MartÃn Echegoyen
Martín Recaredo Etchegoyen, out in the notation Echegoyen, ( born April 4, 1890 in Montevideo, † May 18, 1974 ) was a Uruguayan politician.
Etchegoyen, and also represented a teacher by profession in the Board of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the Universidad de la República, was one of the Partido Nacional, and was for the Department of Soriano member of the Constituent National Assembly on 25 June 1933. From the 32th to the he had 41 legislative term with breaks of 18 May 1934 to 27 June 1973 mandate as a Senator in the Cámara de Senadores. He also served as Minister of Education and Social Affairs 1935-1936. Subsequently, he was responsible from 1936 to 1938, the leadership of the Ministry of Public Works. In the years 1939 and 1941 he practiced each of the office of Second Vice- President of the Uruguayan Senate. In 1958 he was then First Vice-President of the Cámara de Senadores and eventually led them from 1963 to 1966 as President of the Senate. He held after the on November 30, 1958 took place, successful for the Blancos elections on 1 March 1959 to 1 March 1960 as Chairman of the Consejo Nacional de Gobierno His most important political office and was at that time President of Uruguay. Shortly before his death he took over in 1974 in the early days of the civil-military dictatorship, the first presidency of the newly created 20-member Council of State, which replaced that of President Juan María Bordaberry resolved the coup d'état of 27 June 1973 Parliament.