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Biography of Carlos Ibáñez del CampoName: Carlos Ibáñez del CampoBirth Date: November 3, 1877 Death Date: 1960 Place of Birth: Linares, Chile Nationality: Chilean Gender: Male Occupations: president, military general Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (1877-1960) was a Chilean general and twice president of the republic. A self-styled populist leader, he attempted to secure for the middle and lower classes a greater voice in the nation's economic and political life.Carlos Ibáñez was born in Linares on Nov. 3, 1877. Entering the military school in Santiago, he graduated and received his commission. In 1903 he was appointed military adviser to the army of El Salvador, and after his return to Chile he held the directorship of the cavalry school and police academy. He rose to political prominence as a result of the military coup in September 1924 and was one of the leaders of the second coup of January 1925, which restored Arturo Alessandri, the legal president, to power. Ibáñez was rewarded by being named minister of war. He emerged as a spokesman for reformist-minded and politically ambitious …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…accused Ibáñez of wishing to install a peronista-style dictatorship in Chile. But the voters expressed their desire for strong government and gave a plurality of votes to Ibáñez. Once in office, he found it difficult to govern. Congress was in the hands of his enemies, and he was old and unable to offer effective leadership. He served out his term increasingly powerless and in 1958 turned over the presidency to Jorge Allessandri, his elected successor. Ibáñez died on April 28, 1960. Further Reading There is no detailed study of Ibáñez's career in English. Federico G. Gil deals with Chile during the Ibáñez era in The Political System of Chile (1966). John Reese Stevenson covers the Ibáñez dictatorship in The Chilean Popular Front (1942), and Fredrick B. Pike ably discusses both administrations in Chile and the United States, 1880-1962 (1963). |