José Manuel Balmaceda
Chilean politician
Died when: 51 years 61 days (613 months)Star Sign: Cancer
José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández (American Spanish: [ma'nwel ßalma'seða];July 19, 1840 – September 19, 1891) served as the 10th President of Chile from September 18, 1886, to August 29, 1891.
Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile.While he was president, his political disagreements with the Chilean congress led to the 1891 Chilean Civil War, following which he shot and killed himself.
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