Juan María Bordaberry

President of Uruguay

17 June 1928 Montevideo, Uruguay

17 July 2011(2011-07-17) (83) Montevideo, Uruguay

March 1, 1972 – June 12, 1976

President of Uruguay from 1972 to 1976 In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bordaberry and the second or maternal family name is Arocena. Juan María Bordaberry Arocena (Spanish:  ; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011) was a Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher, who served as constitutional President from 1972 until 1973, and then ruled as the head of a civilian-military dictatorship up to 1976. He came to office following the Presidential elections of late 1971. In 1973, Bordaberry dissolved the General Assembly and was widely regarded as ruling by decree as a military-sponsored dictator until disagreements with the military led to his being overthrown before his original term of office had expired. On November 17, 2006 he was arrested in a case involving four deaths, including two of members of the General Assembly during the period of civilian-military rule in the 1970s.