Ramón Barros Luco

Infobox_President | name=Ramón Barros Luco

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order=16th President of Chile
term_start=December 23, 1910
term_end=December 23, 1915
predecessor=Emiliano Figueroa
successor=Juan Luis Sanfuentes
birth_date=birth date|1835|6|9|mf=y
birth_place=Santiago, Chile
dead=
death_date=death date and age|1919|9|20|1835|6|9|mf=y
death_place=Santiago, Chile
spouse=Mercedes Valdés
party=Liberal
vicepresident=

Ramón Barros Luco (June 9, 1835 - September 20, 1919) was President of Chile between 1910 and 1915.

Barros Luco was born in 1835 in Santiago, Barros Luco was son of Ramón Luis Barros Fernández and Dolores Luco Fernández de Leiva. He graduated from Law School in 1858. He died in Santiago in 1919.

He was elected president because he was not a threat to anybody, his motto during his presidency was "99% of the problems will solve themselves, and the remaining 1% have no solution" (Spanish: "El 99% de los problemas se resuelven solos y el 1% restante no tiene solución").

His name has became famous, not for his time as president, but rather due to the fact that he used to eat a particular sandwich often, which became known as a "Barros Luco". This "sanguche" (Spanish: "Sandwich") is made with a slab of steak or multiple slices of beef with melted cheese, prepared on the grill (similar to a philly cheesesteak sandwich) and served hot. The sandwich is still served today in most restaurants throughout Chile.

Barros Luco was elected "diputado" (similar to a Member of Parliament) to the Chamber of Deputies of Chile in 1861. From 1870 on, he was elected to Congress, later becoming president of it in 1891. He supported the impeachment of José Manuel Balmaceda.

A trait of his peculiar personality took place when , present during a Congress session, a congressman was passionately describing the violent clashes between the Police and rioting miners in Lota. "And who's winning ?" Barros Luco unabashedly asked the congressman.

Additional information

ee also

*Barros Luco Sandwich - A sandwich named in his honor

External links

* [http://icarito.aconcagua1.copesa.cl/biografias/1891-1925/bios/barros-luco.htm Short biography] es icon
* [http://www.vi-e.cl/internas/edu_dia/personaj/barros_luco.htm Biography] es icon