Luis Barros Borgoño was a Chile

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an politician

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 who served as Vice President of Chile

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 in 1925.

Born in Santiago

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, he was son of Manuel Barros Arana and Eugenia Borgoño Vergara. He graduated as a lawyer in 1880, held a position in the Supreme Court in 1884, was Minister of War and Navy on three occasions (1890, 1892 and 1895-96), was Minister of Foreign Affairs twice (1894 and 1918) and Finance Minister in 1901.

As the conservative candidate in the Chilean presidential election of 1920

Chilean presidential election, 1920

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, he faced the liberal Arturo Alessandri and was defeated by a very slim margin (he actually obtained more popular votes than Alessandri). When Alessandri resigned again on October 1, 1925 Barros occupied the Vice-Presidency

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 until December 23 of that same year, when Emiliano Figueroa

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 took possession.

Barros was also an author who focused on history. He wrote several volumes including The Muzzi Mission, a Life of Admiral Patricio Lynch

Patricio Lynch

Patricio Javier de los Dolores Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a Rear Admiral in the Chilean navy, and one of the principal figures of the later stages of the War of the Pacific...

and Mission in the Plata, in which he defended his uncle, Diego Barros

Diego Barros Arana

Diego Jacinto Agustín Barros Arana was an educator, diplomat and Chilean historian. He is considered the most important Chilean historian of the 19th century and his most famous work is the General History of Chile...

 and his participation in the negotiations with Argentina

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 over the Patagonia

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.