Juan Antonio Lavalleja
Juan Antonio Lavalleja | |
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Portrait by Jean-Philippe Goulu | |
| President of Uruguay | |
| In office 1853–1853 | |
| Preceded by | Venancio Flores |
| Succeeded by | Fructuoso Rivera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1784 Minas, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (now Uruguay) |
| Died | 22 October 1853 (aged 69) |
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.