Vice President of Uruguay
He was Vice President of Uruguay from 1985 to 1990, in the first period of democratic government after the civilian-military administration of 1973-1985, serving under President Julio María Sanguinetti. A notable feature of his appointment to office was that the Vice Presidency had been vacant since the resignation of Vice President Jorge Sapelli in 1973.
Tarigo was one of the most important persons in the movement to obtain the exit of the civilian-military government.
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