Aníbal Zañartu Zañartu (; 12 April 1847 – 1 February 1902) was a

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an political figure. He served several times as minister and, for a brief time, as vice president in 1901. He was a member of the

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Early life

He was born in Concepción, the son of Miguel José de Zañartu Santa María and of Juana de Mata Zañartu. After completing his studies in his native city, he graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad de Chile on July 19, 1870. Zañartu married Amelia Iñiguez Vicuña and they had six children. He owned a carbon mine in the Dichato beach, near Tomé. Aníbal Zañartu was of

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descent.

Career

He started his political career as

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ambassador to

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, in 1880, during the

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. In 1882 he was elected as a deputy for San Fernando. In 1885 he was first elected as a deputy for

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, on August 22 was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies and, on September 3, was named Minister of Foreign Affairs and Colonization by President

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. On June 28, 1887 President José Manuel Balmaceda named him

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. In 1888 Zañartu was elected a Senator for Concepción, and was reelected in 1894. On June 3, 1892, he was elected vice-president of the Senate. President Federico Errázuriz Echaurren named him Minister of the Interior in 1896 and again in 1901. After the death of President Errázuriz Echaurren the same year, he served as Vice President of Chile from July 12 until September 18, when the elected successor,

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, took over. In the same election, Zañartu was elected as a Senator for Ñuble. He died soon after, in his home in Tomé, at the age of 55.

References

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