What is Fructuoso Rivera?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Fructuoso Rivera | image = File:Fructuoso Rivera ElIndiscreto n63.png | office = [[President of Uruguay]] | term_start1 = 6 November 1830 | term_end1 = 24 October 1834 | predecessor1 = [[Luis Eduardo Pérez]] | successor1 = [[Carlos Anaya]] | term_start2 = 1 March 1839 | term_end2 = 1 March 1843 | predecessor2 = [[Gabriel Antonio Pereira]] | successor2 = [[Joaquín Suárez]] | term_start3 = 25 September 1853 | term_end3 = 13 January 1854 | predecessor3 = [[Juan Francisco Giró]] | successor3 = [[Venancio Flores]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1784|10|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Durazno]], [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1854|1|13|1784|10|17|df=y}} | death_place = [[Melo, Uruguay|Melo]], [[Uruguay]] | nationality = [[Uruguay]]an | party = [[Colorado Party (Uruguay)|Colorado Party]] | profession = [[Military]] }} {{family name hatnote|Rivera|Toscana|lang=Spanish}} '''Jose Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana''' (17 October 1784-13 January 1854) was [[President of Uruguay]] from 6 November 1830 to 24 October 1834 (succeeding [[Luis Eduardo Perez]] and preceding [[Carlos Anaya]]),he was president three times He was one of the main founding fathers of Uruguay as well as the founder of the [[Colorado Party of Uruguay]], which ruled the country without interruption from 1865 to 1958.From 1847 to 1853, Rivera was forced into [[exile]] in [[Brazil]], and he returned in 1853 after President [[Juan Francisco Giro]] was [[Coup d'état|overthrown]]. Venancio Flores, Lavalleja, and Rivera formed a governing [[triumvirate]], but it fell apart when Rivera and Lavalleja died in office. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Fructuoso}} [[Category:1784 births]] [[Category:1854 deaths]] [[Category:Presidents of Uruguay]]