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1922 Uruguayan General Election
General elections were held in Uruguay on 26 November 1922 to elect the president, all members of the Chamber of Representatives, seven of the nineteen members of the Senate and three members of the National Council of Administration. It was the first time that the presidency had been directly elected,Martin Weinstein (1975) ''Uruguay: The Politics of Failure'', p66 and the Colorado Party received most votes overall, and its lead candidate José Serrato was elected president. The Colorado Party factions also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Representatives,Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p511 while the National Party won five of the seven Senate seats. Results President National Council of Administration Chamber of Representatives Senate Aftermath Following the elections, Serrato was inaugurated as president on 1 March 1923. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately . It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in Montevideo metropolitan area, the metropolitan area of its capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter gatherer, hunter gatherers 13,000 years ago. The first European explorer to reach the region was Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516, but the area was colonized later than its neighbors. At the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, European arrival, the Charrúa were the predominant tribe, alongside other groups such as the Guaraní people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Representatives Of Uruguay
The Chamber of Representatives () is the lower house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (''Asamblea General de Uruguay''). The Chamber has 99 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation with at least two members per department. The composition and powers of the Chamber of Representatives are established by Article Ninety of the Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that members must be aged at least 25 and have been a citizen of Uruguay for five years. It is the competence of the Chamber of Representatives to accuse in the Senate members of both houses, the President and Vice President of the Republic, the Ministers of State, the members of the Supreme Court, the Administrative Litigation Court, the Court of Accounts and the Electoral Court, either for violating the Constitution or other serious crimes. Latest elections Representatives President The Presidency of the Chamber is renewed at the beginning of each session. Every year, a Rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Of Uruguay
The Chamber of Senators of Uruguay (''Cámara de Senadores de Uruguay''), or Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly of Uruguay (''Asamblea General de Uruguay''). It has 30 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation; the Vice President of Uruguay, vice-president presides over the chamber's sessions. The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article Ninety-eight of the Constitution of Uruguay, Uruguayan Constitution. It also requires that the senators must be at least 30 years old and have been Uruguayan citizens for seven years. In addition to the functions that it performs jointly with the House of Representatives through the General Assembly, it stands out as a competence that falls solely on the House of Senators to open a public trial to those accused by the House of Representatives or the Junta Departamental, in their case, and pronounce sentence for the sole purpose of separating them from their positions, by two-thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Council Of Administration
The National Council of Administration () was part of the executive power in Uruguay between 1919 and 1933, ruling alongside the President of Uruguay, President of the Republic.The Constitution Library of Congress Country Studies The ''colegiado'' system was proposed by President José Batlle y Ordóñez during his second term in office, with the aim of creating an executive body similar to the Swiss Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council. Batlle had been opposed to the presidential system, believing that a collegiate body would lower the risk of a dictatorship emerging. Although the proposal was unsuccessful in 1916, Batlle negotiated a compromise with the National Party (Uruguay), National Party to include the system in a Constitution of Uruguay of 1918, new constitution approved in a 1917 Uruguayan constitu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colorado Party (Uruguay)
The Colorado Party (, , PC) is a liberal political party in Uruguay. Its existence can be traced back to the origins of the Uruguayan republic, in the 1830s, and since then until the late 1990s it remained the most dominant political party in the country, holding power almost uninterruptedly (alternating with the National Party, its greatest rival) until its electoral collapse in the 2004 elections, when the Party obtained only 10% of the vote. Since then, the Colorados have been able to recuperate some of their lost support, but as of 2024 they haven’t reached the 20% threshold in any of the elections celebrated in that period (2009, 2014, 2019, 2024). Their current position in the Uruguayan political landscape is conditioned by the unofficial coalition they’ve formed with the National Party (''Partido Nacional''; another center-right political party, traditionally the Colorado’s greatest adversary), in opposition to the Broad Front (''Frente Amplio''). The Front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Serrato
José Serrato (September 30, 1868 – September 7, 1960) was a politician who was elected President of Uruguay. Background Serrato attended Elbio Fernández School. Serrato finished his studies as surveyor in Montevideo’s university in 1887, and later graduated as a civil engineer from that same university in 1892. He later became a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which had long dominated the politics of the country. He was broadly identified with the policies of José Batlle y Ordóñez, but was regarded as not being strongly ideological, and thus able to work with others in the party with more polarized standpoints. He served as Minister of Finance from 1904 to 1907 and from 1911 to 1913. During Batlle’s second presidency, while serving as Minister of Finance, as noted by one study, “Among the questions which engaged his attention were the further improvement of the customs system, the revision of the real estate tax law, and the raising of funds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expert on electoral system An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and inf ...s and political development, he has published several books. Bibliography Books published by Nohlen include: *''Electoral systems of the world'' (in German, 1978) *''Lexicon of politics'' (seven volumes) *''Elections and Electoral Systems'' (1996) *''Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook'' (1999 with Michael Krennerich and Bernhard Thibaut) *''Elections in Asia and the Pacific: A Data Handbook'' (2001 with and Christof Hartmann) ** ''Volume 2: South East Asia, East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party (Uruguay)
The National Party (, PN) also known as the White Party (), is a major political party in Uruguay. Founded in 1836 by General Manuel Oribe, it is the country's oldest active political party, and along with the Colorado Party (Uruguay), Colorado Party, its origin dates back to the History of Uruguay, establishment of Uruguay as an independent state. Positioned on the centre-right of the political spectrum, the National Party is ideologically Liberalism, liberal, Nationalism, nationalist, Pan-Americanism, Pan-Americanist and Humanism, humanist. Considering the interim co-government of the ''Gobierno del Cerrito'' headed by Manuel Oribe, and the Gobierno de la Defensa, Defense Government from Montevideo led by the Colorado Joaquín Suárez, Joaquín Suarez, in the middle of the Uruguayan Civil War, and with the exception of the Presidency of Luis Lacalle Pou, administration of Luis Lacalle Pou, the PN has ruled the country for 35 years interruptedly throughout its history. The part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Alberto De Herrera
Luis Alberto de Herrera (Montevideo, 22 July 1873 – 8 April 1959) was a Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, journalist and politician. Political and diplomatic roles A national leader of great importance during the first half of the 20th century, he led the National Party through the most decisive instances along five decades. His own political movement is known as Herrerismo. From 1902 to 1904, he was Uruguayan Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States. From 1925 to 1927 he served as President of the National Council of Administration, or Prime Minister, during the presidency of José Serrato. In 1933, he took part at the Convention on Rights and Duties of States adopted by the Seventh International Conference of American States. Particularly after 1933, he was tactically close to his nominal Colorado Party opponent, President Gabriel Terra. :es:Luis Alberto de Herrera#Participación en el golpe de Estado de Gabriel Terra He stood for the presidency six times between 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of Uruguay
The Communist Party of Uruguay (, PCU) is a communist party in Uruguay, founded on 21 September 1920 by members of the Socialist Party who had endorsed the October Revolution and the Bolsheviks. The current secretary-general of the PCU is Juan Castillo (Uruguayan politician), Juan Castillo. It is a member of the Broad Front (Uruguay), Broad Front coalition. Secretaries-general References External links * iarchive:uruguay 202412/mode/2up, FBI file on the Communist Party of Uruguay Communist Party of Uruguay, International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties São Paulo Forum {{Uruguay-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Democratic Party Of Uruguay
The Christian Democratic Party of Uruguay () is an Uruguayan political party. The party adheres to Christian democracy and social democracy, and sits on the centre-left of the left-right political spectrum. History The party was established in 1911 as the Civic Union,https://web.archive.org/web/20141021200243/http://www.pdcuruguay.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=172 El ABC del PDC] Christian Democratic Party having developed out of the Catholic Party that contested the 1910 Uruguayan parliamentary election, 1910 elections. In February 1962 it was renamed the Christian Democratic Party. A faction broke away in 1966, initially running under the name Christian Civic Movement, before becoming the Christian Radical Union, and later reclaiming the Civic Union name. According to a 1956 study, the Civic Union "rejected the concept of statism involved in what it claimed was "Colorado Socialism," although it was willing to accept subsidiary intervention by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of Uruguay
The Socialist Party of Uruguay () is a centre-left political party in Uruguay. Founded in 1910, it is part of the Broad Front political coalition and the Progressive Alliance. History The party was founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr Emilio Frugoni, a prominent advocate of socialist ideas in Uruguay. Its central organ was the newspaper '' Germinal'', later superseded by ''El Sol''. The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1932 and 1940. In 1951 it joined the Socialist International, which it later left in 1960, and rejoined it in 1999. In 2017 the party once again withdrew from the Socialist International and joined the Progressive Alliance. In 1971, the party was one of the founding members of the Broad Front, a left-wing coalition than won the 2004 election, 2009 election and 2014 election, also electing one of its affiliates, Tabaré Vázquez, as president. It is currently led by Gonzalo Civila. The Broad Front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
