Federico Errázuriz Zañartu
Federico Errázuriz | |
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7th President of Chile | |
In office September 18, 1871 – September 18, 1876 | |
Preceded by | José Joaquín Pérez |
Succeeded by | Aníbal Pinto |
Personal details | |
Born | Liberal | April 25, 1825
Spouse | Eulogia Echaurren |
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Federico Marcos del Rosario Errázuriz Zañartu (Latin American Spanish:
Biography
He was born on 25 April 1825
He was made a deputy in parliament at an early age, and took some part in the parliamentary debates. In 1860 he was made chief of the province of Santiago, and introduced many reforms. In 1862, during Pérez's administration, he became secretary of justice and of public instruction; and in 1865, during the Chincha Islands War with Spain, he was secretary of war and the navy.
In 1871 Errázuriz became president of the republic of Chile, and introduced liberal reforms of great importance to the country, tending toward the secularization of public instruction and
He died in Santiago soon after retiring from office.
Notes
- ^ "Escritores.cl". www.escritores.cl.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
External links
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- Genealogical chart of Errázuriz family (in Spanish)