José Evaristo Uriburu

José E. de Uriburu
13th President of Argentina
In office
24 January 1895  11 October 1898
Preceded byLuis Sáenz Peña
Succeeded byJulio A. Roca
8th Vice President of Argentina
In office
12 October 1892  23 January 1895
PresidentLuis Sáenz Peña
Preceded byCarlos Pellegrini
Succeeded byNorberto Quirno Costa
Personal details
Born19 November 1831
Salta
Died23 October 1914(1914-10-23) (aged 82)
Buenos Aires
Political partyNational Autonomist Party
Spouse(s)Virginia Uriburu
Leonor Tezanos Pinto
RelationsEvaristo de Uriburu (father)
María Josefa Álvarez de Arenales (mother)
ChildrenRita, Sara, Jorge, Carlos and Virginia de Uriburu (with Virginia Uriburu)
José Evaristo, Jr and Leonor de Uriburu (with Leonor Tezanos Pinto)
ProfessionLawyer
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José Félix Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales (19 November 1831 23 October 1914) was President of Argentina from 23 January 1895 to 12 October 1898.

He was an adept diplomat; participating as arbiter on the peace negotiations on the War of the Pacific between Chile, Perú and Bolivia.

He was vice-president and became president of Argentina in 1895 when Luis Sáenz Peña resigned.

His son was José Evaristo Uriburu y Tezanos Pinto (1880–1956), Argentinian Ambassador in London in the 1920s, and father of Clarita de Uriburu, Cecil Beaton's model.