Juan Antonio Lavalleja | |
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President of Uruguay | |
In office 1853–1853 | |
Preceded by | Venancio Flores |
Succeeded by | Fructuoso Rivera |
Personal details | |
Born | Minas, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Uruguay) | 24 June 1784
Died | 22 October 1853 | (aged 69)
Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre (June 24, 1784 – October 22, 1853)[1] was an Uruguayan libertador, revolutionary, military general, and political figure.[2] He was born in Minas, in a region now named after him as the Lavalleja Department of Uruguay.