Jump to content

Claudio Williman: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Arosa (talk | contribs)
339 edits
m Grammar
Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
Added various reforms.
Line 45: Line 45:
He was the ''de facto'' caretaker president of Uruguay chosen by [[José Batlle y Ordóñez]] to succeed him after his first term in office.
He was the ''de facto'' caretaker president of Uruguay chosen by [[José Batlle y Ordóñez]] to succeed him after his first term in office.


Williman was chosen by Batlle to succeed him as Uruguayan presidents were constitutionally barred from serving consecutive terms. His policies generally followed those of Batlle. 5 new pavilions were built in the House of Isolation, the Germán Segura pavilion was enlarged; and a laboratory was set up in the Psychiatric Clinic of the Insane Asylum along with an external office in the Asylum for Foundlings and Orphans. A number of laws were passed concerning commercial, criminal and civil matters, including ones related to the conditional release of convicts, absolute divorce, marks of factory and trade, the legitimacy of natural children, abolition of the death penalty, and the abolition of the third instancein criminal matters.<ref>Mensaje del presidente de la República Dr. D. Claudio Williman á la H. Asamblea General al inaugurarse el 1er. período de la XXIV Legislatura 15 de febrero de 1911, P.15</ref> Departmental Hygiene Inspections were also established, in replacement of Councils which had been in operation since 1895,<ref>Mensaje del presidente de la República Dr. D. Claudio Williman á la H. Asamblea General al inaugurarse el 1er. período de la XXIV Legislatura 15 de febrero de 1911, P.16</ref> A Labor Office was also installed.<ref>Los sectores populares en el Uruguay del novecientos: pt. 1907-1911 by Universindo Rodríguez Díaz, 1989, P.9 </ref> Williman had called for the establishment of a Labor Office or institute, “destined to study everything that is related to the progress of the industries and the aspirations of the workers, in order to cooperate in the solution of the questions and conflicts and, prepare the most opportune legislation in this matter.”<ref>El Dr. Claudio Williman, su vida pública By José Claudio Williman, 1957, P.253-254</ref> Mnay new public schools were also built,<ref>Mensaje del presidente de la República Dr. D. Claudio Williman á la H. Asamblea General al inaugurarse el 1er. período de la XXIV Legislatura 15 de febrero de 1911, P.78</ref> In 1910 a hospital for children and an asylum were constructed, while building started on a hospital for tuberculosis patients.<ref>A Century of Social Welfare in Uruguay Growth to the Limit of the Batllista Social State Issue 5 By Fernando Filgueira, 1995, P.5</ref>
Williman was chosen by Batlle to succeed him as Uruguayan presidents were constitutionally barred from serving consecutive terms. His policies generally followed those of Batlle.


==Post Presidency==
==Post Presidency==

Revision as of 16:50, 23 January 2022

Claudio Wílliman
Claudio Wílliman
20th President of Uruguay
In office
1 March 1907 – 1 March 1911
Preceded byJosé Batlle y Ordóñez
Succeeded byJosé Batlle y Ordóñez
Personal details
Born(1861-10-10)October 10, 1861
Montevideo, Uruguay
DiedFebruary 9, 1934(1934-02-09) (aged 72)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Political partyColorado Party
ProfessionLawyer

Claudio Wílliman Gonzalez (born 10 October 1861 in Montevideo – † 9 February 1934 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan political figure.[1]

Background

Wílliman was a member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party and was closely identified with the liberal José Batlle y Ordóñez.

His grandson José Claudio Wílliman served in the Uruguayan Senate 1985–1990.[2]

President of Uruguay

He was the de facto caretaker president of Uruguay chosen by José Batlle y Ordóñez to succeed him after his first term in office.

Williman was chosen by Batlle to succeed him as Uruguayan presidents were constitutionally barred from serving consecutive terms. His policies generally followed those of Batlle. 5 new pavilions were built in the House of Isolation, the Germán Segura pavilion was enlarged; and a laboratory was set up in the Psychiatric Clinic of the Insane Asylum along with an external office in the Asylum for Foundlings and Orphans. A number of laws were passed concerning commercial, criminal and civil matters, including ones related to the conditional release of convicts, absolute divorce, marks of factory and trade, the legitimacy of natural children, abolition of the death penalty, and the abolition of the third instancein criminal matters.[3] Departmental Hygiene Inspections were also established, in replacement of Councils which had been in operation since 1895,[4] A Labor Office was also installed.[5] Williman had called for the establishment of a Labor Office or institute, “destined to study everything that is related to the progress of the industries and the aspirations of the workers, in order to cooperate in the solution of the questions and conflicts and, prepare the most opportune legislation in this matter.”[6] Mnay new public schools were also built,[7] In 1910 a hospital for children and an asylum were constructed, while building started on a hospital for tuberculosis patients.[8]

Post Presidency

He was succeeded by Batlle who was re-elected in 1911. He returned to the Senate of Uruguay but then left it to become president of the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay in 1916. He held that position until 1928.[9]

Wílliman lived to see much of his and Battle y Ordóñez's democratic legacy destroyed — at least temporarily — by President Gabriel Terra, who reinforced his presidential rule in a coup d'état in 1933.

Death and legacy

Wílliman died in 1934.

A road in Punta del Este and one in Punta Carretas are named after him.

See also

References

  1. ^ 'Claudio Williman' (in Spanish) es:Claudio Williman,
  2. ^ 'José Claudio Williman' Wikipedia (in Spanish), es:José Claudio Williman
  3. ^ Mensaje del presidente de la República Dr. D. Claudio Williman á la H. Asamblea General al inaugurarse el 1er. período de la XXIV Legislatura 15 de febrero de 1911, P.15
  4. ^ Mensaje del presidente de la República Dr. D. Claudio Williman á la H. Asamblea General al inaugurarse el 1er. período de la XXIV Legislatura 15 de febrero de 1911, P.16
  5. ^ Los sectores populares en el Uruguay del novecientos: pt. 1907-1911 by Universindo Rodríguez Díaz, 1989, P.9
  6. ^ El Dr. Claudio Williman, su vida pública By José Claudio Williman, 1957, P.253-254
  7. ^ Mensaje del presidente de la República Dr. D. Claudio Williman á la H. Asamblea General al inaugurarse el 1er. período de la XXIV Legislatura 15 de febrero de 1911, P.78
  8. ^ A Century of Social Welfare in Uruguay Growth to the Limit of the Batllista Social State Issue 5 By Fernando Filgueira, 1995, P.5
  9. ^ Diego Aboal and Gabriel Oddone. "Reglas versus Discrecionalidad: La Política Monetaria en Uruguay entre 1920 y 2000" (PDF). Banco Central del Uruguay.
Political offices
Preceded by President of Uruguay
1907–1911 		Succeeded by


Flag of UruguayPolitician icon

This article about a Uruguayan politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Flag of UruguayJustice icon

This article about a Uruguayan lawyer, judge or jurist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claudio_Williman&oldid=1067468297"