The Balmaceda family of Chile became politically influential during the 19th century, and played a significant role in Chilean politics. The Balmaceda family is of Basque descent. They are members of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile.Historia de Chile. Html.rincondelvago.com (2003-06-26). Retrieved on 2016-05-09.
Main branch
(1803–1869), landowner and Liberal Party politician; married María Encarnación Fernández Salas.. José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández (1840–1891), Liberal Party politician, 10th President of Chile and farmer; married Emilia de Toro.. Pedro Balmaceda Toro (1868–1889), poet and editor José Enrique Balmaceda Toro (1878–1962), politician and diplomat.. José Vicente Balmaceda Fernández (1845–1920), farmer, politician and soldier; married Virginia Zañartu Rivera (1849-1896). (1846–1899), farmer and politician; married Amelia Saavedra Rivera. Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra (1879–1958), agricultural engineer and Liberal Democratic politician; married Marta Lazcano Valdés. (1849–1917), politician, poet and farmer. José Rafael del Carmen Balmaceda Fernández (1850–1911), politician and diplomat; married Ana Bello Codesido. Ernesto Balmaceda Bello (1887–1906), diplomat and murder victim José Exequiel Balmaceda Fernández (1851–1887), politician and diplomat; married Adela Pérez Eatsman. José Ramón Balmaceda Fernández (1856–1926); married Elisa Valdés del Solar Eastman. Gustavo Balmaceda Valdés (1883–1924) writer; married Teresa Wilms Montt. (1861–1905), farmer and politician; married Trinidad Fontecilla Sánchez. Ester Balmaceda Fontecilla; married Arturo Marín Vicuña Raúl Marín Balmaceda (1907–1957), lawyer and politician.
Other notable members (1925–2022) lawyer, academic, writer, the founder and rector of Diego Portales University (1934–2019), model and dancer José Julio Balmaceda Bravo (1954), business journalist and entrepreneur Gustavo Alessandri Balmaceda (1961) National Renewal politician and businessperson; great-grandnephew of José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández and Arturo Alessandri, and grandnephew of Jorge Alessandri; married Soledad Bascuñán Rodríguez. Javiera Balmaceda (1972), Chilean American film producer; married Fernando Gastón José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal (1975), Chilean American actor Lux Balmaceda Pascal (1992), Chilean American actress and transgender activist Patricio Balmaceda Tafra (2002), Chilean Croatian lawyer and entrepreneur
See also History of Chile
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