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Juan Luis Sanfuentes

Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui (27 December 1858-16 July 1930) was President of Chile from 23 December 1915 to 23 December 1920, succeeding Ramon Barros Luco and preceding Arturo Alessandri. He was a Liberal Democratic Party of Chile member.

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Juan Luis Sanfuentes Andonaegui was born in Santiago, Chile on 27 December 1858, and he became a lawyer in 1879 and served as Minister of Finance under President Federico Erazurriz Echaurren in 1901 and as President of the Senate from 1906 to 1909. He was elected President in 1915 as the Liberal Democratic Party of Chile and Conservative Party of Chile candidate, and he kept Chile neutral during World War I and suppressed mining strikes. He left office in 1920 and died in 1930.

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