Ramón Freire Serrano
| Ramón Freire | |
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| 3rd President of Chile | |
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In office 25 January 1827 – 8 May 1827 |
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| Vice President | Francisco Antonio Pinto |
| Preceded by | Agustín Eyzaguirre |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Antonio Pinto |
| 3rd Supreme Director of Chile | |
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In office 4 April 1823 – 9 July 1826 |
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| Preceded by | Bernardo O'Higgins |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Blanco Encalada (as President) |
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| Born | 29 November 1787 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 9 December 1851 (aged 64) Santiago, Chile |
| Political party |
Pipiolos (1823-1849) Liberal Party (1849-1851) |
| Spouse(s) | Manuela Caldera Mascayano |
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| The Freire Cabinet | ||
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| Office | Name | Term |
| President | Ramón Freire | 25 January 1827–5 May 1827 |
| Minister of Government & Foreign Affairs | Pbtro. José Miguel del Solar | 8 March 1827–13 December 1827 |
| Minister of War & Navy | General José Manuel Borgoño | 8 March 1827–16 July 1829 |
| Minister of Finance | Ventura Blanco Encalada | 8 March 1827–23 July 1828 |
Ramón Freire Serrano (November 29, 1787 – December 9, 1851) was a Chilean political figure. He was head of state on several occasions, and enjoyed a numerous following until the War of the Confederation. Ramón Freire was one of the principal leaders of the liberal Piopiolo movement and has been praised by historian Gabriel Salazar as the most democratic leader of the early republican period in Chile.
He was born in Santiago on November 29, 1787, the son of Francisco Antonio Freire y Paz and Gertrudis Serrano y Arrechea. An orphan from early age, he was raised in a hacienda by his maternal uncles near the town of Colina. He became an orphan again at age 16, and moved to the city of Concepción where he worked as a clerk in a store, and later as an apprentice in a merchant ship.
At the beginning of the independence struggle in 1810, he became actively involved in the public meetings that accompanied the establishment of the first Junta. In 1811, he became a cadet of the Dragones de la Frontera, and participated in the battles of Huilquilemu, Talcahuano, El Roble and El Quilo during the Chilean War of Independence.
By the time of the Rancagua disaster and the end of the Patria Vieja, he was already a captain. With many others he crossed the Andes and went into exile to Buenos Aires. In 1816 he joined the Army of the Andes, and returned to Chile as a battalion commander through the Planchón Pass (in southern Chile), occupying the city of Talca on February 11, 1817.
He fought at the battle of Maipú, was promoted to colonel for his services to the independence, and named Intendant of Concepción under the O'Higgins administration. His friendship with O'Higgins started to crack by degrees, until in 1822 he resigned his position in disagreement. His name became a rallying point for the discontents with O'Higgins, but the two of them never came to an armed conflict.
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