Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia
Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia (born May 25, 1874 in Liceo de Copiapó near Puerto Montt , † January 28, 1954 ) was a Chilean politician . He served temporarily as the incumbent president of his country in 1932.
Life
Oyanedel studied after school law at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago de Chile , which he left in 1897 with the bar exam to work as a public prosecutor. Even before that, he had participated as a soldier in the uprising against President José Manuel Balmaceda in 1891 .
In 1927 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Chile, which he chaired in 1932. In this capacity, General Bartolomeo Blanche Espejo handed him over to the office of Vice President on October 2, 1932, before resigning himself. Abraham Oyanedel was the acting President of Chile. Probably the most significant act during his brief presidency was to hold presidential elections on October 30, 1932, and to hand over his office on December 24, 1932 to the victorious Arturo Alessandri Palma .
Little is known about his life after the handover to Alessandri.
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SURNAME | Oyanedel Urrutia, Abraham |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1874 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liceo de Copiapó near Puerto Montt |
DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1954 |