José Victorino Lastarria
| José Victorino Lastarria | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 1862–1863 |
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| Preceded by | Manuel Rengifo |
| Succeeded by | Domingo Santa María |
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| Born | 23 March 1817 Rancagua, Chile |
| Died | 14 June 1888 (aged 71) Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Julia Jesús Villarreal |
| Children | Victorino Aurelio Lastarria, 11 others |
| Mother | Carmen Santander Bozo |
| Father | Francisco Lastarria y Cortés |
| Residence | Santiago, Chile |
| Alma mater | University of San Felipe |
| Profession | Attorney, writer |
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José Victorino Lastarria (23 March 1817 – 14 June 1888) was a Chilean writer, legislative deputy, senator, diplomat, and finance minister.
José Victorino Lastarria was the son of Francisco Lastarria y Cortés and Carmen Santander Bozo.
He studied in his hometown of Rancagua, and then moved to Santiago when he was granted a scholarship by the government of Francisco Antonio Pinto to the Liceo de Chile, a school then run by José Joaquín de Mora. While there, the Chilean Civil War of 1829–30 occurred, in which the Pipiolos (Liberals) were defeated by the Pelucones (Conservatives). Mora was expelled from the country, which motivated Lastarria to become a revolutionary against what he saw as a dictatorship being installed.
Lastarria married Julia Jesús Villarreal on 8 June 1839, with whom he had 12 children. One was engineer Victorino Aurelio Lastarria.
Lastarria was a disciple of Andrés Bello in 1834. After graduating from the National Institute, he studied for various careers, earning the titles of geographer and attorney from the University of San Felipe and the Institute of Law and Sacred Canons in 1839.
With a group of students from the National Institute, he formed the Literary Society of 1842, an entity for the dissemination of liberal ideas then prohibited by the government of Manuel Bulnes.
In 1843, Lastarria joined the ranks of the founding professors of the University of Chile.
In 1848, with the escalation of repression by the country's Conservative government, Lastarria joined the Society of Equality, a revolutionary group which sought to overthrow Bulnes and the Constitution of 1833. In 1850 he was arrested by the government and sent to Lima. He returned to participate in the Revolution of 1851, seeking to annul the election of Manuel Montt. This was defeated by aggressive government action, and Lastarria escaped back to Peru, labeled one of the "ten most wanted men in Chile". His brother Manuel was arrested by the government.
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