Francisco Antonino Vidal

{{Infobox Senator

| name = Francisco Antonino Vidal

| image = Francisco Antonio Vidal.jpg

| order = President of Uruguay

| term_start = 15 March 1880

| term_end = 1 March 1882

| predecessor = Lorenzo Latorre

| successor = Máximo Santos

| order2 = President of Uruguay

| term_start2 = 1 March 1886

| term_end2 = 24 May 1886

| predecessor2= Máximo Santos

| successor2 = Máximo Santos

| birth_date = 1827

| birth_place = Montevideo, Empire of Brazil

| death_date = 1889

| death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| party = Colorado Party

| profession = Politician

}}

Francisco Antonino Vidal (1827–1889){{cite book|title=Historia del Uruguay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vRosAAAAYAAJ&q=%2522Francisco+Antonio+Vidal%2522|publisher=A. Monteverde|date=1996 |via=Google Books}} was born in Montevideo,{{cite book|first=Frederick|last1=Martin|title=The Statesman's Year-book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e24EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA597|date=1868 |publisher=Macmillan|via=Google Books}} though his birth has also been reported as in 1825, in San Carlos, Uruguay."Por mi honor: vida de los presidentes uruguayos" (Alejandro Giménez Rodríguez. Arca, 2000) He was a senator and two-time president of Uruguay.

Background and earlier political roles

He grew to become active in Uruguayan politics, serving as a member of the Colorado party. He was appointed interim minister of the government c. 1865, and later became a member of the Senate of Uruguay. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay in 1870 and 1879.{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|title=Parlamentarios Uruguayos 1830-2005|date=October 29, 2013|author=PRESIDENCIA DE LA ASAMBLEA GENERAL Y DEL SENADO PRESIDENCIA DE LA CAMARA DE REPRESENTANTES|website=www.parlamento.gub.uy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204334/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf|archive-date=2013-10-29}}

Terms as President of Uruguay

He became President of Uruguay in 1880, but was forced to resign in 1882 by Máximo Santos. He became president once more in 1886, but his term only lasted a few months until Santos took over once again.{{cite web|url=http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/v/vidal_francisco.htm|title=Francisco Antonio Vidal|publisher=Biografías y Vidas|language=Spanish|accessdate=17 February 2010}}

Death

He died on February 7, 1889, in Montevideo.

References

Category:Presidents of Uruguay

Category:Presidents of the Senate of Uruguay

Category:1827 births

Category:1889 deaths

Category:Uruguayan people of Catalan descent

Category:Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians

Category:Defence ministers of Uruguay

Category:19th-century Uruguayan politicians

Category:People from San Carlos, Uruguay