- Tomás Berreta
Tomás Berreta (
1875 -1947 ) was aUruguay anpolitical figure .Background
Having been an activist in the
Uruguayan Colorado Party since1896 , for a number of years he was active in local politics and served as Intendent ofCanelones in the early part of the 20th Century.He later served in the government of President
Juan José de Amézaga .Berreta was thus a prominent, elderly member of the
Uruguayan Colorado Party which had ruled the country for long periods, when he stood for election as President, with a view to succeeding the sittingPresident of Uruguay ,Juan José de Amézaga , who was younger than he by several years. [ 'Tomás Berreta', Wikipedia (in Spanish), ,]President of Uruguay
March 1947 inauguration
Berreta was inaugurated as
President of Uruguay on1 March 1947 .Death and succession
Berreta died in office barely five months later on
2 August 1947 .The
Vice President of Uruguay during Berreta's short Presidency wasLuis Batlle Berres , who subsequently succeeded him asPresident of Uruguay .ee also
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Politics of Uruguay * (Photo) President Berreta "(right, seated)" and President
Harry S. Truman "(left, seated)" at a meeting in 1947: [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/59-1255.jpg]References
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