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1929 In Chile ...
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Events June *3 June – Treaty of Lima (1929) Births *17 Feb – Alejandro Jodorowsky *4 May – Manuel Contreras (d. 2015) *22 June – José Florencio Guzmán (d. 2017) *26 June – Jorge Jottar (d. 2014) *25 July – Guillermo Solá (d. 2020) *10 August – Nicolás DÃaz (d. 2019) *26 October – Orlando Cornejo (d. 2015) Deaths *30 May – JoaquÃn Figueroa (b. 1863) *6 October – Ismael Tocornal (b. 1850) References {{South America topic, 1929 in Years of the 20th century 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is responsible for both the Government of Chile and state administration. Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization, it is one of the most prominent political offices. It is also considered one of the institutions that make up the "Historic Constitution of Chile", and is essential to the country's political stability. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the president serves a four-year term, with immediate re-election being prohibited. The shorter period (previously the term was six years) allows for parliamentary and presidential elections to be synchronized. The official seat of the president of Chile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Ibáñez Del Campo
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (; 3 November 1877 – 28 April 1960) was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as President twice, first between 1927 and 1931, and then from 1952 to 1958, serving for 10 years in office. The coups of 1924 and 1925 The presidency of Arturo Alessandri saw a rise in popular discontent over an inefficient government. In 1924, the Chilean armed forces, led by General Luis Altamirano, began the ''saber-rattling'' (''ruido de sables''), a protest where soldiers banged their sabers against the floor of the Congress. Amid threats from the armed forces, Alessandri decided he could no longer govern and submitted his resignation. Although this resignation was not approved by Congress, Alessandri left the country and Altamirano established a military junta. However, another faction of the armed forces, led by Colonel Marmaduke Grove and Lieutenant Colonel Ibáñez, decided the junta's reforms did not go far enough in ending the govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Of Lima (1929)
The Tacna–Arica compromise or Treaty of Lima was a series of documents that settled the territorial dispute of both Tacna and Arica provinces of Peru and Chile respectively. According to the Treaty, the Tacna-Arica Territory was divided between both countries; Tacna being awarded to Peru and with Chile retaining sovereignty over Arica. Chile also agreed to pay up to 6 million dollars in compensation to Peru. The Treaty was signed on June 3, 1929, in the city of Lima by then Peruvian Representative Pedro José Rada y Gamio and Chilean Representative Emiliano Figueroa Larrain. Background The controversy was a direct aftermath of the War of the Pacific, a confrontation that involved Chile against Peru and Bolivia. Chile won the war and conquered the Peruvian territories of Tarapacá, Tacna and Arica. The defeated Peruvian government was forced to sign the Treaty of Ancón in 1883. According to this treaty, Tarapacá was annexed to Chile, and a plebiscite was meant to take plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky Prullansky (; born 17 February 1929) is a Chilean-French avant-garde filmmaker. Best known for his 1970s films '' El Topo'' and '' The Holy Mountain'', Jodorowsky has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation". Born to Jewish-Ukrainian parents in Chile, Jodorowsky experienced an unhappy and alienated childhood, and so immersed himself in reading and writing poetry. Dropping out of college, he became involved in theater and in particular mime, working as a clown before founding his own theater troupe, the ''Teatro Mimico'', in 1947. Moving to Paris in the early 1950s, Jodorowsky studied traditional mime under Étienne Decroux, and put his miming skills to use in the silent film ''Les têtes interverties'' (1957), directed with Saul Gilbert and Ruth Michelly. From 1960 onwards he divided his time between Mexico City and Paris, where he co-fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Contreras
Juan Manuel "Mamo" Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda (4 May 1929 – 7 August 2015) was a Chilean Army officer and the former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. In 1995, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for the murder in Washington, DC, of the Chilean diplomat Dr. Orlando Letelier, which he served until 2001. At his death, Contreras was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison for kidnapping, forced disappearance and assassination. Early life He was the son of Manuel Contreras Morales and AÃda Sepúlveda Cubillos, who died when he was six or seven years old. He completed his primary studies at the English Institute of Macul, in Santiago. His father later moved to Osorno, where he entered that city's Lyceum. Career He entered the Military School in 1944, where he graduated with first seniority on 23 December 1947. In 1952, after gaining the rank of lieu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Florencio Guzmán
José Florencio Guzmán Correa (22 June 1929, Santiago, Chile – 16 September 2017) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as Minister of National Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ... from 1 August 1998 until 22 June 1999. References 1929 births 2017 deaths Chilean Ministers of Defense Ambassadors of Chile to Argentina Government ministers of Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians Politicians from Santiago {{Chile-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Jottar
Jorge Jottar (26 June 1929 – 1 January 2014) was a Chilean sports shooter whose specialty was the skeet shot. He was world champion of this discipline in 1966, winning the World Shooting Championships held in Wiesbaden, Germany, where he hit 197 cymbals of 200. Biography He was born on 26 June 1929, in the commune of RequÃnoa, Caupolicán department, province of Colchagua, to Lebanese immigrants. He studied at the O'Higgins Institute in Rancagua, and subsequently devoted himself to the fruit trade. He married Teresa Nasrallah, with whom he had 7 children, one of them being Patricio Jottar current CEO of CompañÃa de CervecerÃas Unidas (CCU), Chile's biggest brewery. He began practicing skeet shooting in 1961. He won second place in Olympic skeet shooting at the 1965 World Shotgun Championships held in November 1965 at the Club de Lo Curro, Santiago, Chile. On the occasion he obtained a mark of 196 cymbals of 200, being only surpassed by the German Konrad Wirn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Solá
Guillermo Solá Aravena (July 25, 1929 – February 24, 2020) was a middle- and long-distance runner from Chile. He won the gold medal in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 1955 Pan American Games. Solá represented his native South American country at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ... in Helsinki, Finland. References *Guillermo Solá's obituary 1929 births 2020 deaths Chilean male middle-distance runners Chilean male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Chile Pan American Games gold medalists for Chile Pan American Games silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás DÃaz (politician)
Nicolás DÃaz Sánchez (August 10, 1929 – October 18, 2019) was a Chilean politician and cardiologist, member of the Christian Democrat Party of Chile (PDC). Biography DÃaz Sánchez was born on August 10, 1929, in the city of Rancagua. He studied in the O'Higgins Institute of Rancagua, and afterwards he completed his higher education in the Medicine Faculty of the University of Chile, where he graduated as a surgeon in 1955. He began his political career as regional chief (in O'Higgins Region) of Eduardo Frei Montalva during the 1958 elections. He later joined the Christian Democrat Party of Chile, and in 1963 he was elected mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well a ... of Rancagua, but he renounced the following year. He was elected again in 1967, but he al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Cornejo
Orlando Cornejo Bustamante (26 October 1929 – 20 April 2015) was the 37th Mayor of the commune of Pichilemu, office which he held between September 1992 and December 1996, representing the Union of the Centrist Center (UCC). He was the first mayor of Pichilemu to be elected following the Chilean transition to democracy. In 1996 and 2000, he ran again as a candidate in the municipal elections of these years, but failed to be elected in either. Early life Cornejo Bustamante was born on 26 October 1929 in the village of Cáhuil, Pichilemu, in current Cardenal Caro Province, Region of O'Higgins, Chile. His parents were Jermán Luis Cornejo Becerra and Ester Bustamante de Cornejo. He married MarÃa Soledad Cornejo Vargas (born 20 November 1963) in Rengo, Cachapoal Province, Region of O'Higgins, on 22 November 2007. Cornejo was described in a ''Pichilemu News'' article from 2011 as "not a very literate person, but criterious, honest." Political career Orlando Cornejo Bustamante ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JoaquÃn Figueroa
JoaquÃn Figueroa LarraÃn (1863 - May 30, 1929) was a Chilean politician, and brother of President Emiliano Figueroa. Biography Figueroa was born in Santiago, the son of Francisco de Paula Figueroa Araoz and of RosalÃa LarraÃn EcheverrÃa. He studied at the San Ignacio School and then went on to study law at the University of Chile, graduating on January 13, 1886. He married Elena Amunátegui Valdés but they had no children. Figueroa decided to embark on a political career and joined the Independent Liberal Party. On October 25, 1907, President Pedro Montt appointed Figueroa as Minister of Industry and Public Works, a position which he kept until August 29, 1908. President Montt also appointed him as Minister of Finance between June 15 and September 15, 1909. Then, in a 1908 by-election, he was elected Senator for ValparaÃso, Chile and then reelected in 1912. President Ramón Barros Luco appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization from May 29 to August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismael Tocornal
Ismael Tocornal y Tocornal, GCMG (April 5, 1850 - October 6, 1929) was a Chilean politician and diplomat, and the first Governor of the Central Bank of Chile. He was born in Santiago, the son of Manuel Antonio Tocornal y Grez and of Mercedes Ignacia Tocornal y Velasco. He completed his studies in the Colegio San Ignacio and at the Instituto Nacional. Trucco then attended the University of Chile, where he graduated as a lawyer on June 20, 1873. Early in his life he dedicated most of his time to his Hacienda San José in Puente Alto. Ismael Tocornal married Leonor Cazotte y Alcalde, and together they had one son. After the death of his first wife, he married a second time with Josefina Matte y Pérez, and they had one son, Domingo Tocornal Matte. Tocornal joined the Radical Party of Chile and he was elected supplementary deputy for "La Victoria" (1879-1882), and reelected, this time as proprietary deputy for the same area (1882-1885). In 1891 was elected deputy for "Melipilla and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
