- Juan Campisteguy
Infobox Uruguayan politician
name=Juan Campisteguy
order= 25° Constitutional President of Uruguay
honorific-prefix=Dr.
term_start=March 1 1927
term_end=March 1 1931
predecessor=José Serrato
successor=Gabriel Terra
birth_date=Birth date|1859|10|7|mf=y
birth_place=Montevideo, Uruguay
dead=yes
death_date=death date and age|1937|10|4|1859|10|7|mf=y
death_place=
spouse=
party= Colorado Party
profession=Lawyer ,Soldier
vicepresident=
religion=John Campisteguy (
September 7 ,1859 –September 4 ,1937 ) was a soldier, lawyer, andUruguayan political figure.Background
He was born in
Montevideo . [ [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/campisteguy.htm Biografia de Juan Campisteguy] ]Son of a soldier in the
Siege of Montevideo , Campisteguy ended law studies in 1887. He participated in therevolution of Quebracho , wrote in the newspaper El Día and was deputy finance minister since 1891.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 theUruguayan Colorado Party.President of Uruguay
He served as the
President of Uruguay between 1927 and 1931.Campisteguy was succeeded as President by
Gabriel Terra .Death
He died in Montevideo in 1937.
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