Juan Campisteguy Oxcoby 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 soldier

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, lawyer

Lawyer

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, and President of Uruguay (1927–1931).

Background

He was born in 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...

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Son of a soldier in the Siege of Montevideo, Campisteguy ended law studies in 1887. He participated in the revolution of Quebracho, wrote in the newspaper El Día and was deputy finance minister since 1891.

Campisteguy was formerly a close political ally of the longserving, liberal President of Uruguay

President of Uruguay

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 José Batlle y Ordóñez

José Batlle y Ordóñez

José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez was the president of Uruguay in 1899 and from 1903 until 1907 and for a further term from 1911 to 1915. He was the son of former president, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau. His children César, Rafael and Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco were actively engaged in politics...

, although he subsequently maintained a more independent political relationship within the Uruguayan Colorado Party

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President of Uruguay

He served as the 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...

 between 1927 and 1931. It was while Campisteguy was President in 1927 that women first exercised the vote in a local election (the Plebiscite of Cerro Chato ).

Campisteguy was succeeded as President by Gabriel Terra

Gabriel Terra

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Further reading

• Lindahl, Göran E., Uruguay's New Path: A Study in Politics During the First Colegiado, 1919–33 (1962).