Máximo Ramón Lira Donoso

Máximo Ramón Lira Donoso was a Chilean diplomat and politician who served as the plenipotentiary of Chile to Brazil between 1891 and 1896 and the intendant of Tacna Province between 1904 and 1912.

Biography Lira was born in Santiago, Chile on November 18, 1846, as the son of Leonardo Lira Donoso and Tomasa Donoso. He married Adela Manso and they had two children.

When the war concluded, Lira served in the Chilean Department of the Interior under Baquedano during the latter's time as president. Lira defended José Manuel Balmaceda who had occupied the post of Undersecretary of the Interior of Chile before Balmaceda's rise to presidency. Between 1885 and 1888, Lira was elected as deputy for Angol. During Balmaceda's presidency, Lira had switched his political affiliation away from the Conservatives and supported a liberal ideology. When the Chilean Civil War of 1891 broke out, Lira joined Congress against Balmaceda and was tasked with seizing control of the Archives of the National Congress of Chile and the National Congress building itself. When Congress took power, Lira was rewarded with becoming the plenipotentiary of Chile to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Peru.

In January 1904 he was appointed as intendant of Tacna Province, then under Chilean rule. He served as intendant until 1912. Lira spent the last years of his life in Tacna, dying on October 17, 1916.