Pedro Eulogio Altamirano Aracena ( — March 17, 1903), was a
Chilean soldier, lawyer and politician.
Early life
He was the son of Manuel Altamirano and Pilar Aracena. He graduated as a lawyer in 1860. His studies were carried out at the Liceo de San Felipe; National Institute since 1852; Law courses at the
National Institute and was sworn in as a lawyer on August 11, 1859.
Married to Adelina Talavera Appleby, with whom he was the father of General
Luis Altamirano Talavera, who would carry out a
military coup in 1925 against the presidency of
Arturo Alessandri Palma and would present himself to Chile as ''
de facto'' president. In his second marriage, he married Teresa Talavera Appleby, sister of the previous one; and then married for the third time, to Elena Talavera Appleby, sister of his previous wives; they had two children.
Judicial career
In May 1865 he was appointed criminal judge of
Valparaíso and in April 1869 criminal judge of
Santiago. On August 2, 1870, he was appointed
Minister of Justice, Worship and
Public Instruction
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He was also appointed
Minister of the Interior throughout the period of President
Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1871-1876).
Politician career
On September 18, 1871, he held the position of
Minister of the Interior and
Foreign Affairs
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, replacing the
Minister of War and Navy on the same date.
In 1873 he was elected deputy for
Concepción and
Talcahuano for the
Conservative Party. He replaced the Minister of War and Navy (1875). He was appointed Mayor of
Valparaíso and General Commander of the
Navy (1876).
Senator of the Republic
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in 1876, for the province of Concepción, he held the position until 1882. In 1880 he was appointed minister plenipotentiary and secretary of the army in the campaign (
War of the Pacific). He participated as a representative of Chile in the failed in October 1880 that was to end the war. He carried out the
Lima campaign and found himself in the battles of
Chorrillos and
Miraflores (1881).
In March 1884 he was appointed as the first Director of the
State Railway Company, this position being created on January 4 of the same year. He held this position for one year.
In 1885 he returned to the Senate, this time representing the province of Valparaíso, a position from which he left in 1894. He opposed the government of
José Manuel Balmaceda in the
Civil War of 1891. After the triumph of the revolution, he maintained his position as senator.
In 1894 he was appointed Mayor of Valparaíso. His actions were overshadowed by the murder of the liberal journalist and editor of the newspaper ''El Comercio de Valparaíso'', Rodolfo León Lavín, an event that occurred while he was mayor of the province. He did not order that a process be instituted, nor did he make the communication to the
Courts of Justice
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known in a public document. He did not take any punitive measures.
Altamirano had been appointed as Defender of Minors in 1890, and, after the 1891 conflict, he continued his duties, remaining this position until his death on March 17, 1903.
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1835 births
People from San Felipe, Chile
Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera alumni
Chilean lawyers
Ambassadors of Chile to Peru
Foreign ministers of Chile
Chilean Ministers of the Interior
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
19th-century Chilean politicians
1903 deaths