Martín Echegoyen

Uruguayan political figure

Martín Ricardo Echegoyen (3 April 1891 in Montevideo – 18 May 1974 in Montevideo)^[1]^[2]^[3] was a Uruguayan political figure.^[4] In the years 1959 to 1960 he was the president of the Uruguayan National Council of Government.

Political background

Echegoyen was a member of the National Party, which in the 1958 elections ended the longstanding tradition of Colorado Party presidents.

He served under President Gabriel Terra as Education Minister from 1935 to 1936, and as Public Works Minister from 1936 to 1938. He later ran as the National Party's vice presidential candidate in 1946 and 1950.

For many years, he served as a prominent member of the Senate. He was its president from March 1, 1963, to March 1, 1967.^[5]

President of the National Council of Government; later career

Echegoyen served as president of the National Council of Government of Uruguay from 1959 to 1960. He was succeeded as president by Benito Nardone, a National Party colleague.

After relinquishing the presidency in 1960, Echegoyen ran for president in 1966 but was beaten by Oscar Diego Gestido.

Subsequently, already aged in his 80s, Echegoyen presided over the Council of State in the civilian-military administration instituted by President Juan María Bordaberry in 1973.

Echegoyen died on 18 May 1974 at the age of 83.

References

^ "Index E". rulers.org. Archived from the original on 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
^ "Martín Echegoyen". autores.uy. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
^ Puente, William (2 April 2017). "Lo indignante, es que una escuela lleva su nombre". laondadigital.uy. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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^ Presidencia de la Asamblea General y del Senado; Presidencia de la Camara de Representantes (December 2006), Parlamentarios Uruguayos, 1830-2005 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on October 29, 2013 – via parlamento.gub.uy

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External links

Works by or about Martín Echegoyen at Internet Archive

Political offices
Preceded by Carlos Fischer	President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government 1959–1960	Succeeded by Benito Nardone

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