Alberto Fermín Zubiría Urtiague (1901–1971) was a Uruguayan

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

 political figure, who served as President of Uruguay

President of Uruguay

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Background

Alberto Fermín Zubiría was a prominent member of the Uruguayan

Uruguay

Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...

 Colorado

Colorado

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 Party, which ruled the country for long periods. He became a Deputy in 1932. He was noted for his opposition to President Gabriel Terra

Gabriel Terra

Dr. Gabriel Terra Leivas was the President of Uruguay from 1931 to 1938.- Background :Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family, he graduated from the University of Uruguay in 1895, and subsequently joined the faculty....

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In 1947 he was appointed Industry minister in the administration of President Tomás Berreta

Tomás Berreta

Tomás Berreta Gandolfo was the President of Uruguay for five months in 1947.-Background:Having been an activist in the Uruguayan Colorado Party since 1896, for a number of years he was active in local politics and served as Intendent of Canelones in the early part of the 20th Century.He later...

. From 1948 to 1950 he served as Interior Minister under President Luis Batlle Berres

Luis Batlle Berres

Luis Conrado Batlle y Berres was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Batlle Berres was a journalist and prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party...

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President of Uruguay

In 1956, following his fellow-Colorado

Colorado

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 colleague President Batlle Berres stepping down from his second term as president, he served as President of Uruguay

President of Uruguay

The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay is the head of state of Uruguay. His or her rights are determined in the Constitution of Uruguay. Conforms with the Secretariat of the Presidency, the Council of Ministers and the Director of the Office of Planning and Budget, the executive branch...

 until 1957.

He was succeeded as President by his Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

 party colleague Arturo Lezama

Arturo Lezama

-Background:Lezama was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which ruled the country for lengthy periods. In 1957 his fellow-Colorado colleague President Alberto Fermín Zubiría stepped down from office.-President of Uruguay:...

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Post Presidency

While the opportunity was created for him to serve in a Senate post in 1966, in the event he declined to do so .

He died in 1971.