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José Manuel Balmaceda

1840 - 1891

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José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández (Latin American Spanish: [maˈnwel βalmaˈseða]; 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 was president, his political disagreements with the Chilean congress led to the 1891 Chilean Civil War, following which he killed himself with a pistol. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Manuel Balmaceda is the 8,449th most popular politician (up from 8,781st in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Chile (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chilean Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, José Manuel Balmaceda ranks 8,449 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Alghu, Marcus Minucius Rufus, Andranik Margaryan, Pons, Count of Tripoli, and Diodotus II. After him are Henry II, Duke of Guise, Gerhard Klopfer, William I of Provence, Gilukhipa, Sobekhotep III, and Shalmaneser IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, José Manuel Balmaceda ranks 40. Before him are Emin Pasha, Namık Kemal, Shibusawa Eiichi, Lars Fredrik Nilson, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, and August Leskien. After him are Marie Bracquemond, Charles Booth, Akaki Tsereteli, Édouard André, Alexander Kovalevsky, and Otto Wilhelm Thomé. Among people deceased in 1891, José Manuel Balmaceda ranks 47. Before him are Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark, Fredrik Pacius, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Joseph E. Johnston, and Hannibal Hamlin. After him are Aleksander Chodźko, Leon Pinsker, Friedrich von Schmidt, Amalia Lindegren, Ferdinand Gregorovius, and Giovanni Morelli.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, José Manuel Balmaceda ranks 34 out of 321. Before him are Jorge Alessandri (1896), Raúl Ruiz (1941), Nicanor Parra (1914), Arturo Alessandri (1868), Roberto Matta (1911), and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942). After him are Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (1933), Humberto Maturana (1928), Luis Corvalán (1916), Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), Arturo Vidal (1987), and Gabriel González Videla (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In Chile

Among politicians born in Chile, José Manuel Balmaceda ranks 12. Before him are Patricio Aylwin (1918), Ricardo Lagos (1938), Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911), Jorge Alessandri (1896), Arturo Alessandri (1868), and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942). After him are Luis Corvalán (1916), Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877), Gabriel González Videla (1898), Orlando Letelier (1932), Lucía Hiriart (1923), and Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1879).

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