Native Name: | República de Chile |
Conventional Long Name: | Republic of Chile |
Common Name: | Chile |
Event Start: | Jose Joaquin Perez |
Year Start: | 1861 |
Date Start: | 18 September |
Event End: | Civil War |
Year End: | 1891 |
Date End: | 18 September |
P1: | Conservative Republic |
Flag P1: | Flag of Chile (1818-1912).svg |
S1: | Parliamentary Republic (Chile)Parliamentary Republic |
Flag S1: | Flag of Chile.svg |
Common Languages: | Spanish |
Government Type: | Unitary republic |
Capital: | Santiago |
Leader1: | José Joaquín Pérez first |
Year Leader1: | 1861–1871 |
Leader2: | José Manuel Balmaceda last |
Year Leader2: | 1886–1891 |
Title Leader: | President |
Currency: | Chilean peso |
Liberal Republic (Spanish, República Liberal) is the period of Chilean history between 1861 and 1891. It is characterized by the rise of the liberal political faction the Pipiolos who opposed the Pelucones who had dominated the preceding period known as the Conservative Republic. They promulgated constitutional reforms that limited the power of the president and increased the power of the Congress.[1]