Máximo Tajes Caceres (November 23, 1852 – November 21, 1912) was a

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an political figure.'Máximo Tajes', Wikipedia (in Spanish) :es:Máximo Tajes

Background

Tajes came from a military background. He was a member of the

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 i ...

, which ruled the country almost uninterruptedly for a century. He served as Minister of War from 1882 to 1886 under President

Máximo Santos Máximo Benito Santos Barbosa (15 April 1847 – 19 May 1889) was a Uruguayan political and military figure who was President of Uruguay from 1882 to 1886. He was member of the Colorado Party. He governed as an authoritarian in an alliance with ...

. In November 1886, President Santos, with whom he had poor relations, stepped down from his second term of office.

President of Uruguay

Tajes served as

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from 1886 to 1890. He was succeeded as President by his

colleague

Julio Herrera y Obes Julio Herrera y Obes (January 9, 1841, Montevideo – August 6, 1912, Montevideo) was a Uruguayan politician who was President of Uruguay from 1890 to 1894. Background Herrera y Obes belonged to the Colorado Party. He had been an advise ...

Death and legacy

Máximo Tajes died at age 59 in November 1912. His residence, near Cerrillos and close to the banks of the Santa Lucia river, is situated on a location called Parrador Tajes. It has become a house museum which is open to the public free of charge. A road in Carrasco,

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, is named after Máximo Tajes.

References

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Background

President of Uruguay

Death and legacy

See also

References