Lieutenant General José Félix Benito Uriburu y Uriburu (1868–1932) was the first de facto President of Argentina, achieved through a military coup, from September 6, 1930 to February 20, 1932. Uriburu was born in Salta Province, and was a nephew of President José Evaristo Uriburu. He graduated from the military college in 1890. Prior to World War I, he served as military attache to Germany and the United Kingdom. When he returned to Argentina in 1914, he was elected to the Argentine National Congress. He was appointed inspector general of the army by Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear in 1922.