Mario Héber Usher

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Mario Héber Usher (1921-1980) was a Uruguayan political figure.

1 Background
2 Elected offices
3 Family incident
4 Death
5 See also
6 Reference

[edit] Background

He was a prominent member of the Uruguayan National (Blanco) Party. He was from a well-known political family; his brother Alberto Héber Usher was President of Uruguay from 1966 to 1967; his son Luis Alberto Héber is a National Party Senator and former Deputy.

[edit] Elected offices

In 1958 he was elected a Deputy, and in 1971 elected a Senator ^[1].

[edit] Family incident

In 1978 his wife, Cecilia Fontana, was assassinated by poison intended for himself, sent by an unknown person or group. This tragic incident has been widely blamed on political violence associated with the period of civilian-military rule in Uruguay, which began in 1973, after which Mario Héber Usher and many other politicians were proscribed from political activities, but which he continued to pursue clandestinely.