
Pedro Elias Pablo Montt Montt (29 June 1849-16 August 1910) was President of Chile from 18 September 1906 to 16 August 1910, succeeding German Riesco and preceding Elias Fernandez Albano. He was a Liberal Party of Chile member.
Biography[]
Pedro Elias Pablo Montt Montt was born in Santiago, Chile on 29 June 1849, the son of President Manuel Montt, and he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1876 and became its President in 1885. He took part in the 1891 revolution which overthrew President Jose Manuel Balmaceda and was elected President in 1906, suppressing large-scale strikes in 1907, leading to a school massacre at Santa Maria. He also supported the expansion of railroads and mining, and he died while receiving medical treatment in Bremen, Germany in 1910.