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Jos Manuel Balmaceda

Jos Manuel Balmaceda


Birth	19 July 1840 Hacienda Bucalemu
Deaths	19 September 1891 Santiago, Chile
Occupation (s)	President of Chile ( 1886 to 1891 )

Jos Manuel Balmaceda Fernndez ( Hacienda Bucalemu , 19 July 1840 - Santiago , 19 September 1891 ) was President of Chile between 1886 and 1891.

Biography

Son of Senator Jos Manuel Balmaceda and Encarnacin Fernndez, Jos Manuel Balmaceda Fernndez studied at the College de los Corazones Sagrados padres franceses to Santiago de Chile and Seminario Conciliar, where grows a vocation to mysticism, he will abandoned shortly afterwards but without becoming anti-religious.

In 1865 he was appointed secretary of Manuel Montt Torres at the U.S. Congress to Lima. Former President Balmaceda especially strong impression by his moral strength, its organizational capacity and creative energy. It is confuse the newspaper La Libertad and speaker of the Club of reform. Between 1870 and 1882 he was elected MP for four consecutive occasions Carelmapu.

In 1878 , President Anbal Pinto appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine government, the authorities successfully Transandine begin to respect the neutrality during the Pacific War. This enables management to have the support of Domingo Santa Maria, which means the Chancellor during his first cabinet in 1881. He then became interior minister.

Santa maria chose him as successor, he was designated a National Liberal Convention as a candidate for the presidency of the republic. Its possible rival Jose Francisco Vergara, withdrew his candidacy and Balmaceda was elected president by 324 out of 330 voters.

Political Program

The main themes from Balmaceda to his seizure of power are:

Economic development through public works, including railways, schools, roads, hospitals, prisons ...
Finish with a monopoly of saltpetre , becoming a rich stable (according to his plan in the country providing equipment and educating the population)
Harmony between the Church and the government ended with theological struggles.
Finally combine liberalism into one large family (previously divided into light fixtures and radical dissenting)

We will see that often these topics will not be realized and his plans to do so will lead to disaster.