Vice President of Uruguay

The vice president of Uruguay is the person with the second highest position in the executive branch of the Uruguayan government, after the President of Uruguay. The Vice President replaces the elected President in case of his death or absence. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as president of the Chamber of Senators and of the General Assembly.

Vice President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Vicepresidente de la República Oriental del Uruguay
Incumbent Beatriz Argimón since 1 March 2020
Seat	Legislative Palace
Term length	Five years, not renewable immediately
Inaugural holder	Alfredo Navarro
Formation	1 March 1934
Website	presidencia.gub.uy

The current Vice President is Beatriz Argimón, who took office on March 1, 2020.^[1]

List of vice presidents of Uruguay

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Political party		Elections	President	Notes
			Start	End
1		Alfredo Navarro (1868–1951)	18 May 1934	19 June 1938		Colorado	—	Gabriel Terra	Elected by the 3rd National Constituent Convention.
2		César Charlone (1895–1973)	19 June 1938	1 March 1943		Colorado	1938	Alfredo Baldomir
3		Alberto Guani (1877–1956)	1 March 1943	1 March 1947		Colorado	1942	Juan José de Amézaga
4		Luis Batlle Berres (1897–1964)	1 March 1947	2 August 1947		Colorado	1946	Tomás Berreta	Assumed the presidency after the death of Tomás Berreta.
5		Alfeo Brum (1898–1972)	2 August 1947	1 March 1951		Colorado	—	Luis Batlle Berres	Assumed the Vice Presidency as first senator of the most voted party.
			1 March 1951	1 March 1952		Colorado	1950	Andrés Martínez Trueba	The post of President and Vice President were replaced by the National Council of Government.
Post abolished 1 March 1952 – 1 March 1967								National Council of Government
6		Jorge Pacheco Areco (1920–1998)	1 March 1967	6 December 1967		Colorado	1966	Óscar Diego Gestido	Assumed the presidency after the death of Óscar Diego Gestido.
7		Alberto Abdala (1920–1986)	6 December 1967	1 March 1972		Colorado	—	Jorge Pacheco Areco	Assumed the Vice Presidency as first senator of the most voted party.
8		Jorge Sapelli (1926–1996)	1 March 1972	27 June 1973		Colorado	1971	Juan María Bordaberry	Ousted from office by a coup d'état.
Vacant 27 June 1973 – 1 March 1985								Civic-military dictatorship
9		Enrique Tarigo (1927–2002)	1 March 1985	1 March 1990		Colorado	1984	Julio María Sanguinetti
10		Gonzalo Aguirre (1940–2021)	1 March 1990	1 March 1995		National	1989	Luis Alberto Lacalle
11		Hugo Batalla (1926–1998)	1 March 1995	3 October 1998		Colorado	1994	Julio María Sanguinetti	Died in office.
12		Hugo Fernández Faingold (1947–)	3 October 1998	1 March 2000		Colorado	—		Assumed the Vice Presidency as first senator of the most voted party.
13		Luis Hierro López (1947–)	1 March 2000	1 March 2005		Colorado	1999	Jorge Batlle
14		Rodolfo Nin Novoa (1948–)	1 March 2005	1 March 2010		Broad Front	2004	Tabaré Vázquez
15		Danilo Astori (1940–)	1 March 2010	1 March 2015		Broad Front	2009	José Mujica
16		Raúl Fernando Sendic (1962–)	1 March 2015	13 September 2017		Broad Front	2014	Tabaré Vázquez	Resigned.
17		Lucía Topolansky (1944–)	13 September 2017	1 March 2020		Broad Front	—		Assumed the Vice Presidency as second senator of the most voted party, as the first senator of the most voted party, José Mujica, can only be President or Vice President until 5 years after his term ends.
18		Beatriz Argimón (1961–)	1 March 2020	Incumbent		National	2019	Luis Lacalle Pou	Became the first woman elected to this position.

Living former vice presidents

• 
  Hugo Fernández Faingold
  (1998–2000)
  (1947-03-01) 1 March 1947 (age 77)
• 
  Luis Antonio Hierro López
  (2000–2005)
  (1947-01-06) 6 January 1947 (age 77)
• 
  Rodolfo Nin Novoa
  (2005–2010)
  (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 76)
• 
  Danilo Astori
  (2010–2015)
  (1940-04-23) 23 April 1940 (age 84)
• 
  Raúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez
  (2015–2017)
  (1962-08-29) 29 August 1962 (age 62)
• 
  Lucía Topolansky
  (2017–2020)
  (1944-09-25) 25 September 1944 (age 80)

References

1. Uruguay, Presidencia de la República Oriental del. "Luis Lacalle Pou y Beatriz Argimón juraron como presidente y vicepresidenta de la República - Presidencia de la República". Presidencia de la República Oriental del Uruguay (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2020-05-02.