Enrique Campino (1794–1874) was a

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an politician and soldier who campaigned for his country's independence.

Early life

Campino was born in La Serena,

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in 1794 and died on October 26, 1874. He was a Chilean military officer who participated in the process that led to the independence of that country in the early nineteenth century. His parents were Captain Don Andres Fernandez de Campino y Erazo and Magdalena Salamanca y Messía. In 1821, he married Dona Ignacia Landa de los Rios.

Military career

He joined the Army in 1810 as a lieutenant of the Grenadier Regiment of Infantry. He helped quell the mutiny of Colonel Thomas Figueroa on 1 April 1811 (the

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). He participated in the campaigns of the south until 1812. After the Disaster of

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in 1814, he emigrated to

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, joining the Army of the Andes. He fought in the

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in 1817. In 1820, he participated in the Liberating Expedition of Peru with the rank of colonel and in the Chiloe campaign (1825–1826). In January 1827, along with his brother

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, he took part in the so-called Campino Uprising. On 15 February 1832, he reached the rank of general.

Political career

He was elected an MP for Santiago in 1826, 1828, 1829, 1831–1834, and 1858–1861. As an MP, Campino signed the 1828 Constitution. He was later mayor of the Santiago Province and a senator from 1861 to 1870. 1794 births 1874 deaths Viceroyalty of Peru people People from La Serena Chilean people of Spanish descent Deputies of the I Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Deputies of the III Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Deputies of the XII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XIV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Senators of the XVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile Chilean Army officers {{Chile-Deputy-stub