Lucio Victorio Mansilla

Lucio Victorio Mansilla
Mansilla around 1855.
Governor of Gran Chaco
In office
October 28, 1878  May 15, 1879
Preceded byPantaleón Gómez
Succeeded byLuis Jorge Fontana
President of the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation
In office
June 18, 1890  December 15, 1890
Preceded byBenjamín Zorrilla
Succeeded byBenjamín Zorrilla
Personal details
BornDecember 23, 1831
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedOctober 8, 1913
Paris, France
NationalityArgentinian
Parents

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.