President of Uruguay

President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Coat of arms of Uruguay
Incumbent Tabaré Vázquez since 1 March 2015
Residence	Residencia de Suarez
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	Five years, not renewable immediately
Inaugural holder	Fructuoso Rivera
Formation	6 November 1830
Deputy	Vice President of Uruguay
Website	presidencia.gub.uy

The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: Presidente de la República Oriental del Uruguay) is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay. The President of the Republic is the Commander in Chief of the Armed forces. The President is elected direct popular election for a term of five years. He may be reelected any number of times, but is ineligible for immediate reelection.

Since 1990, the President's term has begun and ended on March 1. The current President is Tabaré Vázquez.

Living former presidents

There are three living former presidents. The most recent former president to die was Jorge Batlle Ibáñez (2000–2005), on 24 October 2016.

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  Julio María Sanguinetti
  (1985–1990; 1995–2000)
  (1936-01-06) January 6, 1936
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  Luis Alberto Lacalle
  (1990–1995)
  (1941-07-13) July 13, 1941
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  José Mujica
  (2010–2015)
  (1935-05-20) May 20, 1935

Other websites

• Politics Data Bank at the Social Sciences School – Universidad de la República (Uruguay)