10 Facts About Pedro Montt

1.

Pedro Elias Pablo Montt Montt was a Chilean political figure.

2.

Pedro Montt served as the president of Chile from 1906 to his death from a probable stroke in 1910.

3.

Pedro Montt's government furthered railroad and manufacturing activities but ignored pressing social and labour problems.

4.

The son of the former Chilean president Manuel Montt Torres and Rosario Montt Goyenechea, Pedro Montt graduated in law from the National Institute in 1870.

5.

Pedro Montt was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1876 and became its president in 1885.

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Pedro Montt then went to the United States, first as an agent of the revolutionary junta and later as Minister.

7.

Unsuccessful in his first bid for the presidency in 1901, Pedro Montt was elected by a large majority in 1906 as the candidate of the National Union ticket.

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8.

Pedro Montt's administration supported the construction of a railway that ran the length of the country and stimulated the production of nitrates and copper.

9.

In 1909, then-child-prodigy pianist Claudio Arrau played for Pedro Montt, who was so taken by the performance that he authorized a ten-year grant from the Chilean government for Arrau to study in Europe.

10.

In 1910, Pedro Montt left Chile for medical treatment in Germany, but died before he could return to Chile.