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Bernardo Prudencio Berro
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Bernardo Berro
7th President of Uruguay
In office
March 1, 1860 – March 1, 1864
Preceded by Gabriel Antonio Pereira
Succeeded by Atanasio Cruz Aguirre
Provisional President of Uruguay
(as President of the Senate)
In office
February 15, 1852 – March 1, 1852
Preceded by Joaquín Suárez
Succeeded by Juan Francisco Giró
Personal details
Born
Bernardo Prudencio Berro Larrañaga

April 28, 1803
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died February 19, 1868
Montevideo, Uruguay
Cause of death murder
Political party National Party
Spouse Práxedes Rosa Bustamante del Puerto
Occupation politician
revolutionary
writer
Military service
Allegiance Argentina Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata
Flag of the National Party (Uruguay).svg Blancos

Bernardo Prudencio Berro (April 28, 1803 – February 19, 1868) was the President of Uruguay from 1860 to 1864.

Background

Berro was a member of the National (Blanco) Party. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1852, and from 1858 to 1859.

President of Uruguay (first, provisional term)

Berro first served as head of state of Uruguay in a provisional government for several weeks in 1852, during a brief period in which the National Party came to power.

President of Uruguay (second term)

He led the National Party's return to power in 1860 and made attempts to unite the country's political factions, efforts not seldom opposed by members of his own Party and Government.

Assassination

Berro and former president Venancio Flores were both assassinated on February 19, 1868.

See also

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