José Batlle y Ordóñez
✓ Source-basedrisingPresident of Uruguay in 1903-1907 and 1911-1915 (1856-1929)
PoliticiansLived 1856 to 1929 · aged 73
Fame55.3
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Peak1950s
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José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez, nicknamed Don Pepe, was a prominent Uruguayan politician who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party.
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A photo of Batlle's father, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, taken some time before 1888
Batlle with other prominent politicians at the beginning of his second presidency in 1911. Standing (left to right): Feliciano Viera, Pedro Manini Ríos, Mateo Margariños Solsona, Antonio M. Rodríguez, Colonel Laborde, José Serrato y Domingo Arena. Seated: Claudio Williman, Diego Pons and José Batlle y Ordoñez
Monument of Batlle in MontevideoIn their orbit 5
Politicians born in the 1850s 6
About this person
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez, nicknamed Don Pepe, was a prominent Uruguayan politician who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. The son of a former president, he introduced his political system, Batllism, to South America and modernized Uruguay through his creation of extensive welfare state reforms.
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Politicians
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Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1856 to 1929 · aged 73
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