Francisco Antonio Vargas Fontecilla (

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, April 27, 1824 -

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, December 10, 1883) was a Chilean

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and Liberal politician.

Family

He was the son of Benito Vargas Prado and Manuela Fontecilla y Rozas. He contracted marriage in July 1858 with Rita Laso Errázuriz, from whose union two daughters were born: Rita and Manuela; and in 1866, in a second marriage with Emilia Solar Valdés, two children: Luis and Casimiro. He studied at the National Institute, where he was sworn in as a lawyer on April 19, 1847 and five years later, in 1852, he entered the Faculty of

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Life and politic

He was a member of the

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. He was elected deputy for ''San Felipe'', ''Putaendo'' and Los Andes for the period 1858 - 1861. He was part of the permanent commission of Education and Welfare. He was once again parliamentarian for the aforementioned districts in 1864-1867 and was a member of the permanent commission on

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and

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. He was commissioned in 1863, by the government of President

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, to elaborate a ''Draft Law'' on the ''Organization and Powers of the Courts'', which concluded 1864 and finally became law in 1875. In the following election he was reelected deputy, but this time by Santiago. During this last period, he presided at two sessions of the House, from June 4 to October 8, 1867 and from December 8, 1868 to June 2, 1870. In his early days as a parliamentarian; President

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appointed him

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and

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(September 1867 - October 1868) and later

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and Public Instruction (April 30 - August 2, 1870). Then he became a

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for Valparaiso (1870-1879), combining the permanent commission of Government and External Relations. He was dean of the

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of the

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. He was also minister of the Court of Appeals of Santiago (1872) and prosecutor of the

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(1882). He published several works on Castilian grammar, and on Constitutional law. He also contributed to ''The Museum'' and to the ''Magazine of Santiago''.

Tribute

In the downtown sector of the city of Santiago de Chile, in the commune of

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, at the beginning of the 20th century; a street with its name, Vargas Fontecilla.Calle Vargas Fontecilla
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Annals of the University of Chile - Andres Bello and Francisco Vargas Fontecilla
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vargas Fontecilla, Francisco 1824 births 1883 deaths Politicians from Santiago, Chile Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile Members of the Senate of Chile Labour ministers of Chile

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