José Higinio Uriarte del Barrio | |
Order: | 7th |
Office: | President of Paraguay |
Term Start: | 12 April 1877 |
Term End: | 25 November 1878 |
Vicepresident: | Vacant |
Predecessor: | Juan Bautista Gill |
Successor: | Cándido Bareiro |
Order1: | 3rd |
Office1: | Vice President of Paraguay |
Term Start1: | 25 November 1874 |
Term End1: | 12 April 1877 |
President1: | Juan Bautista Gill |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1843 |
Birth Place: | Asunción, Paraguay |
Nationality: | Paraguayan |
Party: | Independent |
Spouse: | Etelvina Trinidad Mercedes Velilla |
Children: | 2 |
José Higinio Uriarte y García del Barrio (11 January 1843 in Asunción – 21 April 1909) was a Paraguayan politician and President from April 12, 1877 to November 25, 1878.
He was Juan Bautista Gill's cousin. He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies,[1] and was elected as Vice President 1874.[2] After Gill was assassinated, Uriarte became the acting President for the remainder of Gill's four-year-term. He was Minister of Finance of Paraguay from 1887 to 1889.[3]