César Batlle Pacheco
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote César Batlle Pacheco (30 August 1885 – 5 June 1966)[1] was a Uruguayan journalist and political figure.[2]
Biography
Batlle was born in Montevideo into the distinguished Batlle family, the eldest son of Matilde Pacheco and José Batlle y Ordóñez, the three-time President of Uruguay (1899, 1903–07 and 1911–15). His brothers were Rafael and Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco.[2] He was of Catalan descent. He and his brothers grew up with his orphaned cousin, future Uruguayan president Luis Batlle Berres, on the Piedras Blancas estate outside Montevideo.[3]
He was a journalist by profession and a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party, closely associated with El Día, the newspaper founded by his father.[2]
In 1919, he served as president of Club Atlético Peñarol.[4] In 1931, and between 1943 and 1952, he served as president of the Uruguayan Football Association[5]
Political elections
He was elected a Deputy in 1951. From 1959 till 1963, he served as a minority member in the National Council of Government (Uruguay). He became a Senator in 1964. He died in Montevideo in 1966.[2]
See also
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