Fructuoso Rivera

President of Uruguay

17 October 1784 Durazno, Uruguay

13 January 1854(1854-01-13) (69) Melo, Uruguay

6 November 1830 – 24 October 1834

1st President of Uruguay (1830-34) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Fructuoso Rivera" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2018 ) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rivera and the second or maternal family name is Toscana. José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (17 October 1784 – 13 January 1854) was a Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental from Brazilian rule, twice served as Uruguay's President and was one of the instigators of the long Uruguayan Civil War. He is also considered to be the founder of the Colorado Party, which ruled Uruguay without interruption from 1865 until 1958. He made a controversial decision to almost completely eliminate the native Charrúa during the 1831 Massacre of Salsipuedes.