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Liberalism in Uruguay organized itself in the nineteenth century in the Colorado (or Red) Party, (Partido Colorado) nowadays an heterogeneous party, divided in factions ranging from Moderate to social democracy. Its general profile is more or less liberal. They can differ very much in political profile. Liberal forces are not only active in the Colorado Party and this party has also moderate factions.
The history of Uruguay comprises different periods: the pre-Columbian time or early history, the Colonial Period (1516–1811), the Period of Nation-Building (1811–1830), and the history of Uruguay as an independent country (1830–present).
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez, nicknamed Don Pepe, was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. He was the son of a former president and was widely praised for his introduction of his political system, Batllism, to South America and for his role in modernizing Uruguay through his creation of extensive welfare state reforms.
The Colorado Party is a liberal political party in Uruguay.
Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y Grau was the president of Uruguay from 1868 to 1872.
Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and journalist and the 33rd president of Uruguay, serving from 1967 to 1972. Formerly the Vice President of Uruguay Pacheco became President after the sudden death of Óscar Diego Gestido. A member of the Colorado Party, Pacheco Areco had previously been a member of the National Representative from 1963 to 1967, before becoming the vice president.
Alfeo Brum was an Uruguayan politician and lawyer. He was Vice-President of Uruguay from 1947 to 1951 and 1951 to 1952, noted for being the longest consecutively serving Vice-President in Uruguay's history. Brum was the only person who served two successive terms as Vice President of Uruguay and was the fifth person to hold the office.
Juan Lindolfo de los Reyes Cuestas was a Uruguayan politician who served as the 18th President of Uruguay from 1897 until 1899 and for a second term from 1899 to 1903.
Julio Herrera y Obes, was a Uruguayan political figure.
Feliciano Alberto Viera Borges was a Uruguayan political figure.
Duncan Antonio Stewart Agell, was a Uruguayan president of Scottish Argentine origin. He served as interim President of Uruguay for a brief time in 1894.
Washington Beltrán Mullin was a Uruguayan political figure.
Juan Campisteguy Oxcoby was a Uruguayan soldier, lawyer, and President of Uruguay (1927–1931).
Juan Bautista Idiarte Borda y Soumastre was the 17th President of Uruguay. He is the only Uruguayan president to be assassinated in office.
Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco was a Uruguayan political figure and journalist.
José Gerardo Amorín Batlle is an Uruguayan lawyer and politician of the Colorado Party. He currently serves as president of the State Insurance Bank since 2020. He previously served as Senator of the Republic from 2010 to 2019, as National Representative from 2000 to 2010 and as Minister of Education and Culture from 2004 to 2005.
The fifth Constitution of Uruguay was in force between 1952 and 1967.
The second Constitution of Uruguay was in force during the period 1918–1933.
Rafael Batlle Pacheco was a Uruguayan journalist.
Riverism is a right-wing liberal-conservative ideology and political movement, started by Uruguayan politician Pedro Manini Ríos and based on the figure of General Fructuoso Rivera, the first president of Uruguay.
Sosism was a short-lived corporatist political movement in Uruguay, led by Julio María Sosa.
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