Jorge Sapelli
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Jorge Sapelli (1926 – January 13, 1996) was an Uruguayan political figure. He was Vice President of Uruguay 1972-1973.
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[edit] Vice President of Uruguay
[edit] 1972-1973
Sapelli served in President Juan María Bordaberry's Administration as Vice-President until June 1973.
[edit] June 1973 resignation
When President Juan María Bordaberry decided with the Military Forces to dissolve the Parliament on June 1973, Sapelli resigned, as he did not agree with this decision that began the long period of civilian-military rule by decree in Uruguay (1973-1985), widely described by observers as a dictatorship.
[edit] Legacy
Some observers would argue that Sapelli's action in dissociating himself with Juan María Bordaberry in 1973, under whom he had been serving, demonstrated himself to be a figure of constitutional principle. Others would argue that the position of Vice-President of Uruguay, and such power as the holder of the office exercises, is mainly significant to the extent that the holder is prepared to identify himself unreservedly with the current President of Uruguay, and that in any case the office of Vice President of Uruguay originated from the period of the Presidency of Gabriel Terra, 1931-1938, who ruled by decree.
It may be noted also that, unlike some holders of the somewhat intermittent office of Vice President of Uruguay (e.g., the distinguished Uruguayan diplomat Alberto Guani), Sapelli was a relatively untried political figure prior to his assumption of the Vice Presidency, and as such was largely dependent upon the patronage of President Juan María Bordaberry, whom he in any case publically repudiated in 1973.
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