{{Short description|Uruguayan political figure}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Carlos Fischer | image = Carlos Fischer político.jpg | caption = | office = President of the National Council of Government of Uruguay | term_start = 1 March 1958 | term_end = 1 March 1959 | predecessor = Arturo Lezama | successor = Martín Echegoyen | office2 = Minister of Livestock and Agriculture | term_start2 = 1950 | term_end2 = 1951 | president2 = Luis Batlle Berres | predecessor2 = Luis Alberto Brause | successor2 = Luis Alberto Brause | office3 = | term_start3 = | term_end3 = | president3 = | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | office4 = | term_start4 = | term_end4 = | term_start5 = | term_end5 = | term_start6 = | term_end6 = | birth_name = Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1903|07|30}} | birth_place = Fray Bentos, Uruguay | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1969|08|07|1903|07|30}} | death_place = Paris, France | party = Colorado Party | occupation = Politician }} '''Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni''' (30 July 1903 – 7 August 1969)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos Lorenzo Fischer Brusoni |url=https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/G4LB-CX4/carlos-lorenzo-fischer-brusoni-1903-1969 |publisher=FamilySearch |access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indexf1.html|title = Index Fa-Fl}}</ref> was a Uruguayan political figure. He was President of the National Council of Government from 1958 to 1959.
==Background== Of German ancestry, Fischer was born in Fray Bentos.<ref name="juntarionegro">{{cite web |title=Acta Nº 44. Sesión Ordinaria de fecha 23 de setiembre de 2011. |url=https://www.juntarionegro.gub.uy/web/content/707?unique=d4c8eb6e3e9dad4ac24fa031c98ca93ce3c8aa5d |website=juntarionegro.gub.uy |publisher=Junta Departamental de Río Negro |access-date=4 November 2025 |page=44 |language=es |date=23 September 2011}}</ref> From 15 February 1943 until 9 November 1949 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Colorado Party, representing the Río Negro Department.<ref>[http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf Uruguayan members of parliament since 1830 at www.parlamento.gub.uy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204334/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }} (PDF; 7,8 MB)</ref> Between 1950 and 1951 he served as Minister of Livestock and Agriculture.<ref name="juntarionegro"/>
In 1955 he was elected member of the National Council of Government; after fellow Colorado Party member Arturo Lezama stepped down as President of the body on 7 March 1958, Fischer acceded to that position.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vCdDBLeHjdoC&q=Carlos+Fischer+uruguay&pg=PA416 "Die Chronik. Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts bis heute", page 416, published by Ute Becker]</ref> During his presidency, three social security laws were passed that established maternity leave with full pay during 6 weeks prior to and 6 weeks after childbirth for all working women, set up an unemployment insurance fund, and extended access to family allowances.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3cZFthL3R3cC&dq=Significant+Social+Security+Legislation+in+Uruguay:+1829-1972&pg=PA79&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Significant%20Social%20Security%20Legislation%20in%20Uruguay%3A%201829-1972&f=false Social Security in Latin America: Pressure Groups, Stratification, and Inequality by Carlos Mesa-Lago, P.77]</ref>
On 1 March 1959,<ref>[http://rulers.org/rulu.html#uruguay information on Uruguay], rulers.org</ref> he was succeeded by Martín Echegoyen of the National Party. Fischer then served as first Vice-President the Senate until 1963. During the 38th and 39th legislative period he was a replacing senator from 3 March 1959 until 14 February 1967, with some interruptions.<ref>[http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf Uruguayan members of parliament since 1830 at www.parlamento.gub.uy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204334/http://www.parlamento.gub.uy/htmlstat/PL/OtrosDocumentos/ParlamentariosUruguayos.pdf |date=2013-10-29 }} (PDF; 7,8 MB)</ref> Fischer died in Paris, France in 1969, while serving as Ambassador there.<ref name="juntarionegro"/>
==See also== * Politics of Uruguay * Colorado Party (Uruguay)
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