Abraham Oyanedel Urrutia (born Copiapó

Copiapó

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, 25 May 1874; died 28 January 1954) was president of Chile

President of Chile

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 in 1932.

He studied law at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago

Santiago, Chile

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, and in 1897 received his law degree. During the Chilean Civil War

Chilean Civil War

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 in 1891, Oyanedel fought for the Congressional army.

In 1927, he was appointed a member of the Supreme Court of Chile

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 , and served as Chief Justice

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. On October 2, due to the garrison revolts in Antofagasta

Antofagasta

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 and Concepción

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, Blanche resigned his power to Oyanedel. Nearly all of Oyanedel's work was to convene the general elections, which were won by Arturo Alessandri

Arturo Alessandri

Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma was a Chilean political figure and reformer, who served twice as the President of Chile, first between 1920 and 1924, and then again in 1925, and finally from 1932 until 1938....

 for his second term in office. Oyanedel handed over the presidential power on Christmas Day , December 24, 1932. Oyanedel had led the country for 82 days from the position of Vice President

Vice president

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 of the Republic.