Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure
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| Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure | |
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| President of the League of Nations | |
| In office 1922–1923 |
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| Preceded by | Herman Adriaan van Karnebeek |
| Succeeded by | Cosme de la Torriente |
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| Born | June 17, 1878 Santiago, Chile |
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Agustín Edwards Mac-Clure (June 17, 1878 – June 18, 1941) was a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and businessman, and founder of the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper.
Early life
Agustín Edwards was born in Santiago, the son of Agustín Edwards Ross and of Luisa McClure Ossandón.
Career
In 1900 he founded the Santiago edition of El Mercurio newspaper, using the same name of the newspaper he inherited from his father and that was published in Valparaíso. He also wrote and published some history books: My Native Land, published in English; El Alba and Cuatro Presidentes de Chile, that refer to the administrations of presidents Prieto, Bulnes, Montt and Pérez. In May 1941, shortly before his death, he authored the foreword of Trout Fishing in Chilean Rivers.[1]
He was a member of the lower house of the Chilean National Congress for four consecutive periods, between 1900 and 1910, representing the National Party. He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization during the presidency of Germán Riesco, and again during the presidency of Pedro Montt, under whom he was also named Interior Minister. In 1910 he was named a plenipotentiary to Great Britain, and had a very important participation in the negotiations with Peru, with respect to the plebiscite that was to solve the question of the property of Tacna and Arica.
He was elected president of the General Assembly of the League of Nations from 1922 until 1923.[2]
As executor of the will of businessman and philanthropist Federico Santa María Carrera, he founded Federico Santa María Technical University.
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| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization 1903 |
Succeeded by Rafael Sotomayor Gaete |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization 1905 |
Succeeded by Federico Puga |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cult and Colonization 1909–1910 |
Succeeded by Luis Fernando Izquierdo Martinez |
| Preceded by | Minister of the Interior 1910 |
Succeeded by Elías Fernández Albano |
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| Preceded by | President of the League of Nations 1922–1923 |
Succeeded by Cosme de la Torriente |
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