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Jorge Batlle Ibáñez
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president of Uruguay (1927-2016)
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Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez was a Uruguayan lawyer, politician, journalist, and jurist. Born in Montevideo on October 25, 1927, he served as the President of Uruguay and was a member of the Colorado Party. He was educated at the University of the Republic and spoke Spanish. His professional roles included work as a jurist and politician within his country.
He authored four works, including *Batllistas*, *Frases de Jorge Batlle y varios divagues*, *La modernización del Uruguay*, and *Las últimas frases de Batlle y otras cosas raras*. He was married to Mercedes Menafra and was the son of Luis Batlle Berres Pérez. Batlle Ibáñez died of a cerebral hemorrhage from natural causes on October 24, 2016, in Montevideo. He was buried in the Central Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Batllistas
- Frases de Jorge Batlle y varios divagues
- La modernización del Uruguay
- Las últimas frases de Batlle y otras cosas raras
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Vice president
- Luis Antonio Hierro López
- Preceded by
- Julio María Sanguinetti
- Succeeded by
- Tabaré Vázquez
- Constituency
- At-large
- Born
- ( 1927-10-25 ) 25 October 1927, Montevideo , Uruguay
- Died
- 24 October 2016 (2016-10-24) (aged 88), Montevideo, Uruguay
- Resting place
- Central Cemetery of Montevideo
- Party
- Colorado Party
- Spouses
- Noemí Lamuraglia, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 ) Mercedes Menafra , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Relations
- Batlle family
- Children
- Raúl Lorenzo, Beatriz
- Parent s
- Luis Batlle Berres , Matilde Ibáñez Tálice
- Alma mater
- University of the Republic
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Montevideo
- Place of death
- Montevideo
- Spouse
- Mercedes Menafra
- Father
- Luis Batlle Berres Pérez
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- University of the Republic
- Political party
- Colorado Party
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Image
- Jorge Batlle.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jorge Batlle
- date of birth
- 1927-10-25
- date of death
- 2016-10-24
- birth name
- Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez
- topic's main category
- Category:Jorge Batlle
- place of burial
- Central Cemetery
- cause of death
- cerebral hemorrhage
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈbaʝe iˈβaɲes]; Batlle locally [ˈbaʒe] or [ˈbaʃe]; 25 October 1927 – 24 October 2016) was an Uruguayan politician and lawyer, who served as the 38th president of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. A member of the Colorado Party, he previously served as National Representative from 1959 to 1967, and as Senator of the Republic from 1985 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1999. Batlle is, to date, the last president from the Colorado Party.
The eldest son of the 30th president Luis Batlle Berres and a member of the Batlle family, he was the fourth member of the family to serve as president of the country. He graduated from the University of the Republic in 1959 with a law degree, and then began a career as a journalist in El Día newspaper. He began his political career in the 1950s, being elected National Representative in the 1958 general election. During the civil-military dictatorship he was banned and in the 1984 general election that led to the democratic transition he was prevented from running for president, he could only run for the Senate.
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