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Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
became politically influential during the 19th century, and played a very significant role in Chilean politics; it is still important. Its most prominent members were the children and descendants of Catalan
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
immigrants, notable in their time:
- Manuel MonttManuel MonttManuel Francisco Antonio Julián Montt Torres was a Chilean statesman and scholar. He was twice elected President of Chile between 1851 and 1861.-Biography:...
(1809–1880): Politician and President of ChilePresident of ChileThe President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...
. - Rosario Montt Goyenechea, First Lady of ChileFirst Ladies of ChileFirst Lady of Chile is the unofficial title for the wife of the President of Chile. In colonial times the wives of the Royal Governors were known as Presidentas, title that was in use during the first half of the 19th century, but was slowly superseded by the newer of First Lady...
. - Julio Montt (1861–1882): Soldier and hero of the War of the PacificWar of the PacificThe War of the Pacific took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. Despite cooperation among the three nations in the war against Spain, disputes soon arose over the mineral-rich Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna, and Arica, and the...
. - Pedro MonttPedro MonttPedro Elías Pablo Montt Montt was a Chilean political figure. He served as the president of Chile from 1906 to his death from a probable stroke in 1910...
(1846–1910): Politician and President of Chile. - Jorge MonttJorge MonttJorge Montt Álvarez was vice-admiral of the Chilean Navy and president of Chile from 1891 to 1896.-Early life:...
(1847–1922): Admiral, politician and President of Chile. - Leonor Frederick de Montt, First Lady of Chile.
- Luis Montt Montt (1848–1909): Lawyer, deputy, writer, historiographer, son of Manuel Montt Torres, and brother of Pedro Montt Montt.
- Sara del Campo de MonttSara del CampoSara del Campo Yávar was First Lady of Chile from 1906 to 1910, and the wife of President Pedro Montt.She was born in Santiago, 31 December 1855 - † Santiago 4 October 1927, she was daughter of Evaristo del Campo Madariaga and of Antonia Yávar Ruiz de Cabrera. She married Pedro Montt on January 3,...
, First Lady of Chile. - Teresa Wilms Montt (1893–1921): Poetess.
- Christina MonttChristina MonttCristina Montt , was a Chilean film star of silent and early sound films.-Early life:She was born in Chile in 1895 into the well-known, political Montt family. Her granduncle, Manuel Montt, was twice president of Chile...
(1895–1969): Early movie actress. - Manuel Montt Lehuedé, (1904–1983): Politician and representative for Itata and San Carlos provinces.
- Manuel Montt Balmaceda, (1925–): Lawyer, former diplomat to the ILOIloIlo is a port city in southern Peru, with some 58,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the Moquegua Region and capital of the province of Ilo.-History:...
and founder rector of the Diego Portales University. - Luis Montt Dubournais, (1948– ): Politician and mayor of La ReinaLa ReinaLa Reina is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was created in 1963 from an eastern portion of the Ñuñoa commune...
(SantiagoSantiago, ChileSantiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
). - Marta Montt Balmaceda, Former top model.
- Andrés Wood Montt (born 1965): Is a ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an film director. - Rodrigo Montt SwettRodrigo MonttRodrigo Antonio Montt Swett is a Chilean lawyer, jurist and politician.-Early life:Montt was born in Santiago, Chile on July 5th, 1974, the fourth of six children of Manuel Montt Dubournais and María Gloria Swett De la Cerda.-Education:...
(born 1974): Lawyer, jurist, and politician, of National RenewalNational Renewal (Chile)National Renewal , is a liberal conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Coalition for Change in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union and the Chile First movement...
party. Candidate to deputy 2005 year, district 34 (San FernandoSan Fernando, ChileSan Fernando is the capital of the province of Colchagua, in central Chile, and the second most populated urban center of the O'Higgins Region. Located close to the Tinguiririca River in a fertile valley, San Fernando sits 1,112 feet above sea level...
, ChimbarongoChimbarongoChimbarongo, Chile, is a city and commune located south of Santiago in the Colchagua Province of the O'Higgins Region. Many of the people of Chimbarongo make their living weaving wickerwork, or "mimbre", baskets.-Demographics:...
, PeumoPeumoPeumo is a Chilean city and commune in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region. It is believed that Peumo was named for the vast amount of Cryptocarya alba, or Peumo trees, that grow there.-Demographics:...
, PichideguaPichideguaPichidegua is a Chilean commune and town in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Pichidegua spans an area of and has 17,756 inhabitants . Of these, 4,965 lived in urban areas and 12,791 in rural areas...
, Las CabrasLas CabrasLas Cabras is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Las Cabras spans an area of and has 20,242 inhabitants . Of these, 7,548 lived in urban areas and 12,694 in rural areas...
, San Vicente de Tagua TaguaSan Vicente de Tagua TaguaSan Vicente de Tagua Tagua, or just San Vicente, is a Chilean commune and city in Cachapoal Province, O'Higgins Region.-Demographics:According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, San Vicente spans an area of and has 40,253 inhabitants . Of these, 21,965 lived in urban areas...
). President for the district 34 of the party. Now is Seremi of justice in O'Higgins RegionO'Higgins RegionThe VI O'Higgins Region is one of Chile's 15 first order administrative divisions. It is subdivided into three provinces. It is named in honour of Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme, one of Chile's founding fathers....
of Chile, for new government, from March 2010.