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José Evaristo Uriburu

José Evaristo Uriburu

8th President of Argentina

José Félix Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales (November 19, 1831 – October 23, 1914)[1] was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Evaristo de Uriburu and the second or maternal family name is Álvarez de Arenales.

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He was an adept diplomat; participating as arbiter on the peace negotiations on the War of the Pacific between Chile, Perú and Bolivia.

He was Vice-President and became President of Argentina in 1895 when Luis Sáenz Peña resigned.

His son was José Evaristo Uriburu y Tezanos Pinto (1880–1956), Argentinian Ambassador in London in the 1920s, and father of Clarita de Uriburu, Cecil Beaton's model.[2]

Work in office as president

Other offices held

  • Federal Judge, Salta (1872–1874)
  • National Deputy (lower house of Congress)
  • House President (1876–1877)
  • Justice Minister under Bartolomé Mitre for a short time (1867).
  • Senator for the City of Buenos Aires (1901–1910)

References

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  1. [1]
    Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. [2]
    Beaton, Cecil (2007). The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1970-1980. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 440. ISBN 9780307429520. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
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