Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia (25 May 1874 in
Copiapó
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Copiapó lies about 800 km nort ...
– 28 January 1954) was Acting
President of Chile
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in 1932.
He studied law at the ''
Universidad de Chile
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Santiago
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, and in 1897 received his law degree. During the
1891 Chilean Civil War, Oyanedel fought for the
Congress
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ional army.
In 1927, he was appointed a member of the
Supreme Court of Chile , and served as
Chief Justice. On October 2, due to the garrison revolts in
Antofagasta
Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669.
After the Spanish American wars ...
and
Concepción, Blanche resigned his power to Oyanedel. Nearly all of Oyanedel's work was to convene the general elections, which were won by
Arturo Alessandri
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 ...
for his second term in office. Oyanedel handed over the presidential power on Christmas Day, December 24, 1932. Oyanedel had led the country for 82 days from the position of
Vice President
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of the Republic.
1874 births
1954 deaths
Chilean people of Basque descent
Presidents of Chile
Supreme Court of Chile members
People from Copiapó
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