Jose Eugenio Ellauri y Obes | |
Office: | 9th President of Uruguay |
Term Start: | March 1, 1873 |
Term End: | January 22, 1875 |
Predecessor: | Tomás Gomensoro Albín |
Birth Date: | 15 November 1834 |
Birth Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Death Place: | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Party: | Colorado Party |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Jose Eugenio Ellauri y Obes (1834–1894) was a Uruguayan political figure.
He was a lawyer by profession, and a prominent member of the Colorado Party (Uruguay).
His father was Foreign Minister, Deputy and President of the Constituent Assembly, José Longinos Ellauri.
He served as Foreign Minister under Lorenzo Batlle y Grau from 1868 to 1872.
He served as President of Uruguay from 1873 to 1875.[1]
While President, Ellauri founded by decree the town of Villa del Carmen, in Durazno Department in 1873.