- Ismael Tocornal
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death_place=Santiago,Chile Ismael Tocornal Tocornal, GCMG (
April 5 ,1850 -October 6 ,1929 ) was aChile an politician and diplomat, and the first Governor of theCentral Bank of Chile .He was born in Santiago, the son of Manuel Antonio Tocornal y Grez and of Mercedes Ignacia Tocornal Velasco. He completed his studies in the Colegio San Ignacio and at the
Instituto Nacional . Trucco then attended theUniversidad de Chile , where he graduated as a lawyer onJune 20 ,1873 . Early in his life he dedicated most of his time to hisHacienda San José in Puente Alto. Ismael Tocornal married Leonor Cazotte Alcalde, and together they had one son. After the death of his first wife, he married a second time with Josefina Matte Pérez, but they had no children.Tocornal joined the Radical Party and he was elected supplementary deputy for "La Victoria" (1879-1882), and reelected, this time as propietary deputy for the same area (1882-1885). In 1891 was elected deputy for "Melipilla and La Victoria" (1891-1894) and in 1897 deputy for "Cauquenes and Constitución" (1897-1900). He was elected President of the Chamber of deputies on
June 9 , 1897, position he held untilJuly 2 ,1898 .President
Germán Riesco appointed him Minister of Industry and Public Works, position he held fromSeptember 18 ,1901 until November 18 of the same year, when he was reappointed as Minister of the Interior, untilMay 6 ,1902 . PresidentPedro Montt appointed him again as Minister of the Interior betweenSeptember 15 ,1909 andJune 17 ,1910 , same as PresidentsRamón Barros Luco betweenJanuary 23 andMay 20 ,1912 ;Juan Luis Sanfuentes betweenJuly 14 andSeptember 11 ,1917 andArturo Alessandri betweenNovember 3 ,1921 andMarch 22 ,1922 .In 1915, Tocornal was elected a Senator for "Ñuble" (1915-1921). On
June 3 ,1918 was elected President of the Senate, position he held untilSeptember 8 ,1919 . In 1919 he was designated as Especial Ambassador to theUnited Kingdom and headed the delegation that returned the courtesy visit of Especial AmbassadorMaurice de Bunsen . During that visit, King George V appointed him Knight Grand Cross () of theOrder of St Michael and St George .In 1920, he was part of the tribunal of honor that decided the result of the presidential election between
Arturo Alessandri andLuis Barros Borgoño . OnJune 26 ,1922 he was once again elected as a Senator, this time for "Santiago", where he remained until 1924. At the creation of theCentral Bank of Chile in 1925, Tocornal was appointed its first Governor, a position he retained until his death in Santiago in 1929, at the age of 79.ources
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