Francisco Antonino Vidal | |
Order: | President of Uruguay |
Term Start: | 15 March 1880 |
Term End: | 1 March 1882 |
Predecessor: | Lorenzo Latorre |
Successor: | Máximo Santos |
Order2: | President of Uruguay |
Term Start2: | 1 March 1886 |
Term End2: | 24 May 1886 |
Predecessor2: | Máximo Santos |
Successor2: | Máximo Santos |
Birth Date: | 1827 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Empire of Brazil |
Death Date: | 1889 |
Death Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Party: | Colorado Party |
Profession: | Politician |
Francisco Antonino Vidal (1827–1889)[1] was born in Montevideo,[2] though his birth has also been reported as in 1825, in San Carlos, Uruguay.[3] He was a senator and two-time president of Uruguay.
He grew to become active in Uruguayan politics, serving as a member of the Colorado party. He was appointed interim minister of the government c. 1865, and later became a member of the Senate of Uruguay. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1870 and 1879.[4]
He became President of Uruguay in 1880, but was forced to resign in 1882 by Máximo Santos. He became president once more in 1886, but his term only lasted a few months until Santos took over once again.[5]
He died on February 7, 1889, in Montevideo.