José Anacleto Montt Goyenechea (1802–1867) was a

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an politician and lawyer. He was born in Valparaiso in 1802 and died in Santiago in 1867. He was the son of Filiberto Montt Prado and María de la Luz Goyenechea de la Sierra and the brother of Rosario Montt Goyenechea, former First Lady of Chile. He married Mercedes Pérez Vergara with whom he had seven children.

Career

Goyenechea was part of the pelucon army in the 1830 Civil War. With the triumph of conservatism, he acceded to the secretariat of the Municipality of

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and, later became an adviser to the Ministry of Justice, Culture and Education, 1837-1841, in the government of

José Joaquín Prieto José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...

. Advocate of the Conservative government, he joined the Caupolican Company in order to oppose the resistant liberals of the Sociedad de la Igualdad (Equal Society). He was elected Member of Parliament for

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for the 1852-1855 term, integrating in this period, the Standing Committee on Education and Welfare.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Montt, Jose 1802 births 1867 deaths Jose Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile 19th-century Chilean politicians