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Gabriel Terra

1873 - 1942

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José Luis Gabriel Terra Leivas (1 August 1873 – 15 September 1942) was a Uruguayan lawyer and statesman who served as the 26th constitutional president of Uruguay from 1931 to 1933 and as dictator until 1938. He led a traditionalist and corporatist regime known as the March dictatorship, because the self-coup that he led took place on 31 March 1933. While in power, Terra promoted the 1934 Constitution, which after being approved by the citizens through a nationwide referendum, officially abolished the collegiate executive established in 1917 and guaranteed rights such as gender equality and women's suffrage, as well as the legalization of homosexuality. In 1938, he became president of the state-owned Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabriel Terra is the 10,298th most popular politician (up from 11,717th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Uruguay (up from 90th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Uruguayan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gabriel Terra ranks 10,298 out of 19,576. Before him are Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, Demophon of Athens, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, and Jozef Lenárt. After him are Boniface Alexandre, Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Hernán Siles Zuazo, Alexander I Aldea, and Rainulf Drengot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Gabriel Terra ranks 88. Before him are Georges Theunis, Iuliu Maniu, Gustaf John Ramstedt, Nureddin Pasha, Louis Feuillade, and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Joseph Jongen, Ramón Castillo, Henri Helle, Józef Haller, Daisy, Princess of Pless, and Arthur Oncken Lovejoy. Among people deceased in 1942, Gabriel Terra ranks 105. Before him are Olha Kobylianska, Epitácio Pessoa, Thomas Xenakis, Carola Neher, Dorando Pietri, and Rudolf Spielmann. After him are Renia Spiegel, Heber Doust Curtis, Jure Francetić, Kaarel Eenpalu, Ahatanhel Krymsky, and Otto Herschmann.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Gabriel Terra ranks 64 out of 444. Before him are Diego Godín (1986), Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920), George Hilton (1934), Juan Antonio Lavalleja (1784), Ángel Romano (1894), and Federico Valverde (1998). After him are Michele Andreolo (1912), Víctor Rodríguez Andrade (1927), Carlos Romero (1927), Eusebio Tejera (1922), Miguel Capuccini (1904), and Cristina Peri Rossi (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Uruguay

Among politicians born in Uruguay, Gabriel Terra ranks 18. Before him are José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856), Bernardo Arévalo (1958), Venancio Flores (1808), Aparicio Méndez (1904), Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920), and Juan Antonio Lavalleja (1784). After him are Rafael Addiego Bruno (1923), Alberto Demicheli (1896), Gabriel Antonio Pereira (1794), Luis Lacalle Pou (1973), Atanasio Aguirre (1801), and Bernardo Berro (1803).

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