Carlos Fischer
Template:Short description Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni (1903 – 7 August 1969)[1] was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government from 1958 to 1959, at the end of a long period of rule by Presidents of the Colorado Party not to be resumed by that party until 1967.
Background
Fischer was a member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party. From February 15, 1943, until November 9, 1949, during the 34th and 35th legislative period he was, representing the department Río Negro, a member of the Cámara de Representantes.[2] In the early 1950s he was minister of agriculture in Uruguay.
In 1955 he was elected member of the National Council of Government; after his fellow-Colorado colleague Arturo Lezama stepped down as President of the body, on March 7, 1958, he acceded to that position.[3] During his presidency, three social security laws were passed that established maternity leave with full pay during 6 weeks prior to and 6 weeks after childbirth for all working women, set up an unemployment insurance fund, and extended access to family allowances.[4]
On March 1, 1959,[5] he was succeeded by Martín Echegoyen of the National Party, after which Fischer was until 1963 the first vice-president in the Senate of Uruguay.
During the 38th and 39th legislative period he was a replacing senator from March 3, 1959, with some interruptions until February 14, 1967.[6]
See also
References
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- ↑ Uruguayan members of parliament since 1830 at www.parlamento.gub.uy Template:Webarchive (PDF; 7,8 MB)
- ↑ "Die Chronik. Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bis heute", page 416, published by Ute Becker
- ↑ Social Security in Latin America: Pressure Groups, Stratification, and Inequality by Carlos Mesa-Lago, P.77
- ↑ information on Uruguay, rulers.org
- ↑ Uruguayan members of parliament since 1830 at www.parlamento.gub.uy Template:Webarchive (PDF; 7,8 MB)
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