José Batlle y Ordóñez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Batlle y Ordóñez

Politician, President of Uruguay

Date of Birth: 21-May-1856

Place of Birth: Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay

Date of Death: 20-Oct-1929

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Uruguay

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez (23 May 1856 – 20 October 1929) was an Uruguayan politician who created the modern Uruguayan welfare state by his reforms. In 1898, for a few weeks he served as interim president and later was elected to the presidency for two terms, from 1903 until 1907 and from 1911 to 1915.