Eduardo Víctor Haedo
Eduardo Víctor Haedo | |
|---|---|
| President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay | |
| In office 1 March 1961 – 1 March 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Benito Nardone |
| Succeeded by | Faustino Harrison |
| Minister of Public Instruction and Social Prevision | |
| In office 1936–1938 | |
| President | Gabriel Terra |
| Preceded by | Martín Echegoyen |
| Succeeded by | Luis Mattiauda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eduardo Víctor Haedo Roubin 28 July 1901 Mercedes, Uruguay |
| Died | 15 November 1970 (aged 69) Punta del Este, Uruguay |
| Party | National Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Eduardo Víctor Haedo Roubin[1] (28 July 1901 – 15 November 1970) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Biography
Haedo was born in Mercedes. He was educated at the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, and taught literature and history after his return to Uruguay.
A member of the National Party, Haedo was elected to the Chamber of Representatives in 1931 and served until 1935. From 1936 to 1938, he was Minister of Public Instruction and Social Prevision under President Gabriel Terra.[2] In this office he proposed legislation on authors' rights, known as the "Haedo Law", which was enacted in December 1937. Haedo also worked to add a faculty of humanities to the University of the Republic, and proposed the founding of a national theatre, which would lead to the creation of the Comedia Nacional in 1947.[3]
Haedo was elected to the Senate in 1938, where would become a prominent member of the Blanco Democratic Union faction of the National Party.[2] A longtime ally of Luis Alberto de Herrera, he was also associated with the party's Herrerist faction.[4] In 1959 Haedo was elected to the ruling nine-member National Council of Government, and served as its President between 1961 and 1962. He remained on the National Council until March 1963, when he returned to his seat in the Senate. Haedo retired from politics in 1967.[2]
Haedo was a notable supporter of pan-Americanism, and published numerous studies and essays on history and politics.[4]
Honours and awards
Foreign honours
- Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín (1948)[1]
- Grand Collar of the Order of the Condor of the Andes (1948)[1]
- Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross (1948)[1]
- Collar of the Order of Merit (1948)[1]
- Grand Collar of the National Order of Merit (1948)[1]
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru (1948)[1]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (14 May 1948)[5]
- Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (6 April 1961)[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "EDUARDO VÍCTOR HAEDO ROUBIN". Biografías de legisladores actuantes titulares y suplentes. Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ a b c Lentz III, Harris M. (1994). Heads of States and Governments. A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Over 2,300 Leaders, 1945 through 1992. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 812. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ "Homenaje a Eduardo Víctor Haedo". Asociación General de Autores del Uruguay. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ a b "Falleció Eduardo Víctor Haedo, mecenas del arte iberoamericano". La Mañana. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "Decreto de 14 de mayo de 1948 por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica a don Eduardo Victor Haedo". Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado. Ministerio de la Presidencia, Justicia y Relaciones con las Cortes. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
- ^ "DECORATO DETTAGLI DATA DECRETO ONORIFICENZA" (PDF). archivio.quirinale.it. Quirinale. p. 5. Retrieved 5 November 2025.