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Montevideo, the 15.07.2003

History.

The former natives of Uruguay, before the European Colonialaisierung were the Charrua Indian. They descended from the Guarani Indians of Paraguay. The Spaniards discovered the area of today's Uruguay 1516. Since however gold and silver occurrences were missing, and the Indians resisted carried out became the region in 16. and 17 embittered. Century hardly settles. Only the cattle meant wealth in the region, introduced by the Spaniards. First Spanish the settlers tried besides the expansion of Portugal at of Brazil borders to prevent.
Montevideo became in early 18. Century as military fortress based. Its natural port became the economical center of the country, and the Gegenpol Argentina capital Buenos Aires. Of Uruguay early 19. Century was determined particularly by colonial fights of Spain, Portugal and England for the Uruguayisch Argentine area. The hero of Uruguay is Jose Gervasio Artigas, which successfully stated 1811 a revolt against Spain. In the year 1821 the province was explained east the Rio del la Plata (today Uruguay) from the Portuguese duly to Brazil. The province explained again its independence from Brazil on 25 August 1825, after some revolts 1821, 1823 and 1825. The region decided however to an alliance with Argentina.
After 3 year old war the Argentine Argentinisch-Uruguayi alliance defeated Brazil. Today's independent Uruguay was justified with the contract by Montevideo 1828, with support by England. The first condition of the country is published 1830. Jose Battle y Ordonez, president from 1903 to 1907 and later from 1911 to 1915 put the foundation-stones for of Uruguay modern political development. It led extensive political, social and economic improvements, like a welfare program, government participation into many facets of the economy and a double executive. Some these improvements by its successors were continued.
Until 1966, economically, politically, and social difficulties to constitutional amendments led. 1967 were then accepted a changed condition. Armed forces closed 1973 the congress and manufactured a civilcunning-military regime. The new military government was rejected 1980 by a popular vote. The armed forces announced thereupon a plan to the return to the civil guideline. 1984 Julio Maria Sanguinetti, who was one the prominent Wiederstaendler against the military government, won the elections. It served from 1985 to 1990.
Sanguinettis economic improvements, concentrated on the promotion of the foreign trade. Thus obtained it something success and stabilized the economy. In order to promote and the return of the democratic civil guideline facilitate national reconciliation, Sanguinetti secured a disputed general amnesty for the former military leaders with the general agreement by popular vote and accelerated the release of the former gang fighters.
Luis Alberto Lacalle of that national a party won 1989 the presidency elections and governed from 1990 to 1995. President Lacalle introduced large economic structure reforms and liberalisierte the trade, he made possible for Uruguay so the entry to MERCOSUR (Southern Cone Common Market), an economic union of some South American countries. Despite the economic growth during the government duration Lacalles, excited privatisation efforts the political opposition, some improvements were upset by referendum.
In the elections 1994 former president Sanguinetti won. The government Sanguinetti continued of Uruguay economic improvements and integration into the MERCOSUR. Other important improvements were in the ranges of the choice system, the social security, the training and general security. The economy grew constantly to low rohstoffpreise and economic difficulties to a recession led, which continued in 2002.
1999 president Battle won the elections. Its reign drawn by economic recession and uncertainty. First by the devaluation 1999 of the Brazilian material and then by the outbreak of the muzzle and claw epidemic, which met one main industries of Uruguay sensitively, and finally by the political and economic collapse of Argentina 2001.
(C) Wolfgang Wehrheim

Uruguayi presidents

1830-1830 Luis Eduardo Pérez Pagola (inter-CIM president)
1830-1834 Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana
1834-1835 of Carlo Anaya y López (inter-CIM president)
1835-1838 Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana
1838-1838 Gabriel Antonio José Pereira Villagrán (inter-CIM president)
1838-1839 Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (2.)
1839-1839 Gabriel Antonio José Pereira Villagrán (2.) (inter-CIM president)
1839-1843 Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (3.)
1843-1852 Joaquí­n Luis Miguel Suárez de Rondelo y Fernández
1852-1852 Bernardo Prudencio Berro y Larrañaga (inter-CIM president)
1852-1853 Juan José Francisco Giró y Zufriategui
1853-1854 provisional government: Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre -
Venancio Flores Barrios - Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana
1854-1855 Venancio Flores Barrios
1855-1855 Luis Marí­a Galo de la Santí­sima Trinidad Lama Reguera (provisional)
1855-1856 Manuel Basilio Bustamante Piris (inter-CIM president)
1856-1856 José Marí­a Plá Machado (inter-CIM president)
1856-1860 Gabriel Antonio José Pereira Villagrán (3.)
1860-1864 Bernardo Prudencio Berro y Larrañaga (2.)
1864-1865 Atanasio de la Cruz Aguirre Aguado
1865-1865 Tomás mansion LBA Albí­n (inter-CIM president)
1865-1868 Venancio Flores Barrios (2.)
1868-1868 Pedro Varela (inter-CIM president)
1868-1872 Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y grey
1872-1873 Tomás José del Carmen Gomensoro Albí­n (inter-CIM president)
1873-1875 José Eugenio Ellauri Obes
1875-1875 Pedro Varela (2.) (provisionally)
1875-1875 Pedro Esteban Carve Pérez
1875-1875 Pedro Varela (3.)
1876-1879 Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Latorre Jampen (provisional)
1879-1879 Francisco Antonio Vidal Silva (inter-CIM president)
1879-1880 Lorenzo Antonio Inocencio Latorre Jampen (2.)
1880-1882 Francisco Antonio Vidal Silva (2.)
1882-1882 Miguel Alberto Flangini Ximénez (inter-CIM president)
1882-1886 Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa
1886-1886 Francisco Antonio Vidal Silva (3.)
1886-1886 Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (2.) (inter-CIM president)
1886-1890 Máximo Tajes Cáceres
1890-1894 Julio Herrera y Obes Martí­nez
1894-1894 Duncan Antonio Stewart Agell (inter-CIM president)
1894-1897 Juan Bautista Idiarte Borda Soumastre
1897-1899 Juan Lindolfo de loosely Reyes Cuestas York (inter-CIM president)
1899-1899 José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez (inter-CIM president)
1899-1903 Juan Lindolfo de loosely Reyes Cuestas York (2.)
1903-1907 José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez (2.)
1907-1911 Claudio Antolí­n William Gonsález
1911-1915 José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez (3.)
1915-1919 Feliciano Alberto Viera Borges
1919-1923 Baltasar Brum Rodrí­guez
1923-1927 José Serrato Bergeróo
1927-1931 Juan Campisteguy Oxcoby
1931-1938 Gabriel Terra Leivas
1938-1943 Alfredo Baldomir Ferrari
1943-1947 Juan José de Amézaga Landaraso
1947-1947 Tomás Berreta Gandolfo
1947-1951 Luis Conrado Batlle Berres
1951-1952 Andrés Martí­nez Trueba
1952-1955 Andrés Martí­nez Trueba
1955-1956 Luis Conrado Batlle Berres
1956-1957 Alberto Fermí­n Zubirí­a Urtiague
1957-1958 Arturo Lezama Bagez
1958-1959 of Carlo Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni
1959-1960 Martí­n Recaredo Etchegoyen Machicote
1960-1961 Benito Nardone Cetrulo
1961-1962 Eduardo Ví­ctor Haedo
1962-1963 Faustino Harrison Usoz
1963-1964 Daniel Fernández Crespo
1964-1965 Luis Giannattasio Finocchietti
1965-1966 Washington Beltrán Mullin
1966-1967 Alberto Héber Usher
1967-1967 Óscar Diego Gestido float
1967-1972 Jorge Pacheco Areco
1972-1976 Juan Marí­a Bordaberry Arocena
1976-1976 Pedro Alberto Demicheli Lizaso (inter-CIM president)
1976-1981 Aparicio Méndez Manfredini
1981-1985 Gregorio Conrado Alvarez Armelino
1985,1985 Rafael José Addiego Bruno (inter-CIM president)
1985-1990 Julio Marí­a Sanguinetti Coirolo
1990-1995 Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera
1995-2000 Julio Marí­a Sanguinetti Coirolo (2.)

2000 Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez