Background
IBÁÑEZ DEL CAMPO, Carlos was born on November 3, 1877 in Linares, Chile.
IBÁÑEZ DEL CAMPO, Carlos was born on November 3, 1877 in Linares, Chile.
Educated Escuela Militar, 1894, Academy, de Guerra, 1913.
Officer, public man; Director, Escuela Militar, El Salvador, 1905, and colonel in Salvadorean army. Returned to Chile, 1908, as captain in Chilean army. Staff officer, and commander, 1st division, Tacna, 1916.
Organizer, director, Escuela de Carabineros, 1918. Sect, chief, ministry of war. Chief, prefecture of Tarapacá.
Minister of war with rank of general, 1925-1927. Minister of interior, 1927. Vice-president of Chile, 1927.
President of the Republic, 1927-1931. Forced to leave Chile by revolution of July, 1931. Remained in exile, chiefly in Argentina, 1931-1937.
Candidate for the presidency, 1938. Arrested in connection with Nazi revolt of September 4, 1938, but subsequently exonerated. Since 1938, retired to private life.
Member Club Hípico, Club Militar, Paperchase Club, Automóvil Club.
Member military junta which functioned with governing junta, 1924. Member Club Hípico, Club Militar, Paperchase Club, Automóvil Club.