Alberto Edwards
Luis Alberto Edwards Vives was a Chilean historian, nationalist politician and lawyer. He was a member of the influential Edwards family.
His most famous work was La fronda aristocrática en Chile, in which analyses the history of Chile in the 19th century as a conflict between the authoritarian state and the aristocracy.Politician
He was member of the National Party, and was deputy from 1909 to 1912 representing Valparaíso and Casablanca. In 1915 he founded Nationalist Party along with Francisco Antonio Encina and Guillermo Subercaseaux.
Edwards served as a Minister of Finance in the presidency of Emiliano Figueroa Larraín from November 1926 to February 1927. During the government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, a proto-fascist president, he headed several Ministries: Education from October 1930 to April 1931; Foreign Affairs in July 1931; and Justice in late 1931.
