Daniel Fernández Crespo
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Daniel Fernández Crespo (1901 – 1964) was an 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.

Background and earlier career

Fernández Crespo belonged to 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...

 National Party
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....

. Formerly a schoolteacher by profession, by the time he assumed Presidential office he had achieved a reputation as a prolific sponsor of reformist legislation, including in the fields of accident insurance and pensions. From 1954 till 1958 he served as minority member of the National Council of Government of Uruguay.

In 1963 his National Party colleague Faustino Harrison
Faustino Harrison
Faustino Harrison was a Uruguayan political figure.- President of Uruguay :He was President of Uruguay from 1962 to 1963....

 stepped down from the Presidency of the Council.

President of Uruguay

He became President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay in 1963.

In 1964 he was succeeded as President by another National Party
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....

 colleague, Luis Giannattasio
Luis Giannattasio
Luis Giannattasio Finocchietti was a Uruguayan political figure.- Background :Giannattasio was an engineer by profession and a leading member of the Uruguayan Blanco party.From 1959 to 1963, he served as Minister of Public Works...

, who, however, was to die in office.

Death and legacy

Fernández Crespo himself died a few weeks after leaving office in 1964.

A road in the capital, Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...

, is named after him.

External links

  • http://www.grumete.com.uy/ayuda/archivos/DanielFernandesCrespo.jpg (photo)
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