José Batlle y Ordóñez
President of Uruguay
Died when: 73 years 172 days (881 months)Star Sign: Taurus
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez (['ba?e] or ['ba?e]; 23 May 1856 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 20 October 1929), nicknamed Don Pepe, was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party.
He was the son of a former president and was widely praised for his introduction of his political system, Batllism, to South America and for his role in modernizing Uruguay through his creation of extensive welfare state reforms.
In 1898, he served as interim president for a few weeks.He was later elected to the presidency for two terms: from 1903 to 1907 and from 1911 to 1915.
He remains one of the most popular Uruguayan presidents, mainly due to his role as a social reformer.Influenced by Krausist liberalism, he is known for introducing unemployment compensation, universal suffrage and the eight-hour workday, as well as free high school education.
He was one of the main promoters of Uruguayan secularization, which leaded to the division of the state and the Catholic Church.
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