Seregni, Liber

▪ 2005

      Uruguayan general and politician (b. Dec. 13, 1916, Montevideo, Uruguay—d. July 31, 2004, Montevideo), was a cofounder and the first president of Frente Amplio (FA), a leftist political party formed in 1971 to break the hegemony of Uruguay's two controlling political parties, the Colorados and the Blancos (Reds and Whites). Seregni was commander of the army when he resigned in 1968 in protest against the government's handling of a guerrilla problem. Shortly after the military seized control of the government in 1973, Seregni was imprisoned, and he remained a political prisoner for the next 11 years. He made two unsuccessful runs (1971 and 1989) for the presidency.

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