Background

Tajes came from a military background. He was a member of the Colorado Party (Uruguay)

Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....

, which ruled the country almost uninterruptedly for a century.

In 1886 his Colorado Party (Uruguay)

Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....

 colleague President Máximo Santos

Máximo Santos

Máximo Santos was a Uruguayan political and military figure.-Background:Santos pursued a career in the military, prior to serving as Minister for War from 1880 to 1882...

, with whom, however, he had poor relations, stepped down from his second term of office.

President of Uruguay

Tajes served as 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...

 from 1886 to 1890.

He was succeeded as President by his Colorado Party (Uruguay)

Colorado Party (Uruguay)

The Colorado Party is a political party in Uruguay.- Aims :It unites Conservative, Moderate and Social democratic groups. It was the dominant party of government almost without exception during the stabilisation of the Uruguayan republic....

 colleague Julio Herrera y Obes

Julio Herrera y Obes

Julio Herrera y Obes , was a Uruguayan political figure.-Background:Herrera y Obes belonged to the Colorado Party....

.

Legacy and death

A road in Carrasco

Carrasco, Montevideo

Carrasco is a barrio in Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Punta Gorda to the west, Carrasco Norte to the north, Canelones Department to the east and the coastline to the south...

, 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 names after Máximo Tajes.

He died in 1912.