List of presidents of Uruguay

Uruguay is a presidential republic in which the president is both the head of state and head of government. The following is a list of all the people who have held the office of President of Uruguay since 6 November 1830.

 Governors of Uruguay as a province 

 Oriental Province (1814–1817) 

Province part of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.

No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officeNotes(1)100pxNicolás Rodríguez Peña(1775–1853)9 July 181425 August 1814Governor. Appointed by Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.(2)100pxMiguel Estanislao Soler(1783–1849)25 August 181425 February 1815Governor.(3)100px(1774–1831)26 February 1815July 1815Governor. Appointed by José Gervasio Artigas.(4)138x138px(1789–1848)July 181520 January 1817Governor. Appointed by José Gervasio Artigas.

 Cisplatine Province (1817–1828) 

After the Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental the Oriental Province became a province of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves and a province of the Empire of Brazil after 1822.

No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officeNotes/1/100pxCarlos Frederico Lecor(1764–1836)20 January 18173 February 1826Governor./2/100px(1769–1847)3 February 182627 August 1828Governor.

 Oriental Province (1825–1828) 

In the Congress of Florida the Oriental Province declared independence from the Empire of Brazil and reunited with the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.

No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officeNotes(5)100pxJuan Antonio Lavalleja(1784–1853)19 September 18255 July 1826Governor. Appointed by the Congress of Florida.(6)100pxJoaquín Suárez(1781–1868)5 July 182612 October 1827Governor.(7)100pxLuis Eduardo Pérez(1774–1841)12 October 182727 August 1828Governor. Appointed by Juan Antonio Lavalleja.

 Heads of state of Uruguay as an independent country 

 Government and Provisional General Captaincy of the Oriental State of Uruguay (1828–1830) 

After the Preliminary Peace Convention the Oriental Province gained effective independence from the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.

No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officeNotes-1-100pxLuis Eduardo Pérez(1774–1841)27 August 18281 December 1828Governor and Provisional Captain General. Appointed by Juan Antonio Lavalleja.-2-100pxJoaquín Suárez(1781–1868)2 December 182822 December 1828Governor and Provisional Captain General. Appointed by the General Constituent Assembly.-3-100pxJosé Rondeau(1775–1844)22 December 1828 17 April 1830 Governor and Provisional Captain General. Appointed by the General Constituent Assembly. Resigned.-4-100pxJuan Antonio Lavalleja(1784–1853)17 April 183028 June 1830Governor and Provisional Captain General. Appointed by the General Constituent Assembly.

 Oriental State of Uruguay (1830–1919) 
The Constitution of 1830 comes into force.

No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officePartyElectedNotes-5-100pxJuan Antonio Lavalleja(1784–1853)28 June 183024 October 1830——Governor and Provisional Captain General. Appointed by the General Constituent Assembly.=1=100pxLuis Eduardo Pérez(1774–1841)24 October 18306 November 1830——President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.1100pxFructuoso Rivera(1784–1854)6 November 183024 October 1834 —18301st Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Resigned.=2=100pxCarlos Anaya(1777–1862)24 October 18341 March 1835Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.2 Manuel Oribe(1792–1857)1 March 183524 October 1838National18352nd Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Resigned.=3= Gabriel Antonio Pereira(1794–1861)24 October 18381 March 1839Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.3100pxFructuoso Rivera(1784–1854)1 March 18391 March 1843Colorado18393rd Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. - Manuel Oribe(1792–1857)16 February 18438 October 1851National—Self-proclaimed president of the Gobierno del Cerrito, during the Uruguayan Civil War.=4=100pxJoaquín Suárez(1781–1868)1 March 184315 February 1852Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power. President of the Gobierno de la Defensa, during the Uruguayan Civil War.-=5=100pxBernardo Prudencio Berro(1803–1868)15 February 18521 March 1852National—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.4100pxJuan Francisco Giró(1791–1863)1 March 185225 September 1853National18524th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Ousted from office by a coup d'état.-100pxVenancio Flores(1808–1868)25 September 185312 March 1854Colorado—Triumvirate. Fructuoso Rivera and Juan Antonio Lavalleja died in office.100pxFructuoso Rivera(1784–1854)25 September 185313 January 1854Colorado100pxJuan Antonio Lavalleja(1784–1853)25 September 185322 October 1853—5100pxVenancio Flores(1808–1868)12 March 185410 September 1855Colorado18545th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Resigned.-Luis María Lamas(1793–1864)29 August 185510 September 1855Conservative—Self-proclaimed president after the .=6= Manuel Basilio Bustamante(1785–1863)10 September 185515 February 1856Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.=7=(1794–1869)15 February 18561 March 1856Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.6 Gabriel Antonio Pereira(1794–1861)1 March 1856 1 March 1860Colorado18566th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. 7100pxBernardo Prudencio Berro(1803–1868)1 March 18601 March 1864National18607th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. =8=100pxAtanasio Cruz Aguirre(1801–1875)1 March 186415 February 1865National—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power. Resigned after the Brazilian invasion.=9=100pxTomás Villalba(1805–1886)15 February 186520 February 1865National—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power. Resigned after the Brazilian invasion.·1·100pxVenancio Flores(1808–1868)20 February 186515 February 1868Colorado—De facto president after the Brazilian invasion. Assumed power as Provisional Governor for 3 years.=10=100pxPedro Varela(1837–1906)15 February 18681 March 1868Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.8100pxLorenzo Batlle(1810–1887)1 March 18681 March 1872Colorado18688th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. =11= Tomás Gomensoro Albín(1810–1900)1 March 18721 March 1873Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.9100pxJosé Eugenio Ellauri(1834–1894)1 March 187322 January 1875Colorado18739th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Resigned.10100pxPedro Varela(1837–1906)22 January 187510 March 1876Colorado—10th Constitutional President, appointed by the General Assembly after the resignation of Ellauri. Ousted by a coup d'état.·2·100pxLorenzo Latorre(1844–1916)10 March 18761 March 1879Colorado—Assumed power as Provisional Governor.111 March 187915 March 1880187911th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Resigned.12100pxFrancisco Antonino Vidal(1825–1889)15 March 18801 March 1882Colorado—12th Constitutional President, appointed as president by the General Assembly to finish the presidential period 1879–1883. Resigned.13100pxMáximo Santos(1847–1889)1 March 18821 March 1886Colorado—13th Constitutional President, appointed by the General Assembly for a term of 4 years.14100pxFrancisco Antonino Vidal(1825–1889)1 March 188624 May 1886Colorado188614th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Resigned.=12=100pxMáximo Santos(1847–1889)24 May 188618 November 1886Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power. Resigned.15100pxMáximo Tajes(1852–1912)18 November 18861 March 1890Colorado—15th Constitutional President, appointed as president by the General Assembly to finish the presidential period 1886–1890.16100pxJulio Herrera y Obes(1841–1912)1 March 18901 March 1894Colorado189016th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. =13=100pxDuncan Stewart(1833–1923)1 March 189421 March 1894Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.17100pxJuan Idiarte Borda(1844–1897)21 March 189425 August 1897Colorado189417th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. Assassinated.=14=100pxJuan Lindolfo Cuestas(1837–1905)25 August 189710 February 1898Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.·3·10 February 189815 February 1899De facto president following a self-coup. Resigned.=15=100pxJosé Batlle y Ordóñez(1856–1929)15 February 18991 March 1899Colorado—President of the Senate exercising the Executive Power.18100pxJuan Lindolfo Cuestas(1837–1905)1 March 18991 March 1903Colorado189918th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. 19100pxJosé Batlle y Ordóñez(1856–1929)1 March 19031 March 1907Colorado190319th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. 20100pxClaudio Williman(1861–1934)1 March 19071 March 1911Colorado190720th Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. 21 José Batlle y Ordóñez(1856–1929)1 March 19111 March 1915Colorado191121st Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. 22100pxFeliciano Viera(1872–1927)1 March 19151 March 1919Colorado191522nd Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. 

 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. He may be re-elected any number of times, but is ineligible for immediate re-election.

No.PortraitName(Birth–Death)Term of officePartyElectedNotesVice President23100pxBaltasar Brum(1883–1933)1 March 19191 March 1923Colorado191923rd Constitutional President, elected by the General Assembly. The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Council of Administration, headed by a President:
1 March 1919 – 1 March 1921:Feliciano Viera
1 March 1921 – 1 March 1923:José Batlle y Ordóñezrowspan=5 24 José Serrato(1868–1960)1 March 19231 March 1927Colorado192224th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Council of Administration, headed by a President:
1 March 1923 – 1 March 1925:Julio María Sosa
1 March 1925 – 1 March 1927:Luis Alberto de Herrera25 Juan Campisteguy(1859–1937)1 March 19271 March 1931Colorado192625th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Council of Administration, 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 Brum26100pxGabriel Terra(1873–1942)1 March 193131 March 1933Colorado193026th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. The President served as part of the executive alongside the National Council of Administration, headed by a President:
1 March 1931 – 1 March 1933:Juan Pedro Fabini
1 March 1933 – 31 March 1933:Antonio Rubio Pérez·4·31 March 193318 May 1934—De facto president following a self-coup.18 May 193419 June 1938Provisional president elected by the 3rd National Constituent Convention.Alfredo Navarro27100pxAlfredo Baldomir(1884–1948)19 June 193821 February 1942Colorado193827th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. César Charlone–21 February 19421 March 1943—De facto president following a self-coup.28100pxJuan José de Amézaga(1881–1956)1 March 19431 March 1947Colorado194228th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Alberto Guani29100pxTomás Berreta(1875–1947)1 March 19472 August 1947Colorado194629th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Died in office.Luis Batlle Berres30100pxLuis Batlle Berres(1897–1964)2 August 19471 March 1951Colorado—30th Constitutional President. Vice-president under Berreta, assumed the presidency after his death.Alfeo Brum31100px Andrés Martínez Trueba(1884–1959)1 March 19511 March 1952Colorado195031st Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. The post of President was replaced by the National Council of Government.1100pxNational Council of Government 1952–19551 March 19521 March 1955Colorado—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 Truebarowspan=4 2100pxNational Council of Government 1955–19591 March 19551 March 1959Colorado1954The 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 Fischer3100pxNational Council of Government 1959–19631 March 19591 March 1963National1958The 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 Harrison4100pxNational Council of Government 1963–671 March 19631 March 1967National1962The National Council of Government was headed by a President rotating every year:
1 March 1963 – 1 March 1964:Daniel Fernández Crespo
1 March 1964 – 7 February 1965:Luis Giannattasio
7 February 1965 – 1 March 1966:Washington Beltrán
1 March 1966 – 1 March 1967:Alberto Héber Usher32100px Óscar Diego Gestido(1901–1967)1 March 19676 December 1967Colorado196632nd Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Died in office.Jorge Pacheco Areco33100pxJorge Pacheco Areco(1920–1998)6 December 19671 March 1972Colorado—33rd Constitutional President. Vice-president under Gestido, assumed the presidency after his death.Alberto Abdala34100px Juan María Bordaberry(1928–2011)1 March 197227 June 1973Colorado197134th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Jorge Sapelli·5·27 June 197312 June 1976—1973 Uruguayan coup d'état, start of the dictatorship between 1973 and 1985. Ousted from office.rowspan=5 ·6· Alberto Demicheli(1896–1980)12 June 19761 September 1976Colorado—Appointed by the Armed Forces. Ousted from office.·7·100pxAparicio Méndez(1904–1988)1 September 19761 September 1981National—Appointed by the Armed Forces for a term of 5 years.·8· Gregorio Álvarez(1925–2016)1 September 198112 February 1985Military—Appointed by the Armed Forces. Resigned.:1: Rafael Addiego(1923–2014)12 February 19851 March 1985Civic Union—President of the Supreme Court, appointed by the Armed Forces.35100pxJulio María Sanguinetti(born 1936)1 March 19851 March 1990Colorado198435th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. First democratic President after the 1973-1985 dictatorship.Enrique Tarigo36 100pxLuis Alberto Lacalle(born 1941)1 March 19901 March 1995National198936th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Gonzalo Aguirre Ramírez37100pxJulio María Sanguinetti(born 1936)1 March 19951 March 2000Colorado199437th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Hugo BatallaHugo Fernández Faingold38100pxJorge Batlle(1927–2016)1 March 20001 March 2005Colorado199938th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Luis Antonio Hierro López39100pxTabaré Vázquez(1940–2020)1 March 20051 March 2010Broad Front200439th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Rodolfo Nin Novoa40100pxJosé Mujica(1935–2025)1 March 20101 March 2015Broad Front200940th Constitutional President, elected by the citizens. Danilo Astori41100pxTabaré Vázquez(1940–2020)1 March 20151 March 2020Broad Front201441st Constitutional President, elected by the citizens.Raúl Sendic RodríguezLucía Topolansky42100pxLuis Lacalle Pou(born 1973) 1 March 2020  1 March 2025National201942nd Constitutional President, elected by the citizens.Beatriz Argimón43100pxYamandú Orsi(born 1967) 1 March 2025 IncumbentBroad Front202443rd Constitutional President, elected by the citizens.Carolina Cosse

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