Manuel Blanco Encalada

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Vice-Admiral Manuel Blanco Encalada (April 21, 1790, Buenos Aires – September 5, 1876 Santiago de Chile) was a Vice-Admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President (1826).

Blanco Encalada was trained for the navy in Spain. Later, he joined the Chilean revolutionaries, where he served with distinction under Lord Thomas Cochrane and rose to rank of Vice-Admiral and commander of the Chilean forces in (1825), where he participated in the capture of Chiloe. For two months in the following year, he became President of the Republic. Later, he joined the wars against the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation and Spain (1865–1866). Later he became Governor of Valparaíso and minister to France.

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