Background
CRUCHAGA TOCORNAL, Miguel was born on May 5, 1869 in Santiago. Son of Miguel Cruchaga and Maria Tocornal.
Diplomat lawyer and public man
CRUCHAGA TOCORNAL, Miguel was born on May 5, 1869 in Santiago. Son of Miguel Cruchaga and Maria Tocornal.
Practiced law in Santiago, 18891891. Captain in the Constitutionalist Army, 1891. Solicitor of the Ministry of Finance, 1891-1895.
Professor of public and private international law in the University of Chile, 1891-1900. Member of the Government Board of Solicitors, 1895-1900. Deputy from the Departments of Victoria and Melipilla, 1900-1906.
Delegate to the Latin-American Scientific Congress of Montevideo, 1902. Minister of Finance, 1904-1905. Prime Minister (with portfolio of the Interior), 1905— 1906.
Minister Plenipotentiary to Argentina and Uruguay, 1909-1913. To Germany and The Netherlands, 1913-1920. Ambassador to Brazil, 1923-1925.
President of the German-Mexican, SpanishMexican, and Italian-Mexican Mixed Claims Commissions since 1926. Ambassador to the United States, 1926-1927, 1931-1932: at present (1935) Minister of Foreign Relations. Chairman of the Chilean delegation to the First World Conference on the Codification of International Law, The Hague, 1930.
Neutral member, for the United States, of the Permanent Arbitration Commission between Spain and the United States. Neutral umpire of the United States-Panamá Claims Commission.
American Society of International Law. Institut de Droit International of Brussels. Club de la Unión of Santiago de Chile.
Married Elvira Matte (deceased).