A seven-peso stamp issued in 1999 to commemorate the life of Hugo Batalla

Hugo Batalla Parentini (born 1926-07-11, died 1998-10-03), Uruguayan politician, was Vice-President of Uruguay from 1995 to 1998 during the presidency of Julio María Sanguinetti. Image File history File links Hugo_Batalla. ... Image File history File links Hugo_Batalla. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ... Julio María Sanguinetti Coirolo (born 1936), was President of Uruguay from 1 March 1985 to 1 March 1990 and from 1 March 1995 to 1 March 2000. ...

His political activity started in the Colorado Party with Zelmar Michelini. Batalla was elected diputado for the Department of Montevideo from 1962-66 and 1967-71, and was President of the Chamber of Representatives from 1968-69. He was also a member of the Latin American Parliament and Vice-President from 1968-69. The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Uruguay. ... The Latin American Parliament (Parlatino), is a regional, permanent and unicameral organism, integrated from the national Parliaments of Latin America, elected democratically by means of universal suffrage in countries that ratified the corresponding Treaty of Institutionalization signed on the 16 November 1987 in Lima, Peru, and those whose States adhered...

He split from Colorado in 1971 to form the Frente Amplio with Michelini, and was re-elected diputado from 1972 until the instauration of the military dictatorship in June 1973. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The Broad Front (Frente Amplio in Spanish, also known as Encuentro Progresista) is a Uruguayan political party. ...

After the return of constitutional rule, he was elected senator for the Partido por el Gobierno del Pueblo (Peoples' Govenment Party, which would later rejoin the Frente Amplio) from 1985-1995, and was Vice-President of the Chamber of Senators during 1993. Batalla rejoined the Colorado Party for the elections of 1994-11-27 and was elected Vice-President of the Republic. He died in office of lung cancer at the age of 72. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Aside from politics, Batalla founded the newspaper Hechos and the political magazine Zeta. He was also President of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF, Uruguayan Football Association) from 1991-93, and Vice-president of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CSF, South American Football Confederation) between 1992 and 1993. CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in South America. ...

He married Hilda Flores in 1953, and the couple have a daughter Laura.