Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui (; 27 December 1858 – 16 July 1930) was

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between 1915 and 1920. Sanfuentes was the son of writer and politician Salvador Sanfuentes Torres and Matilde Andonaegui. Orphaned at an early age and raised by his older brother, Enrique Salvador Sanfuentes, he trained as a lawyer at the

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. He graduated with a Doctor of Law in 1879. He married Ana Echazarreta (ca. 1865–1927) in 1885, and the couple had five children. Rising to the position of

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under

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in 1901, Sanfuentes served as

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from 1906 through 1909. The Chilean presidential election of 1915 developed into a bitter contest between Sanfuentes —a coalition candidate of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Conservative Party— and

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—supported by the Liberal Alliance parties. Sanfuentes beat Figueroa by a single vote, among allegations of fraud and electoral intervention. The National Congress was called to confirm the result. Through

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Chile remained neutral. While the conflict lasted, domestic industry had one of its biggest booms, with the national industry growing 53% in those four years. But the end of the war led to a crisis of the

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industry, which resulted in a wave of social unrest. Sanfuentes' hard line against striking coal miners and trade unionists in the final year of his presidency was a key factor in the rise of his liberal reformer successor. After office, Sanfuentes retired from public life, devoting himself to family life with his wife in his estate, Camarico, near

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Honours and Awards

Foreign Honours

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Grand Cross of the

Order of the Tower and Sword The Ancient and Most Noble Military Order of the Tower and of the Sword, of the Valour, Loyalty and Merit ( pt, Antiga e Muito Nobre Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada, do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito), before 1910 Royal Military Order of the Tower an ...

(22 April 1921) : * ESP Charles III Order GC

Grand Cross of the

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(19 June 1922)

References

1858 births 1930 deaths People from Santiago Chilean people of Basque descent Liberal Democratic Party (Chile, 1893) politicians Presidents of Chile Government ministers of Chile Deputies of the XXII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Deputies of the Constituent Congress of Chile (1891) Senators of the XXVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XXVII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XXVIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XXIX Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XXX Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XXXI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Candidates for President of Chile Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera alumni University of Chile alumni People of the Chilean Civil War of 1891 (Balmacedistas) {{Chile-politician-stub