 7, 1965 in Punta del Este ) was a Uruguayan politician .

Giannattasio studied at the mathematics faculty of the Universidad de la República and successfully completed his studies in road and bridge construction at the age of 24. On a scholarship, he continued his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge there . From there he returned to his home country and worked here both in the city council of Montevideo and at the university, where from 1921 he led courses in the fields of hydraulics, civil engineering, health engineering, industrial health and construction methods.

From 1945 to 1947 he was in front of the Uruguayan Chamber of Civil Engineering ( Cámara de la Construcción ) and from 1946 to 1950 he was a member of the management committee of the Association of Engineers. Giannattasio also exercised its chairmanship within the university association after previous vice-presidency. He was also a founding member and president of the Pan-American Association of Engineers ( Unión Panamericana de Sociedades de Ingeniería , UPADI), whose honorary presidency he was awarded in 1960. On August 6, 1954 in São Paulo he also received honorary membership from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers . He was also a member of the Advisory Committee of the World Health Organization.

As part of his political career, Giannattasio, who belonged to the Partido Nacional and within this with the Unión Blanca Democrática of the current of Herrerismo , headed the Ministry of Construction from March 1, 1959 to February 28, 1963. From March 1, 1964 to February 7, 1965 he held the chairmanship of the Consejo Nacional de Gobierno and was President of Uruguay at that time. His term of office, which lasted until March 1, 1965, ended prematurely because he died in office.

In the Ciudad de la Costa one of the most important streets of the city bears his name.

Web links

• Luis Giannattasio in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Volume 45," p.279, International Bureau of the American Republics, Pan American Union, Union of American Republics
2. ^ "Directory of international scientific organizations", p.179f, Unesco 1953
3. ^ "Mechanical engineering, Volume 77", pp.54 and 72, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
4. ^ "Elections in the Americas: South America", p.530 by Dieter Nohlen
5. ↑ Data on rulers.org
6. ↑ Data on rulers.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Daniel Fernández Crespo	President of Uruguay March 1, 1964–7. February 1965	Washington Beltran Mullin