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'''Juan María Bordaberry Arocena''' ({{IPA-es|boɾðaβeˈri aɾoˈsena|lang}}; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011), also referred to by his initials '''JMB''', was an [[Uruguay]]an politician and cattle rancher who served as the 34th [[President of Uruguay]] from 1972 until his resignation in 1976 and the 1st [[Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay|President of the Civic-Military Dictatorship]] from 1973 to 1976. Previously, he was the [[Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (Uruguay)|Minister of Agriculture]] from 1969 to 1972.
'''Juan María Bordaberry Arocena''' ({{IPA-es|boɾðaβeˈri aɾoˈsena|lang}}; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011), also referred to by his initials '''JMB''', was an [[Uruguay]]an politician and cattle rancher who served as the 34th [[President of Uruguay]] from 1972 until his resignation in 1976 and the 1st [[Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay|President of the Civic-Military Dictatorship]] from 1973 to 1976. Previously, he was the [[Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (Uruguay)|Minister of Agriculture]] from 1969 to 1972.


He came to office following the [[1971 Uruguayan general election|Presidential elections of late 1971]]. In 1973, Bordaberry dissolved the [[General Assembly of Uruguay|General Assembly]] and was widely regarded as ruling by decree as a military-sponsored dictator until disagreements with the military led to his being overthrown before his original term of office had expired. čau more nemáš cígo ?
He came to office following the [[1971 Uruguayan general election|Presidential elections of late 1971]]. In 1973, Bordaberry dissolved the [[General Assembly of Uruguay|General Assembly]] and was widely regarded as ruling by decree as a military-sponsored dictator until disagreements with the military led to his being overthrown before his original term of office had expired.


On 17 November 2006 he was arrested in a case involving four deaths, including two of members of the General Assembly during the period of civilian-military rule in the 1970s.
On 17 November 2006 he was arrested in a case involving four deaths, including two of members of the General Assembly during the period of civilian-military rule in the 1970s.

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bordaberry and the second or maternal family name is Arocena.
Juan María Bordaberry
Bordaberry in 1972
34th President of Uruguay
In office
1 March 1972 – 12 June 1976
Vice President
Preceded byJorge Pacheco Areco
Succeeded byAlberto Demicheli (interm)
1st President of the Civic-Military Dictatorship
In office
27 June 1973 – 12 June 1976
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlberto Demicheli (interm)
Minister of Agriculture
In office
14 October 1969 – 1 February 1972
PresidentJorge Pacheco Areco
Preceded byJaime Montaner
Succeeded byHéctor Viana Martorell
Personal details
Born(1928-06-17)17 June 1928
Montevideo, Uruguay
Died17 July 2011(2011-07-17) (aged 83)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Resting placeCemetery Parque Martinelli de Carrasco, Canelones Department
Political partyColorado Party
SpouseJosefina Herrán Puig[1]
Children9, including Pedro
Parents
RelativesBordaberry family
EducationUniversity of Montevideo
OccupationPolitician, Stockgrower
Criminal details
Conviction(s)Crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty30 years
Imprisoned atHouse arrest

Juan María Bordaberry Arocena (Spanish: [boɾðaβeˈri aɾoˈsena]; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011), also referred to by his initials JMB, was an Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher who served as the 34th President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1976 and the 1st President of the Civic-Military Dictatorship from 1973 to 1976. Previously, he was the Minister of Agriculture from 1969 to 1972.

He came to office following the Presidential elections of late 1971. In 1973, Bordaberry dissolved the General Assembly and was widely regarded as ruling by decree as a military-sponsored dictator until disagreements with the military led to his being overthrown before his original term of office had expired.

On 17 November 2006 he was arrested in a case involving four deaths, including two of members of the General Assembly during the period of civilian-military rule in the 1970s.

Background and earlier career

Bordaberry was born in 1928 in Montevideo, Uruguay's capital. Juan María Bordaberry's father was Domingo Bordaberry, who served in the Senate and in Ruralist leadership, and he was the heir to one of the largest ranches in the country. Initially, Juan María Bordaberry belonged to the National Party, popularly known as the Blancos, and was elected to the Senate on the Blanco ticket. In 1964, however, he assumed the leadership of Liga Nacional de Accion Ruralista (Spanish for "National Rural Action League"), and in 1969 joined the Colorado Party.

Agriculture Minister

That year he was appointed to the Cabinet, where he sat from 1969 to 1971 as agriculture minister in the government of President Jorge Pacheco, having had a long association with rural affairs (see Domingo Bordaberry).

President of Uruguay

Bordaberry was elected president as a Colorado candidate in 1971.[2] He actually won the second-most overall votes, finishing 60,000 votes behind Wilson Ferreira Aldunate of the National Party. However, the combined Colorado vote[clarification needed] exceeded the combined National vote by just over 12,000 votes. Under Uruguay's Ley de Lemas system, the highest-finishing candidate of the party that won the most votes was elected president.

Bordaberry took office in 1972 in the midst of an institutional crisis caused by the authoritarian rule of Pacheco and the terrorist threat. Bordaberry, at the time, had been a minor political figure; he had little independent standing as a successor to Pacheco other than being Pacheco's handpicked successor. He continued Pacheco's authoritarian methods, suspending civil liberties, banning labor unions, and imprisoning and killing opposition figures. He appointed military officers to most leading government positions. [citation needed]

Before and after his period of Presidential office, he was identified with schemes for agricultural improvement; his Agriculture minister was Benito Medero. In personal terms, one of Bordaberry's actions which proved in hindsight to have been disadvantageous was his appointment of Jorge Sapelli as Vice President of Uruguay, given the latter's resignation and public repudiation of him in 1973. On June 27, 1973, Bordaberry dissolved Congress, suspended the Constitution and gave the military and police the power to take whatever measures it deemed necessary to restore order. For the next three years, he ruled by decree with the assistance of a National Security Council ("COSENA").[3]

There were several important public figures in his cabinet. During the first, democratic years, Julio María Sanguinetti, José Antonio Mora, Luis Barrios Tassano, Pablo Purriel; later, during the dictatorial period, Alejandro Végh Villegas, Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé, Walter Ravenna, Néstor Bolentini.

Ousted by military

Gradually, Bordaberry became even more authoritarian than his military partners. In June 1976, he proposed a new, corporatist constitution that would have permanently shuttered the parties and codified a permanent role for the military. This was further than even the military wanted to go, and it forced him to resign.[3] Bordaberry then returned to his ranch.

Family

Bordaberry and his wife, Josefina Herrán, had nine children. One of Bordaberry's sons, Pedro Bordaberry, was Minister for Tourism and Industry in the government of Jorge Batlle. Another son, Santiago, is a rural affairs activist. [citation needed]

Arrest

On 17 November 2006, following an order by judge Roberto Timbal, Bordaberry was placed under arrest along with his former foreign minister Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé.[4] He was arrested in connection with the 1976 assassination of two legislators, Senator Zelmar Michelini of the Christian Democratic Party and House leader Héctor Gutiérrez of the National Party. The assassinations took place in Buenos Aires but the prosecution argued they had been part of Operation Condor, in which the military regimes of Uruguay and Argentina coordinated actions against dissidents. Timbal ruled that since the killings took place outside Uruguay, they were not covered by an amnesty enacted after the return of civilian rule in 1985. [citation needed]

On 23 January 2007, he was hospitalized in Montevideo with serious respiratory problems. Because of his health problems the judge Paublo Eguern ordered that Bordaberry be transferred to house arrest. From 27 January he served his prison term in the house of one of his sons in Montevideo. On 1 June 2007, an Appellate Court confirmed the continuation of the case of the murders of Michelini and Gutiérrez Ruiz. On 10 September 2007, another Appellate Court opened a new case to be tried by Judge Gatti for 10 homicides, for violations of the constitution. [citation needed]

On 7 February 2008, the BPS, Social Security Administration, suspended Bordaberry's retirement payments as ex-president of the country.

Opposition and support

Bordaberry's arrest was generally met with satisfaction and regarded as the end of impunity in Uruguay, a country considered by some to have lagged behind other Latin American nations in this matter.[5] However, former President Julio Sanguinetti has been critical of the one-sided prosecution of individuals involved in the conflict, and there has been lively media debate regarding issues surrounding Bordaberry's arrest.

One of his sons, Pedro Bordaberry, himself presidential candidate and a former minister, has been vocal in public support for his father[citation needed] and, by strong implication, for a measure of justification for the role of the civilian-military government of 1973–1985. Another son, Santiago Bordaberry, is a rancher and religious activist and has been prominent in the former President's public defence.

Conviction

On 5 March 2010, Bordaberry was sentenced to 30 years in prison (the maximum allowed under Uruguayan law) for murder and of being the intellectual author of kidnappings and disappearances of political opponents of the regime, becoming the second former Uruguayan dictator sentenced to a long prison term; in October 2009, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez was sentenced to 25 years. He had also been unsuccessfully tried for violating the constitution in the 1973 coup.[4]

Death

On 17 July 2011, Bordaberry died, aged 83, at his home. He had been suffering from respiratory problems and other illnesses.[6][7] His remains are buried at Parque Martinelli de Carrasco.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "María Josefina Herrán Puig, * 1930 | Geneall.net". Archived from the original on 2018-04-30.
  2. ^ "Reference at www.elpais.com.uy".
  3. ^ a b Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (December 1993). "The Military Government, 1973-85". Uruguay: A country study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. LCCN 92006702.
  4. ^ a b "Uruguay's ex-ruler Bordaberry jailed for 30 years". BBC News. 11 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Apelarán arresto de Bordaberry". 18 November 2006. BBC Mundo, 18 November 2006 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ "Uruguay's ex-leader Juan Maria Bordaberry dies aged 83". BBC News. 17 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Juan Maria Bordaberry, president-turned-dictator of Uruguay, dies at 83". Washington Post. 17 July 2011.
  8. ^ "Obituario de Juan Mª Bordaberry". El País (Uruguay). Retrieved 2013-03-03.
Political offices
Preceded by President of Uruguay
1972–1976 		Succeeded by
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