Gabriel Terra

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Gabriel Terra
Gabriel Terra in 1934
26th President of Uruguay
In office 1 March 1931 – 19 June 1938
Prime Minister	Juan Pedro Fabini Antonio Rubio
Vice President	Alfredo Navarro
Preceded by	Juan Campisteguy
Succeeded by	Alfredo Baldomir
Personal details
Born	1 August 1873 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	15 September 1942(1942-09-15) (aged 69) Montevideo, Uruguay
Political party	Colorado Party
Spouse	María Marcelina Ilarraz Miranda
Alma mater	University of the Republic
Occupation	Politician, lawyer

José Luis Gabriel Terra Leivas (Montevideo, Republic East of the Uruguay, August 1, 1873 - September 15, 1942), better known as Gabriel Terra, was a lawyer, professor, economist, writer, statesman and politician. Between 1900 and 1939 he served as a prominent advisor to all Uruguayan governments on diplomatic, economic and financial issues, between 1907 and 1922 he held important ministries, he was a member of the National Council of Administration between 1926 and 1929. He governed as Constitutional President from March 1 from 1931 until his self-coup on March 31, 1933, beginning the historical period called "Terra dictatorship" or "Third Republic", he governed temporarily until March 1, 1934, dissolved the Collegiate and recovered the single executive system through the Constitution of 1934 ruling until June 11, 1938.

He was the man who ruled the country for the longest uninterrupted time. In 1938 he became President of the Bank of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay (BROU), that same year he left office due to a stroke, remaining paralyzed for 4 years, until his death almost in extreme poverty on September 15, 1942.