LUIS BARROS BORGOñO

'Luis Barros Borgoño' (March 26, 1858 - July 26, 1943) was a Chilean politician who served as Vice President of Chile in 1925.
Born in Santiago, he was son of Manuel Barros Arana and Eugenia Borgoño Vergara. He graduated as a lawyer in 1880, held a position in the Supreme Court in 1884, was Minister of War and Navy on three occasions, was the Foreign Minister in 1894 and 1918 Minister of the Hacienda in 1901.
As the conservative candidate in the Chilean presidential election of 1920, he faced the liberal Arturo Alessandri Palma and was defeated by a very slim margin (he actually obtained more popular votes than Alessandri). When Alessandri resigned again on October 1, 1925 Barros occupied the Vice-Presidency until December 23 of that same year, when Emiliano Figueroa Larraín took posession.
Barros was also an author who focused on history, including the Muzi Mission, Life of Admiral Lynch and Misión in the Silver, which defended his uncle, Diego Barros Arana, in the negotiations with Argentina.