Higinio Uriarte

Higinio Uriarte

José Higinio Uriarte y García del Barrio (11 January 1843, Asunción – 21 April 1909) was Paraguayan politician and President from April 12, 1877 to November 25, 1878.

He was Juan Bautista Gill's cousin and Vice President. After Gill was assassinated, Uriarte became the acting President for the remainder of Gill's four-year-term.

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Political offices
Preceded by Salvador Jovellanos	Vice President of Paraguay 1874-1877	Succeeded by Adolfo Saguier
Preceded by Juan Bautista Gill	President of Paraguay 1877-1878	Succeeded by Cándido Bareiro

Heads of state of Paraguay

	Yegros Rodríguez de Francia Yegros Rodríguez de Francia Ortiz Medina Roque Alonzo C.A. López F.S. López Rivarola Machaín Rivarola Jovellanos Gill Uriarte Bareiro Saguier Caballero Escobar J.G. González M. Morínigo Egusquiza Aceval Carvallo Escurra Gaona Báez Ferreira González Navero Gondra Jara Rojas Peña González Navero Schaerer M. Franco Montero Gondra Eusebio Ayala Eligio Ayala Riart Eligio Ayala Guggiari Eusebio Ayala R. Franco Paiva Estigarribia H. Moríñigo Frutos J.N. González Rolón Molas Chávez Romero Stroessner Rodríguez Wasmosy Cubas González Macchi Duarte Lugo Franco Cartes

Italics indicate acting, interim or provisional role.

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