Francisco Ramón Vicuña
| Francisco Ramón Vicuña | |
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| President of Chile | |
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In office 2 November 1829 – 7 December 1829 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco Antonio Pinto |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Ruiz-Tagle |
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In office 16 July 1829 – 19 October 1829 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco Antonio Pinto |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Antonio Pinto |
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| Born | 9 September 1775 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 13 January 1849 (aged 73) Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mariana de Aguirre |
| The Vicuña Cabinet | ||
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| Office | Name | Term |
| President | Francisco Ramón Vicuña | 16 July 1829–7 December 1829 |
| Minister of Government & Foreign Affairs | Melchor José Ramos | 16 July 1829–9 November 1829 |
| José Nicolás de la Cerda | 9 November 1829–7 December 1829 | |
| Secretary of War | José Santiago Muñoz | 16 July 1829–9 November 1829 |
| José Antonio Pérez de Cotapos | 9 November 1829–7 December 1829 | |
| Secretary of Navy | José Manuel Calderón | 16 July 1829–7 December 1829 |
| Minister of Finance | Manuel José Huici | 16 July 1829–9 November 1829 |
| Pedro José Prado | 9 November 1829–7 December 1829 | |
Francisco Ramón de Vicuña Larraín (September 9, 1775 – January 13, 1849) was a Chilean political figure. He served twice as acting President of Chile in 1829. Francisco Vicuña was of Basque descent.
He was born in Santiago on 1775, the son of Francisco de Vicuña Hidalgo y Zavala and of María del Carmen Larraín Salas y Vicuña. He married Mariana de Aguirre, and had 11 children with her.
In 1810, Vicuña participated in Chile's war for independence and organized the first firearms production in the country. In 1811, he represented Osorno in the congress, which was to give Chile a constitution, in 1814, he moved to the Senate of Chile. Then, he was arrested for conspiracy against the Spanish crown and banished into exile. Only after Chile's victory at the battle of Chacabuco in 1817, was he able to return to his home land. Bernardo O'Higgins appointed him as a government representative to the northern provinces.
In 1823 he became the head of the administration of Santiago and then as a delegate to the constitutional convention that year. He was one of the main defenders of the Federalist position championed by José Miguel Infante. In 1825 the Supreme Director of Chile Ramón Freire appointed him to be his deputy as well as foreign and interior minister and at times acting war, naval, and finance minister.
In 1829, when Francisco Antonio Pinto was elected President of Chile, the runners-up where Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, a liberal federalist, and José Joaquín Prieto, a conservative centralist, who both received the same amount of votes. Nonetheless, congress, the majority of which was liberal, declared Joaquín Vicuña, a distant third and brother of Francisco Ramón (who was president of the senate) Vice-President. The centralists outraged decided for armed resistance and the Chilean Civil War of 1829 broke out.
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