Méndez, Aparicio

Méndez, Aparicio

▪ president of Uruguay
born Aug. 24, 1904, Rivera, Uruguay
died , June, 1988, Montevideo

      Uruguayan lawyer, legal scholar, and politician and, from September 1976 to September 1981, president of Uruguay.

      Méndez was professor of administrative law at the University of the Republic in Montevideo from 1930 to 1955, minister of public health from 1961 to 1964, and member of the Council of State from 1973. He was appointed president by the military junta that overthrew President Juan María Bordaberry in the midst of civil strife between government authorities and the leftist guerrillas known as Tupamaros. Upon taking office Méndez published a decree depriving all politicians who took part in the 1966 and 1971 general elections of political rights for 15 years, a measure that affected several thousand people. Méndez' government was widely accused of the illegal detention and torture of political prisoners in its efforts to suppress the rebellion. In 1977 he announced that elections would be held in 1981, although he indicated that economic recovery took precedence over political liberties. As the announced elections approached, the government conducted a referendum on Nov. 30, 1980, on a new constitution that would have institutionalized the role of the armed forces in a “restricted democracy.” This constitution was rejected by the voters.

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