Martín Echegoyen

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| name = Martín R. Echegoyen

| image = File:Martín Ricardo Echegoyen.jpg

| caption = Echegoyen

| office = President of the Uruguayan National Council of Government

| term_start = 1 March 1959

| term_end = 1 March 1960

| predecessor = Carlos Fischer

| successor = Benito Nardone

| office2 = President of the State Council

| term_label2 = In office

| term_start2 = 19 December 1973

| term_end2 = 17 May 1974

| predecessor2 = position established

| successor2 = Alberto Demicheli

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| office4 = Senator of Uruguay

| term_start4 = 1 March 1963

| term_end4 = 27 June 1973

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| birth_name = Martín Ricardo Echegoyen

| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|04|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| death_date = {{death date|1974|05|18|df=y}} (age 83)

| death_place = Montevideo, Uruguay

| party = National Party

| otherparty = Herrerismo

| occupation = Politician, Lawyer

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Martín Ricardo Echegoyen (3 April 1891 in Montevideo – 18 May 1974 in Montevideo){{Cite web |title=Index E |url=https://www.rulers.org/indexe.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102081022/http://rulers.org/indexe.html |archive-date=2017-11-02 |access-date=2017-10-28 |website=rulers.org}}{{Cite web |title=Martín Echegoyen |url=http://autores.uy/autor/9678 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029013435/http://autores.uy/autor/9678 |archive-date=2017-10-29 |access-date=2017-10-28 |website=autores.uy}}{{Cite web |last=Puente |first=William |date=2 April 2017 |title=Lo indignante, es que una escuela lleva su nombre |url=http://www.laondadigital.uy/archivos/20291 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029013649/http://www.laondadigital.uy/archivos/20291 |archive-date=29 October 2017 |access-date=28 October 2017 |website=laondadigital.uy}} was a Uruguayan political figure.:es:Martín Echegoyen In the years 1959 to 1960 he was the president of the Uruguayan National Council of Government.

Political background

Echegoyen was a member of the National Party, which in the 1958 elections ended the longstanding tradition of Colorado Party presidents.

He served under President Gabriel Terra as Education Minister from 1935 to 1936, and as Public Works Minister from 1936 to 1938. He later ran as the National Party's vice presidential candidate in 1946 and 1950.

For many years, he served as a prominent member of the Senate. He was its president from March 1, 1963, to March 1, 1967.{{Citation |author=Presidencia de la Asamblea General y del Senado |title=Parlamentarios Uruguayos, 1830-2005 |date=December 2006 |url=http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204334/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |author2=Presidencia de la Camara de Representantes |via=parlamento.gub.uy}}

President of the National Council of Government; later career

Echegoyen served as president of the National Council of Government (Uruguay) from 1959 to 1960. He was succeeded as president by Benito Nardone, a National Party colleague.

After relinquishing the presidency in 1960, Echegoyen ran for president in 1966 but was beaten by Oscar Diego Gestido.

Subsequently, already aged in his 80s, Echegoyen presided over the Council of State in the civilian-military administration instituted by President Juan María Bordaberry in 1973.

Echegoyen died on 18 May 1974 at the age of 83.