Faustino Harrison

Uruguayan political figure

Faustino Harrison Usoz (21 May 1900,^[1] Chamangà, Flores Department – 20 August 1963, Montevideo)^[2] was a Uruguayan political figure.

President of the National Council of Government

He was President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government from 1962 to 1963. His service as President came at a time when the collegiate system of Presidential rule then in force in Uruguay was coming under increasing scrutiny as a result of its perceived inadequacy in the face of mounting social and economic problems.

Political alignment

Harrison was a member of the National Party (Uruguay), as was his predecessor and successor, Presidents Haedo and Crespo respectively. His period of office and the years surrounding it were somewhat exceptional in Uruguayan politics as they broke for a number of years the longstanding tradition of the rule of the Colorado Party.

Death

He died in 1963, less than six months after stepping down from the Presidency.

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Eduardo Victor Haedo	President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government (National Government Council) 1962 – 1963	Succeeded by Daniel Fernández Crespo

Heads of state and government of Uruguay

Heads of state

Governors (1828-1830)	Joaquín Suárez José Rondeau Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Presidents (1830–1955)	Fructuoso Rivera Carlos Anaya Manuel Oribe Fructuoso Rivera Joaquín Suárez Juan Francisco Giró Venancio Flores Gabriel Antonio Pereira Bernardo Berro Lorenzo Batlle y Grau José Eugenio Ellauri Pedro Varela Lorenzo Latorre Francisco Antonino Vidal Alberto Flangini Máximo Santos Francisco Antonino Vidal Máximo Santos Máximo Tajes Julio Herrera y Obes Duncan Stewart Juan Idiarte Borda Juan Lindolfo Cuestas José Batlle y Ordóñez Feliciano Viera Baltasar Brum José Serrato Juan Campisteguy Gabriel Terra Alfredo Baldomir Juan José de Amézaga Tomás Berreta Luis Batlle Berres Andrés Martínez Trueba
Presidency abolished between 1955 and 1967; the National Council of Government became the collective head of state
Presidents (1967–present)	Óscar Diego Gestido Jorge Pacheco Areco Juan María Bordaberry Alberto Demicheli Aparicio Méndez Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Rafael Addiego Bruno Julio María Sanguinetti Luis Alberto Lacalle Julio María Sanguinetti Jorge Batlle Ibáñez Tabaré Vázquez José Mujica Tabaré Vázquez Luis Lacalle Pou

Heads of government

The president was both head of state and head of government between 1830 and 1917
Prime ministers of the National Council of Administration (1917–1933)	Feliciano Viera José Batlle y Ordóñez Julio María Sosa Luis Alberto de Herrera José Batlle y Ordóñez Luis C. Caviglia Baltasar Brum Juan Pedro Fabini Antonio Rubio
The president was both head of state and head of government between 1933 and 1955
Chairmen of the National Council of Government (1955–1967)	Luis Batlle Berres Alberto Fermín Zubiría Arturo Lezama Carlos Fischer Martín Echegoyen Benito Nardone Eduardo Víctor Haedo Faustino Harrison Daniel Fernández Crespo Luis Giannattasio Washington Beltrán Alberto Héber Usher
The president is both head of state and head of government from 1967 onward