Lucio Victorio Mansilla
Lucio Victorio Mansilla | |
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Mansilla around 1855. | |
| Governor of Gran Chaco | |
| In office October 28, 1878 – May 15, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Pantaleón Gómez |
| Succeeded by | Luis Jorge Fontana |
| President of the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation | |
| In office June 18, 1890 – December 15, 1890 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamín Zorrilla |
| Succeeded by | Benjamín Zorrilla |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1831 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | October 8, 1913 Paris, France |
| Nationality | Argentinian |
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Lucio Victorio Mansilla (December 23, 1831 – October 8, 1913) was an Argentinean general, journalist, politician and diplomat. He was later governor of the territory of the Gran Chaco between 1878 and 1879.
His best-known literary work is An Excursion to the Ranqueles Indians, which was the result of a tour he undertook in 1870 through the villages of indigenous peoples.