About Benjamín Muñoz Gamero
Lived 1817 – 1851 (aged 34). Benjamín Muñoz Gamero was a Chilean politician and military personnel.
Benjamín Muñoz Gamero (Mendoza, Argentina, March 31, 1817 – Punta Arenas, Chile, December 3, 1851) was a Chilean naval officer, senator and governor of Punta Arenas in the Straits of Magellan. He was killed during the Mutiny of Cambiazo in 1851.
Muñoz Gamero Peninsula is named after him.
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Chilean governor
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Benjamín Muñoz Gamero was born on 31 March 1817 in Mendoza.
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Benjamín Muñoz Gamero died on 3 December 1851 in Punta Arenas.
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Benjamín Muñoz Gamero was a politician and military personnel.
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Benjamín Muñoz Gamero was Chilean.
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