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Juan Campisteguy

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Preceded by
  
Jose Serrato

Role
  
Soldier

Nationality
  
Uruguayan

Political party
  
Colorado Party

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Juan Campisteguy


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Born
  
September 7, 1859Montevideo, Uruguay (
1859-09-07
)

Occupation
  
Politic, lawyer, soldier

Died
  
September 4, 1937, Montevideo, Uruguay

Juan Campisteguy Oxcoby (September 7, 1859 – September 4, 1937) was a Uruguayan soldier, lawyer, and President of Uruguay (1927–1931).

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Biography

He was born in Montevideo.

Son of a soldier in the Great Siege of Montevideo, Campisteguy ended law studies in 1887. He participated in the Revolution of Quebracho, wrote in the newspaper El Día and was Interior Minister from 1903 to 1904.

Campisteguy was formerly a close political ally of the longserving, liberal President of Uruguay José Batlle y Ordóñez, although he subsequently maintained a more independent political relationship within the Uruguayan Colorado Party.

He served as the President of Uruguay between 1927 and 1931. It was while Campisteguy was President in 1927 that women first exercised the vote in a local election (The Plebiscite of Cerro Chato of 1927).

Campisteguy was succeeded as President by Gabriel Terra.

He died in Montevideo in 1937.

References

Juan Campisteguy Wikipedia


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