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List of Vice Presidents of Uruguay

Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....

, National Party

National Party (Uruguay)

The National Party , also known as the White Party , is a major right-wing conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government....

, Frente Amplio

Broad Front (Uruguay)

The Broad Front is a Uruguayan left-wing coalition of political parties. It is led by Jorge Brovetto. Frente Amplio has close ties with PIT-CNT trade union and the cooperative housing movement.-History:...

From-To	Name	Party
1934–1938	César Charlone César Charlone (politician) César Charlone was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Charlone was prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party during the 1930s.-Vice President of Uruguay:...	Colorado
1938–1943	Alfredo Navarro Alfredo Navarro Alfredo Navarro was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Navarro was a prominent member of the Colorado party in the 1930s.He was a noted medical doctor .-Vice President of Uruguay:...	Colorado
1943–1947	Alberto Guani Alberto Guani Alberto Guani was an Uruguayan jurist, diplomat and the Vice President from 1943 to 1947.Alberto Guani was born in Montevideo in 1877...	Colorado
1947	Luis Batlle Berres Luis Batlle Berres Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Batlle Berres was a journalist and prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party...	Colorado
1947–1951	Alfeo Brum Alfeo Brum Alfeo Brum was an Uruguayan politician and lawyer. He was Vice-President of Uruguay from 1947 to 1951 and 1951 to 1955, noted for being the longest consecutively serving Vice-President in Uruguay's history.-Background:...	Colorado
1951–1955	Alfeo Brum Alfeo Brum Alfeo Brum was an Uruguayan politician and lawyer. He was Vice-President of Uruguay from 1947 to 1951 and 1951 to 1955, noted for being the longest consecutively serving Vice-President in Uruguay's history.-Background:...	Colorado
1955–1967	"Colegiado" - No Vice President
1967	Jorge Pacheco Areco Jorge Pacheco Areco Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972.-Vice President of Uruguay:...	Colorado
1967–1972	Alberto Abdala Alberto Abdala Alberto Abdala Uruguayan politician, painter and Vice-President from 1967 to 1972.-Background:Alberto Abdala was born in Maldonado, Uruguay in 1920. He was of Lebanese descent.He was a member of the Colorado Party...	Colorado
1972–1973	Jorge Sapelli Jorge Sapelli Jorge Sapelli was an Uruguayan political figure. He was the Vice President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1973.- 1972-1973 :...	Colorado
1973–1985	Civilian-Military Administration - No Vice President
1985–1990	Enrique Tarigo Enrique Tarigo Enrique Tarigo was a Uruguayan political figure.-Vice President of Uruguay:He was Vice President of Uruguay from 1985 to 1990, in the first period of democratic government after the civilian-military administration of 1973-1985, serving under President Julio María Sanguinetti...	Colorado
1990–1995	Gonzalo Aguirre Gonzalo Aguirre Gonzalo Aguirre Ramírez is a Uruguayan politician. lawyer and newspaper columnist. He served as Vice President of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995.-Background:...	National
1995–1998	Hugo Batalla Hugo Batalla Hugo Batalla Parentini , Uruguayan politician, was Vice President of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 during the presidency of Julio María Sanguinetti.-Background:His political activity started in the Colorado Party with Zelmar Michelini...	Colorado
1998–2000	Hugo Fernández Faingold Hugo Fernández Faingold Hugo Fernández Faingold is a Uruguayan political figure, who served as Vice President of Uruguay.-Background:Fernández Faingold belongs to the Uruguayan Colorado Party...	Colorado
2000–2005	Luis Antonio Hierro López Luis Antonio Hierro López Luis Antonio Hierro López is a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Luis Antonio Hierro López is a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party, and is from a distinguished political family. His father was Luis Hierro Gambardella, former Minister, Deputy for Treinta y Tres and Senator...	Colorado
2005–2010	Rodolfo Nin Novoa Rodolfo Nin Novoa Rodolfo Nin Novoa is the former Vice President of Uruguay, he is the leader of Progressive Alliance.-Background:He was born in mixed Armenian- Spanish family. Having originally received a traditional, Roman Catholic education, Nin was a member of the National Party and mayor in his department ....	Frente Amplio
2010–Present	Danilo Astori Danilo Astori Danilo Astori is a Uruguayan social democratic politician who was the Minister of Economics and Finance of Uruguay from 2005 to 2008...	Frente Amplio

History of the office

The office of Vice President of Uruguay dates from 1934 .

The powers of the Vice President are not only limited, but as an office it suffers from a relative lack of historical continuity.

Periods of abeyance of the office

The office was in abeyance from 1955–1967 and again from 1973-1985. The fact that it was not only the Civilian-military governments of 1973-1985 which dispensed with the office of Vice President of Uruguay, but also successive governments in the 1950s and 1960s, gives further perspective to the relative lack of prominence and functionality which has marked the office in recent times.

Varying degrees of office holders' constitutionalism

Some of the holders of the office of Vice President have been strongly identified with rule by decree as promoted by a President under whom they served, (e.g., César Charlone

César Charlone (politician)

César Charlone was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Charlone was prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party during the 1930s.-Vice President of Uruguay:...

); indeed, the very office of Vice President of Uruguay was the creation of President Gabriel Terra

Gabriel Terra

Dr. Gabriel Terra Leivas was the President of Uruguay from 1931 to 1938.- Background :Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family, he graduated from the University of Uruguay in 1895, and subsequently joined the faculty....

, who, by 1934, ruled by decree.

Others such as Jorge Sapelli

Jorge Sapelli

Jorge Sapelli was an Uruguayan political figure. He was the Vice President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1973.- 1972-1973 :...

have sought to cultivate for themselves the image of strict constitutionalists while simultaneously celebrating the repudiation of the office of Vice President; however, this image was one which was cultivated upon leaving office, rather than because of his record in government.

Lack of inherent legal position

It is also to be noted that the holder has no inherent legal position apart from that office, whereas the next-in-line to the Presidency in early 1985, when President Gregorio Alvarez resigned, was Rafael Addiego Bruno

Rafael Addiego Bruno

Rafael Addiego Bruno is a Uruguayan jurist and political figure.He was President of Uruguay February - March 1985 as an interim measure, following the resignation, and accession to office, respectively, of Presidents Gregorio Álvarez and Julio María Sanguinetti.-Background:Addiego had been...

, a leading jurist and President of the Supreme Court of Uruguay, who, however, had not formally carried the title of Vice President before taking on the office of President as an interim measure. It is also to be noted that in 1985, when Addiego Bruno took on the Presidency as an interim measure, the immeidately previous formal Vice President had been Jorge Sapelli

Jorge Sapelli

Jorge Sapelli was an Uruguayan political figure. He was the Vice President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1973.- 1972-1973 :...

, who had chosen to repudiate his office; and thus the formal office of Vice President had not yet reappeared within Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

an political culture.

No guarantee of office holder's future political prospects

From the standpoint of Uruguay

Uruguay

an political culture, it may also be noted that, unless the holder succeeds to the Presidency itself, the past exercise of the office of Vice President is not necessarily in itself a strong guarantee of subsequent preeminence or prominence in Uruguay

Uruguay

an party politics. Various examples of this can be cited: former Vice President Luis Antonio Hierro López

Luis Antonio Hierro López

Luis Antonio Hierro López is a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Luis Antonio Hierro López is a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party, and is from a distinguished political family. His father was Luis Hierro Gambardella, former Minister, Deputy for Treinta y Tres and Senator...

of the Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

Party found himself somewhat eclipsed by other former government colleagues subsequent to leaving office in 2005; it is as a former diplomat rather than as a former Vice President that Alberto Guani

Alberto Guani

Alberto Guani was an Uruguayan jurist, diplomat and the Vice President from 1943 to 1947.Alberto Guani was born in Montevideo in 1877...

is chiefly remembered; Jorge Sapelli

Jorge Sapelli

Jorge Sapelli was an Uruguayan political figure. He was the Vice President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1973.- 1972-1973 :...

spent many years in the political wilderness.

List of Vice Presidents of Uruguay

History of the office

Periods of abeyance of the office

Varying degrees of office holders' constitutionalism

Lack of inherent legal position

No guarantee of office holder's future political prospects

See also