Faustino Harrison

Uruguayan politician

Faustino Harrison Usoz (21 May 1900, Chamangá, Flores Department – 20 August 1963, Montevideo) was a Uruguayan politician.

Career

President of the National Council of Government

Harrison was elected to the ruling nine-member National Council of Government in 1959.^[1] A member of the ruralista faction of the National Party loyal to Benito Nardone, he proposed a more ambitious Ministry of Economy that would take greater responsibility for economic planning – an idea that would not come to fruition.^[2]^[3] From 1 March 1962 he served a one year term as President of the National Council, as the National Council officials rotated the chairmanship among themselves during their periods in office.^[1]^[4]

Death

Harrison died of a heart attack on 20 August 1963 in Montevideo, a few months after completing his presidential term.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Harris M. Lentz III (1994). Heads of States and Governments: A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Over 2,300 Leaders, 1945 through 1992. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 812. ISBN 0899509266.
^ "Uruguay". Hispanic American Report. XII (3). Hispanic American Society: 170. May 1959.
^ Philip Bates Taylor (1962). Government and Politics of Uruguay. Tulane University. p. 72.
^ Robert S. Kane (1962). South America A to Z. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. p. 180.

Political offices
Preceded by Eduardo Victor Haedo	President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government (National Government Council) 1962 – 1963	Succeeded by Daniel Fernández Crespo

Heads of state and government of Uruguay

Heads of state

Governors (1828-1830)	Joaquín Suárez José Rondeau Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Presidents (1830–1955)	Fructuoso Rivera Carlos Anaya Manuel Oribe Fructuoso Rivera Joaquín Suárez Juan Francisco Giró Venancio Flores Gabriel Antonio Pereira Bernardo Berro Lorenzo Batlle y Grau José Eugenio Ellauri Pedro Varela Lorenzo Latorre Francisco Antonino Vidal Alberto Flangini Máximo Santos Francisco Antonino Vidal Máximo Santos Máximo Tajes Julio Herrera y Obes Duncan Stewart Juan Idiarte Borda Juan Lindolfo Cuestas José Batlle y Ordóñez Feliciano Viera Baltasar Brum José Serrato Juan Campisteguy Gabriel Terra Alfredo Baldomir Juan José de Amézaga Tomás Berreta Luis Batlle Berres Andrés Martínez Trueba
Chairmen of the National Council of Government (1955–1967)	Luis Batlle Berres Alberto Fermín Zubiría Arturo Lezama Carlos Fischer Martín Echegoyen Benito Nardone Eduardo Víctor Haedo Faustino Harrison Daniel Fernández Crespo Luis Giannattasio Washington Beltrán Alberto Héber Usher
Presidents (1967–present)	Óscar Diego Gestido Jorge Pacheco Areco Juan María Bordaberry Alberto Demicheli Aparicio Méndez Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Rafael Addiego Bruno Julio María Sanguinetti Luis Alberto Lacalle Julio María Sanguinetti Jorge Batlle Ibáñez Tabaré Vázquez José Mujica Tabaré Vázquez Luis Lacalle Pou

Heads of government

The president was both head of state and head of government between 1830 and 1917
Prime ministers of the National Council of Administration (1917–1933)	Feliciano Viera José Batlle y Ordóñez Julio María Sosa Luis Alberto de Herrera José Batlle y Ordóñez Luis C. Caviglia Baltasar Brum Juan Pedro Fabini Antonio Rubio
The president was both head of state and head of government between 1933 and 1955
Presidency abolished between 1955 and 1967; the National Council of Government became the collective head of government
The president is both head of state and head of government from 1967 onward