Ventura Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (c. July 14, 1782 – June 13, 1856) was a

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an political figure. Blanco Encalada was born in Chuquisaca,

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, the son of Manuel Lorenzo Blanco Cicerón and of Mercedes Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren (a Spanish father and a Chilean mother). He was trained for the Army in

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, where he became a ''Guard de Corps'' and a lieutenant in the ''Regimiento de Dragones de Sangunto''. During the

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, he supported

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and eventually was forced to emigrate to

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. He returned to Buenos Aires in 1816, and moved to Chile in 1820, where his younger brother

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was an important political figure who went on to become its first President. In 1826, President

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named him Minister of Government and Foreign Affairs and in 1827, Vice President

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named him Secretary of Treasury. After the defeat of the liberals in the

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, he retired from politics. Blanco Encalada spent his last years teaching at the Universidad de Chile, where he became Dean of the School of Humanities.

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1782 births 1856 deaths Foreign ministers of Chile Ministers of finance of Chile People of the Chilean War of Independence {{Chile-politician-stub People of the Peninsular War Expatriates in France Academic staff of the University of Chile People from Sucre People from the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata