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Herminia Arrate

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Herminia Arrate Ramírez
First Lady of Chile
In role
June 16, 1932 – September 13, 1932
PresidentCarlos Dávila
Preceded byGraciela Fehrman Martínez
Succeeded byRosa Ester Rodríguez Velasco
Personal details
Born
Herminia Arrate Ramírez

(1895-07-01)July 1, 1895
Santiago, Chile
DiedMarch 12, 1941(1941-03-12) (aged 45)
Santiago, Chile
Spouse
(m. 1929)
OccupationPainter

Herminia Arrate Ramírez (July 1, 1895 – March 12, 1941) was a painter and First Lady of Chile as wife of President Carlos Dávila Espinoza.

Biography

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She was born in Santiago, Chile, daughter of Colonel Miguel Arrate Larraín and Delia Ramírez Molina, and granddaughter of Eleuterio Ramírez, a Pacific War hero (Tarapacá's campaign). Since her childhood, she had been interested in the arts, especially painting, being a disciple of Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor and Pablo Burchard. In 1927, she traveled to Europe. She married Carlos Dávila Espinoza, a journalist, ambassador and President of Chile in 1932. She died in Santiago in 1941.

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Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Chile
1932
Succeeded by