Background
QUEZADA ACHARÁNorth, Armando was born on February 3, 1873 in Los Angeles, Chile. Son of José del Carmen Quezada del Rio and Mercedes Acharáa.
lawyer professor and public man
QUEZADA ACHARÁNorth, Armando was born on February 3, 1873 in Los Angeles, Chile. Son of José del Carmen Quezada del Rio and Mercedes Acharáa.
Professor of political economy in the University of Chile, 1898- 1912. National deputy from Santiago, 1909-1918. Counselor of public instruction, 1915-1922.
Minister of Finance, 1916-1917.
Minister of the Interior, 1918-1919. National senator from Santiago, 1918-1922.
Member of the Tribunal of Honor which passed on the presidential election of 1920. Minister Plenipotentiary to France, 1922-1928.
Chilean delegate to the League of Nations and to the Council of the International Labor Bureau of Geneva.
Rector of the University of Chile, 1929-1930. President of the Radical Party at various times. Director and president of the Council (Consejo Docente) of the Federico Santa-Maria Foundation.
Member of the Permanent Court of International Arbitration of The Hague.
President of the Chilean section of the Institute of Intellectual Company-operation of Paris.
Colegio de Abogados; Comité France-Amérique of Valparaiso (president). Sociedad de Fomento Fabril (secretary and
Married Lucila García Bouquet. Children: Armando, Lucila, and Elena.