Juan Antonio Lavalleja

Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Portrait by Jean-Philippe Goulu
President of Uruguay
In office
25 September 1853 – 22 October 1853
Preceded byVenancio Flores
Succeeded byFructuoso Rivera
Personal details
Born(1784-06-24)24 June 1784
Died22 October 1853(1853-10-22) (aged 69)
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Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre (June 24, 1784 – October 22, 1853) was an Uruguayan libertador, revolutionary, military general, and political figure. He was born in Minas, in a region now named after him as the Lavalleja Department of Uruguay.