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Alessandri Family
The Alessandri family of Chile is of Italian origin, became politically influential during the early part of the 20th century, and has played (and still plays) a significant role in Chilean politics. The first Alessandri who came to Chile was named Giuseppe Pietro Alessandri Tarzi. He arrived in 1821 as consul posterior, representative of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Piedmonte, on a ship that departed from Pisa. Alessandri family's most prominent members * José Pedro Alessandri Palma (1864–1923), politician, senator and businessman *Arturo Alessandri Palma (1868–1950), politician, twice President of Chile (1920–1925) and (1932–1938), and the most influential political figure of his time *Rosa Ester Rodríguez Velasco, First Lady (1920–1925) and (1932–1938) * Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez (1896–1986), politician and businessman, President of Chile (1958–1964), presidential candidate in the 1970 election * Fernando Alessandri Rodríguez (1897–1982), politician and p ...
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Familia Alessandri
Familia may refer to: * ''Familia'', Latin designation of the family taxonomic rank * '' Familia'', a classical Roman household with a '' Pater familias'' * Familia, historical designation for a Medieval household * Familia, the word for Family in several languages and often used to identify individual families People * Alexandre da Sagrada Família (1737–1818), Portuguese bishop of the Azores * Jeurys Familia (born 1989), Dominican professional baseball pitcher Cinema and television * ''Familia'' (1996 film), a 1996 Spanish-French film * ''Familia'' (2005 film), a 2005 Canadian film * " Familia", an episode of the American television drama ''Six Feet Under'' Music *''Família'', a 2013 album by Beth * ''Familia'' (Sophie Ellis-Bextor album), released in 2016 * ''Familia'' (Camila Cabello album), released in 2022 *" Família", a 1987 single by Brazilian rock band Titãs *" Familia", a 2018 Nicki Minaj and Anuel AA song Organizations * Familia (political party), a Polish ...
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1993 Chilean Presidential Election
General elections were held in Chile on 11 December 1993 to elect the President, members of the Chamber of Deputies and elected members of the Senate.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of the ''Concertación'' alliance was elected President, and the alliance also won a majority of seats in the Chamber of Deputies and maintained its majority in the Senate. Results President Senate Chamber of Deputies References {{Chilean elections Elections in Chile 1993 in Chile Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ... Presidential elections in Chile December 1993 events in South America Presidency of Patricio Aylwin ...
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Alessandri (other)
Alessandri is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alessandri family of Chile * Alessandro Alessandri (1461–1523), Italian jurist * Ana Fani Alessandri Carlos, Brazilian geographer * Angelo Alessandri (born 1969), Italian politician * Arturo Alessandri (1868-1950), Chilean President * Felice Alessandri (1747–1798), Italian composer * Fernando Alessandri (1897–1982), Chilean politician * Fiona Alessandri (born 1967), Australian swimmer. * Gaspare Alessandri (1908–1997), Italian boxer * Giovanni Mario Alessandri (16th century), Italian Hispanist and grammarian * Gustavo Alessandri Valdés (1929-2017), Chilean politician and lawyer * Hernan Alessandri (1900-1982), Chilean physician * Innocente Alessandri (18th century), Italian engraver * Jorge Alessandri (1896–1986), Chilean President * Lodovico Alessandri (born 1903, date of death unknown), Brazilian fencer * Madeleine Alessandri CMG (born 1965), British civil servant * Marcel Alessandri (1 ...
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History Of Chile
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish conquistadors began to colonize the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony between 1540 and 1818, when it gained independence from Spain. The country's economic development was successively marked by the export of first agricultural produce, then saltpeter and later copper. The wealth of raw materials led to an economic upturn, but also led to dependency, and even wars with neighboring states. Chile was governed during most of its first 150 years of independence by different forms of restricted government, where the electorate was carefully vetted and controlled by an elite. Failure to address the economic and social increases and increasing political awareness of the less-affluent population, as well as indirect intervention and economic funding to the main political groups by the CIA, as part of the Cold War, led to a political polarization under Socialist Presiden ...
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Senate Of Chile
The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's Bicameralism, bicameral National Congress of Chile, National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile. Composition According to the present Constitution of Chile, the Senate is composed of forty-three direct election, directly elected senators, chosen by universal popular suffrage vote in 16 senatorial circumscriptions. These serve eight-year terms, with half of them being replaced every fourth year. They must be eligible to vote, have completed secondary school, or its equivalent, and be at least 35 years old. The Senate meets at the new National Congress building located in the port city of Valparaíso that replaced the Ex Congreso Nacional, old National Congress building located in downtown Santiago, Chile, Santiago, the nation's capital (political), capital. Abolition of the unelected Amendments to the Constitution, approved by a joint session of Congress on August 16, 2005, eliminated ...
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Chamber Of Deputies Of Chile
The Chamber of Deputies ( es, Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados, links=no) is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution. Eligibility Deputies must: be aged at least 21; not be disqualified from voting; have finished secondary school or its equivalent; and have lived in the corresponding electoral district for at least two years prior to the election. Electoral system Since 2017, Chile's congress has been elected through open list proportional representation under the D'Hondt method. Before 2017, a unique binomial system was used. These system rewards coalition slates. Each coalition could run two candidates for each electoral district's two Chamber seats. Typically, the two largest coalitions in a district divided the seats, one each, among themselves. Only if the leading coalition ticket out-polls the second-place coalition by a margin of more than two-to-one d ...
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Jorge Alessandri Vergara
Jorge Alessandri Vergara is a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a .... Biography Vergara was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. References 1978 births Living people 21st-century Chilean politicians Deputies of the LVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile {{Argentina-politician-stub ...
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Felipe Alessandri Vergara
Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy people with this name include: Politics * Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico * Felipe I of Spain * Felipe II of Spain * Felipe III of Spain * Felipe IV of Spain * Felipe V of Spain * Felipe VI of Spain, King of Spain * Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, nephew of the Spanish king * Felipe Herrera, Chilean economist * FELIPE may refer to the Popular Liberation Front in Spain Sports * Felipe Paulino (born 1983), Dominican-Venezuelan baseball pitcher * Felipe Alou (born 1935), Dominican baseball player and manager * Felipe Contepomi (born 1977), Argentine rugby union player * Felipe Drugovich (born 2000), Brazilian racing driver * Felipe Franco, Brazilian water polo player * Felipe Kitadai (born 1989), Brazilian Olympic medali ...
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Felipe Alessandri
Felipe Alessandri Vergara (born 4 February 1975) is a Chilean politician who served as mayor of Santiago Centro. He is militant of centre-right party National Renewal (RN). Political career In 2016, he won the municipal elections to Carolina Tohá from centre-left party Party for Democracy (PPD). In 2021, he lost the municipal elections against leftist economist Irací Hassler from Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A .... References External links * 1975 births Living people 21st-century Chilean politicians Chilean people of Italian descent Chilean politicians National Renewal (Chile) politicians Finis Terrae University alumni Mayors of Santiago People from Santiago {{Chile-politician-stub ...
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Arturo Alessandri Palma
Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (; December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to 1938. Early life Arturo Alessandri was the son of Pedro Alessandri Vargas and Susana Palma Guzmán. His grandfather, Pietro Allesandri Tarzi, was an Italian immigrant from Tuscany who had arrived in Chile from Argentina. Alessandri’s father, Pedro, became head of the family at the age of 19; at the time of Alessandri’s birth, he ran an estate in Longaví. At the age of 12, Alessandri enrolled at the Sacred Hearts High School, where his brothers and father had studied. At the age of 20, Alessandri began his legal studies at the University of Chile.'' The International Who's Who 1943-44''. 8th edition. George Allen & Unwin, London, 1943, p. 11. In 1891, while studying, he participated in the newspaper ''La Justicia'', which was opposed ...
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Magdalena Matte
Magdalena Matte Lecaros (born August 13, 1950) is a Chilean Businessperson, businesswoman and politician. She is member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and was part of Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (Chile), Ministry of Housing and Urban Development under Chile's former President of Chile, President Sebastián Piñera for the term of 2010–2014. She is a member of the Matte family. Biography Matte was born in Santiago. Her paternal grandmother, Rosa Ester Alessandri Rodríguez, was the daughter of Arturo Alessandri, Chile's president during 1920–1925 and 1932–1938. Rosa was also the sister of Jorge Alessandri, President of Chile between 1958 and 1964. Her paternal grandfather, Arturo Matte Larraín, was a lawyer and congressman, Minister of the State, presidential candidate (1952), and a founder of forestal and paper company CMPC (company), CMPC.' Matte lost her father, Arturo Matte Alessandri, in 1965 when she was 14 years of age. She complete ...
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