predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party article_title birth_date order term_start spouse image signature term_end name
domingo santa maría jorge montt 18 september 1891 hacienda bucalemu , chile santiago , chile liberal josé manuel balmaceda
 19 july 1840 11th president of chile september 18 , 1886 emilia de toro herrera josemanuelbalmaceda.jpg josé manuel balmaceda signature.svg august 29 , 1891 josé manuel balmaceda
josé manuel balmaceda

josé manuel emiliano balmaceda fernández -lrb- july 19 , 1840 -- september 18 , 1891 -rrb- was the 11th president of chile from september 18 , 1886 to august 29 , 1891 .
balmaceda was part of the castilian-basque aristocracy in chile .
while he was president , his political disagreements with the chilean congress , led to the 1891 chilean civil war , at the end of which he shot and killed himself .
