Alberto Demicheli
Alberto Demicheli | |
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![]() Demicheli,c. 1930s | |
InterimPresidentde factoof Uruguay | |
In office 12 June – 1 September 1976 | |
Vice President | Vacant |
Preceded by | Juan María Bordaberry |
Succeeded by | Aparicio Méndez |
Chairman ofAtlético Peñarol | |
In office 1933–1934 | |
Preceded by | Juan Antonio Scasso |
Succeeded by | Pedro Viapina |
Personal details | |
Born | Rocha,Uruguay | 7 August 1896
Died | 12 October 1980 Montevideo,Uruguay | (aged 84)
Political party | Colorado Party |
Spouse | Sofía Álvarez Vignoli |
Children | 2 |
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Alma mater | University of the Republic |
Occupation | Politician,Lawyer,Historian,Journalist,Pilot,Military officer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Branch/service | |
Years of service | 1918–1960 |
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Commands | Uruguayan Army (June–September 1976) |
Alberto Pedro Demicheli Lizaso(7 August 1896 – 12 October 1980) was aUruguayanpolitician, lawyer, historian, journalist, pilot, and military officer who was the Interimde factoPresident of Uruguayand the 2ndPresident of the Civic-Military Dictatorshipfrom June to September 1976. He was also the Chairman of the Football ClubAtlético Peñarolfrom 1933 to 1934.
Background
[edit]He was a noted jurist and economist and previously served asinterior ministerunder PresidentGabriel Terra.
A member of theColorado Party,Demicheli was one of a number of civilians who participated in the civilian-military administration which took office following PresidentJuan Maria Bordaberry'scoupin 1973.
President of Uruguay
[edit]He succeeded Bordaberry asPresidentin July 1976. Aged 80 by the end of his brief period asPresident,he was the oldest ever president of Uruguay. While in office he adopted measures designed to liberalize the economy.
Demicheli was a relative moderate within the civilian-military administrations which ruledUruguaybetween 1973 and 1985, in that, although he was known for measures deemed repressive bydemocracyadvocates opposed to the government, he dissented with his military colleagues regarding the extent to which former political figures should be proscribed from pursuing political activities: this is believed to have hastened the end of his short term of office asPresident of Uruguay.
Demicheli handed over his presidential office toAparicio Méndezin September 1976, who was still serving as president when Demicheli died in 1980.
Historical background
[edit]As with his predecessorJuan Maria Bordaberry,some observers would argue that the close links between leading Colorado party figures such as Demicheli and the military mirror the similar elements present in the Colorado party's founder, the 19th century President and military patriot,Fructuoso Rivera.The preference for rule by decree of nineteenth century ColoradoPresident of UruguayVenancio Floreswould also be a historical case in point, according to this argument. Others would reason that Demicheli was morally repudiating Colorado party ideals in cooperating with the civilian-military administration which took office in 1973.
The fact that theColoradoDemicheli twice in his career exercised ministerial / executive powers at periods when rule by decree was in force arguably illustrates the fact that within theColoradoparty there was substantial support for such measures. The tendency of some observers to describeLatin Americanheads of state who ruled by decree as 'de facto'Presidentsmay be seen in this light. Others would seek to discount Demicheli's association with theColoradoParty.
Spouse
[edit]His wife,Sofía Álvarez Vignoli de Demicheli,was noted for her diplomatic activity during the presidency ofGabriel Terra,in whose administration Alberto Demicheli also served.
See also
[edit]External links
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20070314012341/http://www.martin.romano.org/wp16/wp16_445.htm
- See alsoes:Alberto Demicheli(similar Wikipedia article in Spanish)
- 1896 births
- 1980 deaths
- People from Rocha, Uruguay
- University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
- Uruguayan jurists
- Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
- 20th-century presidents of Uruguay
- Interior ministers of Uruguay
- Uruguayan football chairmen and investors
- Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay
- Uruguayan anti-communists