Conrado Ríos Gallardo

Conrado Ríos Gallardo (Santiago, — ) was a Chilean journalist, diplomat and politician, member of the Liberal Party (PL). He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the first government of President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, from 1927 to 1929. Likewise, he served as Chile's ambassador to the Republic of Peru between 1929 and 1931 (under the same government); and as Chile's ambassador to the Argentine Republic during the presidencies of the radicals Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Juan Antonio Ríos, and the second administration of Ibáñez del Campo, the latter position between 1953 and 1956.

Early life He was born in Santiago de Chile on May 14, 1896, son of Conrado Ríos Venegas and Josefina Gallardo Nieto,

After leaving the cabinet, he was appointed ambassador extraordinary to Spain, on the occasion of the Exposition of Latin American Nations in Seville, and ambassador to Peru until 1930. Later, in the government of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, in 1939 he was appointed ambassador in Argentina, serving in that diplomatic mission until 1944, two years into the administration of President Juan Antonio Ríos. With the arrival of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo to the presidency of the Republic for the second time, in 1953, he once again served as ambassador to Argentina, until 1956.

Among other activities, he held the position of director of the construction company Sigdo Koppers and president of Impregnadora de Maderas S.A.

Written works He was the author of a series of books on diplomatic history: Después de la paz... Las relaciones chileno-bolivianas (1926). Chile y Perú: Los pactos de 1929 (1959). Chile y Argentina. Consolidación de sus fronteras (1960). Chile y Bolivia definen sus fronteras, 1842–1904 (1963).