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Juan Antonio Lavalleja
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Juan Antonio Lavalleja
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| President of Uruguay | |
| In office 1853–1853 |
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| Preceded by | Venancio Flores |
| Succeeded by | Fructuoso Rivera |
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| Born | 24 June 1784 |
| Died | 22 October 1853 (aged 69) |
Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre (June 24, 1784 – October 22, 1853) was a Uruguayan revolutionary and political figure. He was born in Minas, nowadays being located in the Lavalleja Department, which was named after him.
Pre-Independence role
He led the group called "Thirty-Three Orientals" during Uruguay's Declaration of Independence from Brazil in 1825. His leadership of this group has taken on somewhat mythic proportions in popular Uruguayan historiography.
Post-Independence career
After Uruguay's independence in 1825, Lavalleja sought the presidency as a rival to Fructuoso Rivera in 1830, who won. In protest to his loss, Lavalleja staged revolts. He was part of a triumvirate chosen in 1852 to govern Uruguay, but died shortly after his accession to power.
Historical legacy
Lavalleja is remembered as a rebel who led the fight against Brazil. But as one of the major figures in early, post-independence Uruguayan history he is identified as a skilled but reactionary warrior who contributed to the culture of intermittent civil war which dogged Uruguay for much of the 19th century.
Family
Lavalleja married Ana Monterroso in 1817; she was sister of José Benito Monterroso.
- Setembrino Pereda, La leyenda del arroyo Monzón, Lavalleja y Rivera. Montevideo: 1935.
See also
In Spanish: Juan Antonio Lavalleja para niños
- Politics of Uruguay
- Treaty of Independence of Cisplatine in a new country, the Uruguay - 1828
- Republic
- History of all constitutions of Brazil
