Fructuoso Rivera

Fructuoso Rivera
President of Uruguay
In office
6 November 1830 – 24 October 1834
Preceded byLuis Eduardo Pérez
Succeeded byCarlos Anaya
In office
1 March 1839 – 1 March 1843
Preceded byGabriel Antonio Pereira
Succeeded byJoaquín Suárez
In office
25 September 1853 – 13 January 1854
Preceded byJuan Francisco Giró
Succeeded byVenancio Flores
Personal details
Born(1784-10-17)17 October 1784
Durazno, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
Died13 January 1854(1854-01-13) (aged 69)
Melo, Uruguay
NationalityUruguayan
Political partyColorado Party
ProfessionMilitary

José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (17 October 1784 – 13 January 1854) was an Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, thrice served as President of Uruguay and was one of the instigators of the long Uruguayan Civil War.[1] He is also considered to be the founder of the Colorado Party, which ruled Uruguay without interruption from 1865 until 1958. He made a controversial decision to almost completely eliminate the native Charrúa during the 1831 Massacre of Salsipuedes.

  1. ^ Marley, David (1998). Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-87436-837-6.