The Alessandri family of Chile

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 is of Italian

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 origin, became politically influential during the early part of the 20th century, and has played (and still plays) a significant role in Chilean politics. The first Alessandri who came to Chile was named Giuseppe Pietro Alessandri Tarzi. He arrived in 1821 as consul posterior, representative of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Piedmonte, on a ship that departed from Pisa.

Alessandri family's most prominent members

• José Pedro Alessandri Palma (1864–1923), politician and businessman
• Arturo Alessandri Palma
  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....
  
   (1868–1950), politician, twice President of Chile
  President of Chile
  The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...
  
   (1920–1925) and (1932–1938), and the most influential political figure of his time
• Rosa Ester Rodríguez Velasco, First Lady
  First Ladies of Chile
  First Lady of Chile is the unofficial title for the wife of the President of Chile. In colonial times the wives of the Royal Governors were known as Presidentas, title that was in use during the first half of the 19th century, but was slowly superseded by the newer of First Lady...
  
   (1920–1925) and (1932–1938)
• Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez
  Jorge Alessandri
  Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970...
  
   (1896–1986), politician and businessman, President of Chile
  President of Chile
  The President of the Republic of Chile is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Chile. The President is responsible of the government and state administration...
  
   (1958–1964), presidencial candidate in the 1970 election
  Chilean presidential election, 1970
  A presidential election was held in Chile on 4 September 1970. A narrow plurality was secured by Salvador Allende, the candidate of the Popular Unity coalition of leftist parties...
  
  
• Fernando Alessandri Rodríguez
  Fernando Alessandri
  Fernando Alessandri Rodríguez was a Chilean political figure, candidate of the centre-right in Chile's 1946 presidential election...
  
   (1897–1982), politician and presidential candidate in the 1946 election
  Chilean presidential election, 1946
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• Gilberto Alessandri Palma (1858?), older brother of Arturo Alessandri Palma, first dentist in Punta Arenas and later Minister of Health & Dentistry under first Alessandri regime
• Hernán Alessandri Rodríguez
  Hernan Alessandri
  Hernán Alessandri Rodríguez, . Was a renowned Chilean medical educator and the son of Arturo Alessandri, who was president from 1920 to 1925 and again from 1932 to 1938, and brother of Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, who was president from 1958 to 1962.-Early life:Alessandri was born in Santiago, the...
  
   (1900–1982), MD and medical reformer
• Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (1903–1973), politician
• Arturo Alessandri Besa
  Arturo Alessandri Besa
  Arturo Alessandri Besa is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Alessandri was member of his country's Chamber of Deputies and also of the National Congress; he also was candidate for the presidency of Chile in the 1993 elections....
  
   (1923), politician and presidential candidate in the 1993 election
  Chilean presidential election, 1993
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• Silvia Alessandri Montes (1927), politician
• Gustavo Alessandri Valdes (1929), politician and businessman
• Gustavo Alessandri Balmaceda (1961), politician
• Magdalena Matte Lecaros
  Magdalena Matte
  Magdalena Matte Lecaros is a civil engineer, businesswoman and politician. She is member of the Independent Democratic Union and was part of Chile's Ministry of Housing and Urban Development under Chile's current President Sebastián Piñera for the term of 2010-2014...
  
   (b. 1950), civil engineer, businesswoman, politician. Granddaughter of Arturo Alessandri Palma