Bernardo Berro

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Bernardo Prudencio Berro (1803–February 19, 1868) was the President of Uruguay from 1860 to 1864. He was a member of the National (Blanco) Party.

Berro first served as head of state of Uruguay in a provisional government for several weeks in 1852, during a brief period in which the National Party came to power. He led the National Party's return to power in 1860 and made attempts to unite the country's political factions, but he was overthrown by army commander Venancio Flores, a member of the rival Colorado Party, after four years in power. Berro and Flores were both assassinated on February 19, 1868.