José Anacleto Montt Goyenechea


José Anacleto Montt Goyenechea was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was born in Valparaiso in 1802 and died in Santiago in 1867. He was the son of Filiberto Montt Prado and María de la Luz Goyenechea de la Sierra and the brother of Rosario Montt Goyenechea, former First Lady of Chile. He married Mercedes Pérez Vergara with whom he had seven children.

Career

Goyenechea was part of the pelucon army in the 1830 Civil War. With the triumph of conservatism, he acceded to the secretariat of the Municipality of Valparaíso and, later became an adviser to the Ministry of Justice, Culture and Education, 1837-1841, in the government of José Joaquín Prieto. Advocate of the Conservative government, he joined the Caupolican Company in order to oppose the resistant liberals of the Sociedad de la Igualdad. He was elected Member of Parliament for Santiago for the 1852-1855 term, integrating in this period, the Standing Committee on Education and Welfare.