Jorge Huneeus Gana

Jorge Huneeus Gana (10 April 1866 – 2 July 1926) was a Chilean attorney, writer, journalist, ambassador, legislative deputy, and cabinet minister.

Family He was the son of and Domitila Gana Cruz, and the grandson of Jorge Huneeus Lipmann (1801–1877) and the composer Isidora Zegers. He was the brother of deputies and . He was also the nephew of and Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara, and the great-grandson of .

He was married to Elena Lavín Recasens

The following are highlights of his written works: Brief historical review of the Chilean Constitution of 1833 Motta: historical study Assessment of the Errázuriz administration and conservative government (1900) The Argentina-Chile friendship. The true origin of the Pacts of May. (1908) Historical picture of the intellectual output of Chile, Volume I (1910) Portales: historical study (1918) Chilean Writers' Library, historical picture of the intellectual evolution of Chile

The arts were Huneeus Gana's great devotion, especially music, painting, and poetry. He was a significant collector of paintings. As a journalist he collaborated on two newspapers, La Patria de Valparaíso (a daily published from 1 August 1863 to 1896) and La Ley (which he edited from its foundation on 10 June 1884, under the pseudonym "Suaviter in modo"). During the Revolution of 1891 he was editor of the Official Bulletin of the Government Junta.

Public life Jorge Huneeus Gana was an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Worship and Colonization.

He was a member of the Radical Party beginning in 1892, and was the Secretary of its Central Committee that year.

This album was published by the to commemorate the bicentennial of the National Library of Chile.