1724 - 1726 Francisco Antonio de Lemos 1726 - 1730 Francisco de Cárdenas 1730 Ignacio Gary (acting) 1730 - 1731 Nicolás Carbajal (Carvajal) 1731 Fructuoso de Palafox 1731 - 1732 Alonso de la Vega 1732 - 1733 José de Arce y Soria 1733 - 1738 Francisco Lobato 1738 - 1749? Domingo Santos de Uriarte (d. 1749) 1749 - 1750 Francisco de Gorriti 1750 - 1751 Juan de Achucarro Maraín (d. 1768) Governors 14 Mar 1751 - 8 Apr 1764 José Joaquín de Viana (1st time) (b. 1718 - d. 1773) 8 Apr 1764 - 1771 Augustín de la Rosa Queipo de Llano 1771 - Feb 1773 José Joaquín de Viana (2nd time) (s.a.) Feb 1773 - 2 Aug 1790 Joaquín del Pino Sánchez de Rojas (b. 1729 - d. 1804) Romero y Negrete 1790 Miguel de Tejada (acting) 1790 - 11 Feb 1797 Antonio Olaguer y Feliú Heredia (b. 1740 - d. 1810) Lopez y Donce 11 Feb 1797 - 1804 José de Bustamante y Guerra (b. 1759 - d. 1825) 1804 - 3 Feb 1807 Pascual Ruíz de Huidobro (b. 1752 - d. 1813) 3 Feb 1807 – 11 May 1807 Samuel Auchmuty -British commander (b. 1758 - d. 1822) 11 May 1807 - 9 Sep 1807 John Whitelocke -British commander (b. 1757 - d. 1833) 9 Sep 1807 - Apr 1810 Francisco Javier de Elío (1st time)(b. 1767 - d. 1822) (from 21 Sep 1808, president of the Junta) Apr 1810 - 7 Oct 1810 Joaquín de Soria y Santa Cruz + Cristóbal Salvañach (d. 1830/34) 7 Oct 1810 - Jan 1811 Gaspar de Vigodet (1st time) (b. 1747 - d. 1834) (Gaspar de Bigodé) Jan 1811 - 18 Nov 1811 Francisco Javier de Elío (2nd time)(s.a.) 18 Nov 1811 - 23 Jun 1814 Gaspar de Vigodet (2nd time) (s.a.) Dec 1811 - Mar 1812 Diogo de Sousa, conte de Rio Pardo (b. 1755 - d. 1829) (military governor) 23 Jun 1814 – 25 Feb 1815 Carlos María de Alvear y Balbastro (b. 1789 - d. 1852) 25 Feb 1815 – 20 Jan 1817 José Gervasio Artigas (b. 1764 - d. 1850) Presidents of the Provincial Government 20 Apr 1813 - 8 Dec 1813 José Gervasio Artigas (s.a.) (in opposition) 8 Dec 1813 - 1814 Triumvirate (in opposition) - Tomás García de Zúñiga (b. 1783 - d. 1843) - Juan José Duran Pagola (b. 1769 - d. 1834) - Francisco Remigio Castellanos (b. 1779 - d. 1839) Fuente 7 Mar 1814 - 14 Jul 1814 Juan José Duran Pagola (s.a.) (in opposition) 14 Jul 1814 - 26 Feb 1815 Nicolás Rodríguez Peña (b. 1775 - d. 1853) + Miguel Estanislao Soler (b. 1783 - d. 1849) (supporting Alvear) 26 Feb 1815 - 29 Jul 1815 Fernando Otorgués (b. 1774 - d. 1831) (supporting Artigas) 29 Jul 1815 - 20 Jan 1817 Miguel Manuel Francisco Barreiro (b. 1789 - d. 1848) Bermúdez + Joaquín Suarez de Rondelo (supporting Artigas) Portuguese/Bazilian Military Governors 20 Jan 1817 - 11 Sep 1822 Carlos Federico Lecor, barón de (b. 1767 - d. 1836) la Laguna 11 Sep 1822 - 28 Feb 1824 Álvaro da Costa de Souza Macedo, (b. 1789 - d. 1834) conde da Madeira Brazilian Governor of Cisplatina 28 Feb 1824 - 20 Aug 1828 Carlos Federico Lecor, barón de (s.a.) la Laguna Presidents 14 Jun 1825 – 20 Aug 1825 Manuel Francisco Calleros Texera (b. 1763 - d. 1841) (provisional) 20 Aug 1825 – 25 Aug 1825 Juan Francisco de Larrobla Pereyra (b. 1774 - d. 1842) Governors and Captains-general 25 Aug 1825 - 8 Mar 1826 Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la (b. 1784? - d. 1853) Torre (1st time) 8 Mar 1826 - 17 Aug 1827 Autonomy interrupted 17 Aug 1827 - 1 Dec 1828 Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la (s.a.) Torre (2nd time) 1 Dec 1828 - 22 Dec 1828 Joaquín Luis Miguel Suárez de (b. 1781 - d. 1868) Rondelo y Fernández (substitute) 22 Dec 1828 - 17 Apr 1830 José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra (b. 1775 - d. 1844) (provisional) 17 Apr 1830 - 24 Oct 1830 Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la (s.a.) Torre (3rd time)(provisional) Presidents 24 Oct 1830 - 6 Nov 1830 Luis Eduardo Pérez Pagola (b. 1774 - d. 1841) (acting) 6 Nov 1830 - 24 Oct 1834 Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (b. 1789? - d. 1854) PC (Fructuoso Perafán de la Rivera y Toscana) (1st time) 24 Oct 1834 - 1 Mar 1835 Carlos Anaya y López Camelo (b. 1777 - d. 1862) (acting) 1 Mar 1835 - 24 Oct 1838 Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana (b. 1792 - d. 1857) PN (1st time) 24 Oct 1838 - 11 Nov 1838 Gabriel Antonio José Pereira (b. 1794 - d. 1861) Non-party Villagrán (1st time)(acting) 11 Nov 1838 - 28 Feb 1839 Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (s.a.) Mil/PC (2nd time) (General of the Constitutional Army) 28 Feb 1839 - 25 Mar 1839 Gabriel Antonio José Pereira (s.a.) Non-party Villagrán (2nd time)(acting) 25 Mar 1839 - 1 Mar 1843 Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (s.a.) PC (3rd time) 16 Feb 1843 - 8 Oct 1851 Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana (s.a.) PN (2nd time) (in dissidence) 1 Mar 1843 - 15 Feb 1852 Joaquín Luis Miguel Suárez de (s.a.) PC Rondelo y Fernández 15 Feb 1852 - 1 Mar 1852 Bernardo Prudencio Berro y (b. 1803 - d. 1868) PN Larrañaga (1st time)(acting) 1 Mar 1852 - 24 Sep 1853 Juan Francisco José Giró y (b. 1791 - d. 1863) PN Zufriategui 26 Sep 1853 - 12 Mar 1854 Provisional Government - Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la (s.a.) PN Torre (to 22 Oct 1853) - Venancio Flores Barrios (b. 1808 - d. 1868) - Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (s.a.) PC 12 Mar 1854 - 10 Sep 1855 Venancio Flores Barrios (1st time) (s.a.) PC 29 Aug 1855 - 11 Sep 1855 Luis María Galo de la Santísima (b. 1793 - d. 1864) UL Trinidad Lamas Reguera (provisional governor; in dissidence) 11 Sep 1855 - 15 Feb 1856 Manuel Basilio Bustamante Piris (b. 1785 - d. 1863) PC (acting) 15 Feb 1856 - 1 Mar 1856 José María Plá Machado (acting) (b. 1794 - d. 1869) PC 1 Mar 1856 - 1 Mar 1860 Gabriel Antonio José Pereira (s.a.) Non-party Villagrán (3rd time) 1 Mar 1860 - 1 Mar 1864 Bernardo Prudencio Berro y (s.a.) PC Larrañaga (2nd time) 1 Mar 1864 - 15 Feb 1865 Atanasio de la Cruz Aguirre Aguado (b. 1801 - d. 1875) PN (acting) 16 Feb 1865 - 20 Feb 1865 Tomás Villalba Albín (acting) (b. 1805 - d. 1886) PC 20 Feb 1865 - 15 Feb 1868 Venancio Flores Barrios (s.a.) PN (2nd time) -Provisional Governor 15 Feb 1868 - 1 Mar 1868 Pedro Varela Olivera (1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1903) PC (acting) 1 Mar 1868 - 1 Mar 1872 Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y (b. 1811 - d. 1887) PC Grau 1 Mar 1872 - 15 Feb 1873 Tomás José del Carmen Gomensoro (b. 1810 - d. 1900) PC Albín (acting) 15 Feb 1873 - 15 Jan 1875 José Eugenio Ellauri Obes (b. 1834 - d. 1894) PC (acting to 1 Mar 1873) 15 Jan 1875 - 22 Jan 1875 Pedro Varela Olivera (2nd time) (s.a.) PC (Provisional Governor) 22 Jan 1875 Pedro Esteban Carve Pérez (b. 1839 - d. 1894) PC 22 Jan 1875 - 10 Mar 1876 Pedro Varela Olivera (3rd time) (s.a.) PC 10 Mar 1876 - 14 Feb 1879 Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Latorre (b. 1844 - d. 1916) Mil Jampen -Provisional Governor (1st time) 14 Feb 1879 - 1 Mar 1879 Francisco Antonino Vidal Silva (b. 1827 - d. 1889) PC (1st time) (acting) 1 Mar 1879 - 16 Mar 1880 Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Latorre (s.a.) PC Jampen (2nd time) 16 Mar 1880 - 28 Feb 1882 Francisco Antonino Vidal Silva (s.a.) PC (2nd time)(acting to 16 Mar 1880) 28 Feb 1882 - 1 Mar 1882 Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez (b. 1824 - d. 1900) PC (acting) 1 Mar 1882 - 1 Mar 1886 Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (b. 1847 - d. 1889) PC (1st time) 1 Mar 1886 - 24 May 1886 Francisco Antonino Vidal Silva (s.a.) PC (3rd time) 24 May 1886 - 18 Nov 1886 Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (s.a.) PC (2nd time)(acting) 18 Nov 1886 - 1 Mar 1890 Máximo Tajes Cáceres (b. 1852 - d. 1912) PC 1 Mar 1890 - 1 Mar 1894 Julio Herrera y Obes Martínez (b. 1841 - d. 1912) PC (Julián Basilio Herrera y Obes Martínez) 1 Mar 1894 - 21 Mar 1894 Duncan Antonio Stéwart Agell (b. 1833 - d. 1923) PC (acting) 21 Mar 1894 - 25 Aug 1897 Juan Bautista Idiarte Borda (b. 1844 - d. 1897) PC Soumastre 25 Aug 1897 - 15 Feb 1899 Juan Lindolfo de los Reyes Cuestas (b. 1837 - d. 1905) PC York (1st time) (acting to 10 Feb 1898, then provisional) 15 Feb 1899 - 1 Mar 1899 José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y (b. 1856 - d. 1929) PC Ordóñez (1st time) (acting) 1 Mar 1899 - 1 Mar 1903 Juan Lindolfo de los Reyes Cuestas (s.a.) PC York (2nd time) 1 Mar 1903 - 1 Mar 1907 José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y (s.a.) PC Ordóñez (2nd time) 1 Mar 1907 - 1 Mar 1911 Claudio Antolín Wílliman González (b. 1863 - d. 1934) PC 1 Mar 1911 - 1 Mar 1915 José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y (s.a.) PC Ordóñez (3rd time) 1 Mar 1915 - 1 Mar 1919 Feliciano Alberto Viera Borges (b. 1872 - d. 1927) PC;1917 PC-V 1 Mar 1919 - 1 Mar 1923 Baltasar Brum Rodríguez (b. 1883 - d. 1933) PC 1 Mar 1923 - 1 Mar 1927 José Serrato Bergeróo (b. 1868 - d. 1960) PC 1 Mar 1927 - 1 Mar 1931 Juan Campisteguy Oxcoby (b. 1859 - d. 1937) PC 1 Mar 1931 - 19 Jun 1938 Gabriel Terra Leivas (b. 1873 - d. 1942) PC 19 Jun 1938 - 1 Mar 1943 Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari (b. 1884 - d. 1948) PC 1 Mar 1943 - 1 Mar 1947 Juan José de Amézaga Landaraso (b. 1881 - d. 1956) PC 1 Mar 1947 - 2 Aug 1947 Tomás Berreta Gandolfo (b. 1875 - d. 1947) PC 2 Aug 1947 - 1 Mar 1951 Luis Conrado Batlle Berres (b. 1897 - d. 1964) PC 1 Mar 1951 - 1 Mar 1952 Andrés Martínez Trueba (b. 1884 - d. 1959) PC Presidents of the National Council of Government (CNG) 1 Mar 1952 - 1 Mar 1955 Andrés Martínez Trueba (s.a.) PC 1 Mar 1955 - 1 Mar 1956 Luis Conrado Batlle Berres (s.a.) PC 1 Mar 1956 - 1 Mar 1957 Alberto Fermín Zubiría Urtiague (b. 1901 - d. 1971) PC 1 Mar 1957 - 1 Mar 1958 Arturo Lezama Bagez (b. 1899 - d. 1964) PC 1 Mar 1958 - 1 Mar 1959 Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni (b. 1903 - d. 1969) PC 1 Mar 1959 - 1 Mar 1960 Martín Recaredo Echegoyen (b. 1892 - d. 1974) PN Machicote 1 Mar 1960 - 1 Mar 1961 Benito Nardone Cetrulo (b. 1906 - d. 1964) PN 1 Mar 1961 - 1 Mar 1962 Eduardo Víctor Haedo Barley (b. 1901 - d. 1970) PN 1 Mar 1962 - 1 Mar 1963 Faustino Harrison Usoz (b. 1900 - d. 1963) PN 1 Mar 1963 - 1 Mar 1964 Daniel Fernández Crespo (b. 1901 - d. 1964) PN 1 Mar 1964 - 7 Feb 1965 Luis Giannattasio Finocchietti (b. 1894 - d. 1965) PN 7 Feb 1965 - 1 Mar 1966 Washington Beltrán Mullin (b. 1914 - d. 2003) PN 1 Mar 1966 - 1 Mar 1967 Alberto Héber Usher (b. 1916 - d. 1981) PN Presidents 1 Mar 1967 - 6 Dec 1967 Óscar Diego Gestido Pose (b. 1901 - d. 1967) PC 6 Dec 1967 - 1 Mar 1972 Jorge Pacheco Areco (b. 1920 - d. 1998) PC 1 Mar 1972 - 12 Jun 1976 Juan María Bordaberry Arocena (b. 1928 - d. 2011) PC 12 Jun 1976 - 1 Sep 1976 Pedro Alberto Demicheli Lizaso (b. 1896 - d. 1980) PC 1 Sep 1976 - 1 Sep 1981 Aparicio Méndez Manfredini (b. 1904 - d. 1988) PN 1 Sep 1981 - 12 Feb 1985 Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Armelino (b. 1925) Mil 12 Feb 1985 - 1 Mar 1985 Rafael José Addiego Bruno (acting) (b. 1923) PC 1 Mar 1985 - 1 Mar 1990 Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (b. 1936) PC (1st time) 1 Mar 1990 - 1 Mar 1995 Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera (b. 1941) PN 1 Mar 1995 - 1 Mar 2000 Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (s.a.) PC (2nd time) 1 Mar 2000 - 1 Mar 2005 Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez (b. 1927) PC 1 Mar 2005 - 1 Mar 2010 Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (b. 1940) FA 1 Mar 2010 - José Alberto Mujica Cordano (b. 1935) FA Chairmen of the National Council of Administration
Territorial Disputes: In Jan 2007, ICJ provisionally ruled Uruguay may begin construction of two paper mills on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina, while the court examines further whether Argentina has the legal right to stop such construction with potential environmental implications to both countries; uncontested dispute with Brazil over certain islands in the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada streams and the resulting tripoint with Argentina. Party abbreviations: FA = Frente Amplio (Broad Front, left-wing coalition, social-democratic, est.1971, banned 1973-84); PC = Partido Colorado (Colorado Party, 'Red', unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups, est.1836); PN = Partido Nacional "Blanco" (National Party "Whites", conservative, est.1836, named Partido Blanco [White Party] to 1872); Mil = Military;- Former parties: CNG = National Ruling Council (collegiate body formed by PN and PC; PC retained the majority in the 1st and 2nd CNG's 1 Mar 1952-1 Mar 1959; while PN in the 3rd and 4th CNG's 1 Mar 1959 - 1 Mar 1967); PC-V = Partido Colorado Radical "Vierismo" (Radical Colorado Party 'Vieriaist', center-right, 1917-25); UL = Unión Liberal (Liberal Union) Nova Colônia do Sacramento
(initially named Captaincy of Rio da Prata). Mar 1705 - 25 Oct 1716 Spanish rule, abandoned (but subordinated to Buenos Aires). 25 Oct 1716 - 22 Nov 1777 Portuguese rule. 1 Oct 1777 Formally ceded to Spain by Portugal in Treaty of San Ildefonso. 22 Nov 1777 – 2 May 1818 Spanish rule. 5 Mar 1807 – 26 Jun 1807 British occupation. Sep 1812 – Dec 1812 Abandoned. 2 May 1818 – 20 Aug 1828 Portuguese (from 7 Sep 1822, Brazilian) rule. 20 Aug 1828 Incorporated into independent Uruguay. Governors
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