José Evaristo Uriburu

José Evaristo Uriburu (born Nov. 19, 1831, Salta, Argentina—died Oct. 23, 1914, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine statesman who was his country’s president in 1895–98. Born into an old aristocratic family, Uriburu earned his doctoral degree in law in 1854 and then entered public life. He served in various government positions and held important diplomatic posts in several South American countries. He became Argentina’s minister to Chile in 1883, and in that office he helped...