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]