Pedro Elías Pablo Montt Montt (; 29 June 1849,
Santiago
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,
Chile
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– 16 August 1910,
Bremen, Germany
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)
was a
Chile
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an
political figure
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. He served as the
president of Chile
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from 1906 to his death from a probable
stroke
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in 1910. His government furthered railroad and manufacturing activities but ignored pressing social and labour problems.
Biography
The son of the former Chilean president
Manuel Montt Torres
Manuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres (; September 4, 1809 – September 21, 1880) was a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.
Biography
Montt was born in Petorca, Valparaíso ...
and
Rosario Montt Goyenechea, Pedro Montt graduated in law from the National Institute in 1870. He was elected a member of the
Chamber of Deputies
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in 1876 and became its president in 1885. Montt held two posts in the cabinet of President
José Manuel Balmaceda
José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández (; July 19, 1840 – September 19, 1891) served as the 10th President of Chile from September 18, 1886, to August 29, 1891. Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile. While he wa ...
, but in 1891 he took an active part in the revolution that overthrew Balmaceda. He then went to the United States, first as an agent of the revolutionary junta and later (after U.S. recognition) as Minister.
Unsuccessful in his first bid for the presidency in 1901, Montt was elected by a large majority in 1906 as the candidate of the
National Union ticket. His first action was to call out the army to suppress large-scale strikes in 1907, which resulted in the
Santa María School massacre
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. His administration supported the construction of a railway that ran the length of the country and stimulated the production of nitrates and
copper
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. It did little, however, to improve the living conditions of the people. In 1909, then-child-prodigy pianist
Claudio Arrau
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played for Montt, who was so taken by the performance that he authorized a ten-year grant from the Chilean government for Arrau to study in Europe. In 1910, Montt left Chile for medical treatment in
Germany
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, but died before he could return to Chile.
See also
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Montt family
References
External links
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1849 births
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