title: Arturo Lezama
text: # Arturo Lezama
  
  Arturo Lezama Bagez (1899–1964) was a Uruguayan political figure.
  
  ## Background
  
  Lezama was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which ruled the country for lengthy periods, and was President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1951 and 1953. In 1957 his fellow-Colorado colleague President Alberto Fermín Zubiría stepped down from office.
  
  ## President of the National Council of Government
  
  In 1955 Lezama was elected a member of the National Council of Government, which he presided 1957–1958. That year started the exploration in search for petroleum on Uruguayan territory.
  
  He was succeeded by Carlos Fischer, a Colorado Party colleague.
  
  ## Death
  
  Lezama died in 1964.
  
  