Ramón Donoso
Ramón Donoso Vergara (1832 – ?) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as a member of the Senate of Chile, as well as Minister of War and Navy and Minister of the Interior under President José Manuel Balmaceda.
He also served as vice president of the Senate from December 1889 to July 1890.
Early life
Donoso was born in Talca in 1832 to Marcos Donoso Cienfuegos and Salomé Vergara Albano. He received a doctorate in law on 15 June 1860.
During the Chilean Revolution of 1859, Donoso supported Pedro León Gallo and served as an aide-de-camp at the Battle of Los Loros. In 1865, amid the threat of war with Spain, he organized and commanded the Talca mobilized battalion, which garrisoned Constitución in 1866.
Political career
A member of the Liberal Party, Donoso served under President José Manuel Balmaceda as Minister of War and Navy from 9 November 1888 to 1 May 1889. Later that year, he was appointed Minister of the Interior, serving from 23 October to 7 November.
Donoso was elected substitute senator for Curicó for the 1888–1894 legislative term and took his seat in the Senate on 16 October 1889. He served as vice president of the Senate from 16 December 1889 to 4 July 1890 and as a replacement member of the Permanent Commission on Constitution, Legislation and Justice.