José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández (July 19 1840 – September 18 1891) was the 11th President of Chile from September 18 1886 to August 29 1891. Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile. While he was president his political disagreements with the Chilean congress led to the 1891 Chilean Civil War at the end of which he shot and killed himself.
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