- Elías Fernández
Infobox_President | name=Elías Fernández Albano
order=Vice President of Chile
term_start=August 16 ,1910
term_end=September 6 ,1910
predecessor=Pedro Montt
successor=Emiliano Figueroa
birth_date=1845
birth_place=Santiago,Chile
death_date=death date|1910|9|6|mf=y
death_place=Santiago,Chile
spouse=Mercedes Barañao
vicepresident=Emiliano Figueroa Elías Fernández y Albano (
1845 -September 6 ,1910 ) was aChile an politician, who wasvicepresident of Chile in fromAugust 6 ,1910 until his death.He was born in
Santiago de Chile , the son of Juan de Dios Fernández y Gana and of María del Pilar Albano Martínez de Vergara. He studied at theInstituto Nacional and later graduated as a lawyer from theUniversidad de Chile . He was accepted to the bar onMay 18 ,1869 . OnAugust 16 ,1871 , he married Mercedes Barañao Ochagavía.He was elected Deputy for Lontué in 1885 and reelected in 1891. In 1894 he was elected for the Talca, Curepto and Lontué district. Fernández was twice Minister of Industry and Public Works under President
Jorge Montt (1894-1896); Minister of War and Navy (1896-97), Finance (1897) and Interior (1899-1900) underFederico Errázuriz Echaurren , and again minister of Interior withGermán Riesco (1902-1903).In 1910, President
Pedro Montt , seriously ill, took a leave of absence and moved to Germany to cure, and Fernández, being the Minister of Interior, succeeded him as vicepresident. Fernández, however, caught a cold during Montt's funeral, which soon turned into pulmony, causing him to die of heart failure inSantiago de Chile after only ten days of government.Additional information
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