José Higinio Uriarte y García del Barrio (11 January 1843 in Asunción – 21 April 1909) was a Paraguayan politician and President from April 12, 1877 to November 25, 1878.

He was Juan Bautista Gill's cousin.

[2] After Gill was assassinated, Uriarte became the acting President for the remainder of Gill's four-year-term.

He was Minister of Finance of Paraguay from 1887 to 1889.

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