Luis Barros Borgoño
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Luis Barros Borgoño (1858 - 1943) was a Chilean politician who served as acting President of Chile in 1920 and Vice President of Chile from 1 October 1925 to 23 December 1925.
Born in Santiago, 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, was the Foreign Minister in 1894 and 1918 Minister of the Hacienda in 1901.
As the conservative presidential in 1920 by the conservatives, he faced the liberal Arturo Alessandri Palma and was defeated by a narrow margin (he obtained more more electing votes than Alessandri). When Alessandri resigned in 1925, Barros occupied the vice-presidency until the election of Emiliano Figueroa Larraín in December of that year.
Barros was also an author who focused on history, including the Muzi Mission, Life of Admiral Lynch and Misión in the Silver, which defended his uncle, Diego Barros Arana, in the negotiations with Argentina.
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