Gabriel Terra
Gabriel Terra | |
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Terra in 1934 | |
| President of Uruguay | |
| In office 18 May 1934 – 9 June 1938 | |
| Succeeded by | Alfredo Baldomir |
| De facto President of Uruguay | |
| In office 31 March 1933 – 18 May 1934 | |
| Preceded by | Himself as constitutional president |
| Succeeded by | Himself as designated president |
| 26th Constitutional President of Uruguay | |
| In office 1 March 1931 – 31 March 1933 | |
| Preceded by | Juan Campisteguy |
| Succeeded by | Himself as de facto president |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Luis Gabriel Terra Leivas 1 August 1873 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Died | 15 September 1942 (aged 69) Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Party | Colorado Party |
| Spouse | María Marcelina Ilarraz Miranda |
| Children | 8 |
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| Education | University of the Republic |
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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. That same year, he left the position due to a stroke, remaining paralyzed for four years until his death in near-extreme poverty on 15 September 1942.