José Miguel Valdés, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Senator and several-time minister of Chile
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About José Miguel Valdés
- José Miguel Valdés Carrera (March 14, 1837 - November 5, 1898) was a Chilean political figure and liberal politician, who served several times as minister.
- José Miguel Valdés was of Basque descent by his mother's side.He was born in Santiago, the youngest son of Francisco Javier Valdés Aldunate and of Javiera Carrera Fontecilla.
- He studied at the Seminary of Santiago and completed his studies at the Instituto Nacional.
- Valdés married Emilia La Jara Alliendeallier, and they had 4 children. He started his political career by joining the Liberal party and participating in the 1859 Revolution.
- Most of his life, he dedicated himself to the cultivation of his Hacienda Baracaldo in Santiago.
- In 1867 he was elected deputy for Santiago (1867-1870) and later re-elected for the period 1888-1891.
- A firm supporter of President José Manuel Balmaceda, he was appointed minister of War and Navy and of Industry and Public Works in 1889, and of Finance in 1891.
- The same year Valdés was elected a Senator for Concepcion.
- At the end of the 1891 Chilean Civil War, he had to seek refuge in the embassy of the United States, and soon afterward was exiled to France.
- He died in Paris at the age of 61.
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