List of Presidents of Uruguay
Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1919–present)
The Constitution of 1918 comes into force. According to the Constitution, the president is elected by direct popular election for a term of five years.

List of Presidents of Uruguay

Section Title: Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1919–present)
Table Section Text: The Constitution of 1918 comes into force. According to the Constitution, the president is elected by direct popular election for a term of five years.

№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Elected	Notes	Vice President

37	-	Baltasar Brum (1883–1933)	1 March 1919	1 March 1923	Colorado	1919	The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Administration Council, headed by a President: 1 March 1919 – 1 March 1921: Feliciano Viera 1 March 1921 – 1 March 1923: José Batlle y Ordóñez	Post not established

38	JOSE SERRATO URUGUAY 1926.JPG	José Serrato (1868–1960)	1 March 1923	1 March 1927	Colorado	1922	The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Administration Council, headed by a President: 1 March 1923 – 1 March 1925: Julio María Sosa 1 March 1925 – 1 March 1927: Luis Alberto de Herrera

39	-	Juan Campisteguy (1859–1937)	1 March 1927	1 March 1931	Colorado	1926	The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Administration Council, headed by a President: 1 March 1927 – 16 February 1928: José Batlle y Ordóñez 6 February 1928 – 1 March 1929: Luis Caviglia 1 March 1929 – 1 March 1931: Baltasar Brum

40	-	Gabriel Terra (1873–1942)	1 March 1931	31 March 1933	Colorado	1930	The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Administration Council, headed by a President: 1 March 1931 – 1 March 1933: Juan Pedro Fabini 1 March 1933 – 31 March 1933: Antonio Rubio Pérez

40	31 March 1933	18 May 1934	—	De facto president following a self-coup.

18 May 1934	19 June 1938	Provisional president elected by the 3rd National Constituent Convention.	Alfredo Navarro

41	-	Alfredo Baldomir (1884–1948)	19 June 1938	21 February 1942	Colorado	1938	César Charlone

–	21 February 1942	1 March 1943	—	De facto president following a self-coup.

42	-	Juan José de Amézaga (1881–1956)	1 March 1943	1 March 1947	Colorado	1942	Alberto Guani

43	Tomás Berreta (1875–1947)	1 March 1947	2 August 1947	Colorado	1946	Died in office.	Luis Batlle Berres

44	-	Luis Batlle Berres (1897–1964)	2 August 1947	1 March 1951	Colorado	—	Vice-president under Berreta, assumed the presidency after his death.	Alfeo Brum

45	Andrés Martínez Trueba (1884–1959)	1 March 1951	1 March 1952	Colorado	1950	The post of President was replaced by the National Council of Government.

46	-	National Council of Government 1952–55	1 March 1952	1 March 1955	Colorado	—	The National Council of Government was headed by a President for the remaining of the 1951–1955 period: 1 March 1952 – 1 March 1955: Andrés Martínez Trueba	Post abolished

47	-	National Council of Government 1955–59	1 March 1955	1 March 1959	Colorado	1954	The National Council of Government was headed by a President rotating every year: 1 March 1955 – 1 March 1956: Luis Batlle Berres 1 March 1956 – 1 March 1957: Alberto Fermín Zubiría 1 March 1957 – 1 March 1958: Arturo Lezama 1 March 1958 – 1 March 1959: Carlos Fischer

48	-	National Council of Government 1959–63	1 March 1959	1 March 1963	National	1958	The National Council of Government was headed by a President rotating every year: 1 March 1959 – 1 March 1960: Martín Echegoyen 1 March 1960 – 1 March 1961: Benito Nardone 1 March 1961 – 1 March 1962: Eduardo Víctor Haedo 1 March 1962 – 1 March 1963: Faustino Harrison

49	-	National Council of Government 1963–67	1 March 1963	1 March 1967	National	1962	The National Council of Government was headed by a President rotating every year: 1 March 1963 – 1 March 1964: Daniel Fernández Crespo 1 March 1964 – 1 March 1965: Luis Giannattasio 1 March 1965 – 1 March 1966: Washington Beltrán 1 March 1966 – 1 March 1967: Alberto Héber Usher

50	Óscar Diego Gestido (1901–1967)	1 March 1967	6 December 1967	Colorado	1966	Died in office.	Jorge Pacheco Areco

51	-	Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920–1998)	6 December 1967	1 March 1972	Colorado	—	Vice-president under Gestido, assumed the presidency after his death.	Alberto Abdala

52	-	Juan María Bordaberry (1928–2011)	1 March 1972	27 June 1973	Colorado	1971	Jorge Sapelli

52	27 June 1973	12 June 1976	—	1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, start of the dictatorship between 1973 and 1985. Ousted from office.	Vacant

53	Alberto Demicheli (1896–1980)	12 June 1976	1 September 1976	Colorado	—	Appointed by the Armed Forces. Ousted from office.

54	-	Aparicio Méndez (1904–1988)	1 September 1976	1 September 1981	National	—	Appointed by the Armed Forces for a term of 5 years.

55	Gregorio Álvarez (1925–2016)	1 September 1981	12 February 1985	Military	—	Appointed by the Armed Forces. Resigned.

56	Rafael Addiego Bruno (1923–2014)	12 February 1985	1 March 1985	Civic Union	—	President of the Supreme Court, appointed by the Armed Forces.

57	-	Julio María Sanguinetti (1936–)	1 March 1985	1 March 1990	Colorado	1984	First democratic President after the 1973-1985 dictatorship.	Enrique Tarigo

58	-	Luis Alberto Lacalle (1941–)	1 March 1990	1 March 1995	National	1989	Gonzalo Aguirre

59	-	Julio María Sanguinetti (1936–)	1 March 1995	1 March 2000	Colorado	1994	Hugo Batalla

Hugo Fernández Faingold

60	-	Jorge Batlle (1927–2016)	1 March 2000	1 March 2005	Colorado	1999	Luis Hierro López

61	-	Tabaré Vázquez (1940–)	1 March 2005	1 March 2010	Broad Front	2004	Rodolfo Nin Novoa

62	-	José Mujica (1935–)	1 March 2010	1 March 2015	Broad Front	2009	Danilo Astori

63	-	Tabaré Vázquez (1940–)	1 March 2015	Incumbent (Term ends on 1 March 2020)	Broad Front	2014	Raúl Fernando Sendic

Lucía Topolansky

Sentence(s)

José Mujica (born 1935) served as the President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.

final_sentence: José Mujica (born 1935) served as the President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.