Background
OLIVERA, Cipriano Justino was born on September 26, 1894 in Durazno department, Uruguay.
OLIVERA, Cipriano Justino was born on September 26, 1894 in Durazno department, Uruguay.
Educated Escuela Militar, 1910-1915. Further studies in the cavalry school of Saumur, France, 1920-1921, and Ecole Supérieure de Guerre, France, 1930-1932.
Director, Escuela Superior de Guerra, 1937-1941, Escuela dc Armas y Servicios, since 1945. Counsellor, Uruguayan delegations, conference of La Plata countries, 1940, meeting of foreign ministers in Rio de Janeiro, 1942, Chapultepec conference, Mexico, 1945, United Nations Conference, San Francisco, 1945. Military attaché, Uruguayan embassy, Rio de Janeiro, 1941-1943.
Assistant, chief of staff, 1943-1945. Rank of colonel.; officer, Légion d’Honneur, France.
Member: Centro Military.