Rafael Larraín Moxó Explained

Rafael Larraín Moxó
Birth Date:1813 2, df=y
Birth Place:Buin, Chile
Death Place:Santiago, Chile
Nationality:Chilean
Office1:
President of the Senate of the Republic of Chile
Term Start1:1864
Term End1:June 1864
Predecessor1:Manuel José Cerda
Successor1:Manuel Antonio Tocornal Grez
Party: Conservative Party
Occupation:Politician

José Rafael Larraín Moxó (born 16 February 1813 – 28 December 1892) was a Chilean politician, farmer, businessman and banker. Elected senator for Santiago for four terms from 1855 to 1882, he was also president of the Senate of Chile from 1864 to 1867.[1] A co-founder of the National Agricultural Society, he was its director and president from 1845 to 1847, and from 1875 to 1893. In 1859, he co-founded a credit institution, the Banco de Chile, and became president of the Bank of Valparaiso in 1874 and later the National Bank. A member of the Conservative Party, he was its president from 1884 to 1885.[2]

On 19 October 1839, he married Victoria Prieto Warnes, the daughter of then-president Joaquín Prieto.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jose Rafael Larrain Moxo . 2024-08-23 . Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile / BCN . es.
  2. Araya-Valenzuela . Roberto . Llorca-Jaña . Manuel . 2018 . The Birth of Joint Stock Companies in Chile, 1849–1875 . Revista De Historia Industrial — Industrial History Review . 27 . 74 . 43–76 . 10.1344/rhi.v27i74.20260.
  3. Book: Bauer, Arnold J. . Chilean rural society from the Spanish conquest to 1930 . 1975 . . 0521207274 . 185–187.