- Enrique Cood
Enrique Cood Ross (
1826 -February 27 ,1888 ) was aChile anpolitical figure , who served as minister and diplomat.He was born in Valparaíso, the son of Enrique Cood and of Isabel Ross. After completing his studies in his native city at the school of Guillermo Wolkins, he continued his education in
England andBelgium . Cood returned to Chile in 1851 and graduated as a lawyer from theUniversidad de Chile onJanuary 20 ,1857 where he also taught Civil Law. He became a member of the school of Humanities of the same university in 1857 and of the School of Law and Political Science in 1862. Cood married María Ugarte Ramírez onApril 3 ,1857 and after her death he married for a second time with Enriqueta Lecaros Alcalde.Cood started his political career in 1864 when he was elected as a deputy for "Laja" (1864-1867, being reelected for "
Chillán " (1867-1870), "Melipilla " (1870-1873); "Vichuquén " (1873-1876), and "Melipilla" (1876-1879). He also worked as a private lawyer. On 1875 PresidentFederico Errázuriz Zañartu named him junior Minister of Foreign Affairs and promoted him to the top job at the ministry onApril 5 ,1875 .After the
War of the Pacific , he worked as plenipotentiary agent to the joint tribunal charged to dealt with the claims of Italian citizens caused by the war actions. He died in his home in Santiago, at the age of 62.Additional information
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