José Evaristo Uriburu Explained

José E. de Uriburu
Order:President of Argentina
Term Start:January 24, 1895
Term End:October 11, 1898
Predecessor:Luis Sáenz Peña
Successor:Julio A. Roca
Order2:Vice President of Argentina
Term Start2:October 12, 1892
Term End2:January 23, 1895
President2:Luis Sáenz Peña
Predecessor2:Carlos Pellegrini
Successor2:Norberto Quirno Costa
Birth Date:November 19, 1831
Birth Place:Salta
Death Place:Buenos Aires
Spouse:Virginia Uriburu
Leonor Tezanos Pinto
Party:National Autonomist Party
Profession:Lawyer
Relations:Evaristo de Uriburu (father)
María Josefa Álvarez de Arenales (mother)
Signature:JoséEvaristoUriburuFirma.png

José Félix Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales (November 19, 1831  - October 23, 1914)[1] was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898.

He was an adept diplomat; participating as arbiter on the peace negotiations on the War of the Pacific between Chile, Perú and Bolivia.

He was Vice-President and became President of Argentina in 1895 when Luis Sáenz Peña resigned.

His son was José Evaristo Uriburu y Tezanos Pinto (1880–1956), Argentinian Ambassador in London in the 1920s, and father of Clarita de Uriburu, Cecil Beaton's model.[2]

Work in office as president

Other offices held

Notes and References

  1. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/619777/Jose-Evaristo-Uriburu Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. Book: Beaton. Cecil. The Unexpurgated Beaton: The Cecil Beaton Diaries as He Wrote Them, 1970-1980. 2007. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 440. 9780307429520. 22 January 2018.