José Batlle y Ordóñez

José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez, nicknamed Don Pepe, was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. He was the son of a former president and was widely praised for his introduction of his political system, Batllism, to South America and for his role in modernizing Uruguay through his creation of extensive welfare state reforms.

21 May 1856

Born on the same birth day (21 May): Ara Parseghian • Arthur Carr (cricketer) • Claire Cashmore • Dave Specter • John Curtis Gowan • Jonathan Hyde • Josh Allen • Kano (British musician) • Léon Bourgeois • Michael Fuß • Nadine Dorries • Paul Barber (field hockey) • Rene Krhin • Wayne Roycroft

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