Francisco José de Borja Echeverría (
Santiago
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1848- Santiago 1904) was a
Chile
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an
Conservative Party deputy and
diplomat. He finished his
secondary education
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at
Instituto Nacional. In 1871 he graduated as lawyer working both as lawyer and teacher. From 1876 to 1879 he worked as deputy for
Ovalle
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.
He was appointed
Consul General
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in Argentina for the time of the
Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina. From its founding in 1882 to 1884 he directed the Chilean agency for colonization and immigration with its headquarters in
Paris
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.
The period of 1885 to 1888 he served again as deputy this time for La Victoria.
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Chilean diplomats
Chilean people of Basque descent
Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
1848 births
1904 deaths
Conservative Party (Chile) politicians
19th-century Chilean lawyers