César Charlone (politician)
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César Charlone was a Uruguay
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...

an political figure.

Background

Charlone was prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party
Colorado Party (Uruguay)
The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....

 during the 1930s.

Vice President of Uruguay

He was the first Vice President of Uruguay
Vice President of Uruguay
-List of Vice Presidents of Uruguay:Parties: Colorado Party, National Party, Frente Amplio-History of the office:The office of Vice President of Uruguay dates from 1934 ....

, and served from 1934 to 1938 under 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....

, who largely circumvented the constitution and ruled by decree.

Post Vice-Presidency

Charlone was succeeded as Vice President in 1938 by Alfredo Navarro
Alfredo Navarro
Alfredo Navarro was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Navarro was a prominent member of the Colorado party in the 1930s.He was a noted medical doctor .-Vice President of Uruguay:...

.

He was Agriculture Minister 1967-1971 in the Government of 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...

 Jorge Pacheco Areco
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972.-Vice President of Uruguay:...

.

He died in 1973.

Historical significance

The controversial nature of his term of office under 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....

 suggests to some observers that he may be regarded as having largely repudiated the political ideals for which the Colorado Party has long stood. Others may recall that Chalone's willingness to identify with 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....

's rule by decree prefigures the cooperation of leading civilian Colorado party members, such as Juan Maria Bordaberry
Juan María Bordaberry
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena was a Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher, who first served as President from 1972 until 1976, including as a dictator from 1973 until his ouster in a 1976 coup...

 and Alberto Demicheli
Alberto Demicheli
Alberto Pedro Demicheli Lizaso was a Uruguayan political figure. Demicheli was a de facto President of Uruguay in 1976...

, with the civilian-military governments of 1973 to 1985. Indeed, Demicheli was a ministerial colleague of Charlone under the Presidency of Terra. Given the unquestionable extent of support for rule by decree in the Colorado (and, indeed, National
National Party (Uruguay)
The National Party , also known as the White Party , is a major right-wing conservative political party in Uruguay, currently the major opposition party to the ruling Frente Amplio government....

) parties from the 1930s onward, it makes it difficult for historians to dismiss the Terra and 1973-1985 administrations as merely "military" dictatorships constituting supposed aberrations from the norm within Uruguay
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...

an political culture.

See also

  • 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....

  • Vice President of Uruguay#Uruguayan political culture: reputations of Vice Presidential office holders
  • Politics of Uruguay
    Politics of Uruguay
    The Politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic, under which the President of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government, as well as a multiform party system. The president exercises executive power and Legislative power is vested in the two...

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