Enrique Balmaceda

In this Chilean name, the first or paternal surname is Balmaceda and the second or maternal family name is Toro.

Enrique Balmaceda
Ambassador of Chile to England
In office 15 March 1953 – 14 November 1958
President	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded by	Manuel Bianchi Gundián
Succeeded by	Víctor Santa Cruz
Mayor of Santiago
In office 1927–1928
President	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded by	Manuel Salas Rodríguez
Succeeded by	Eliecer Parada
Minister of Social Welfare
In office 26 March 1928 – 20 April 1928
President	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded by	Conrado Ríos
Succeeded by	Alejandro Lazo Guevara
In office 17 November 1927 – 23 March 1928
President	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Conrado Ríos
Minister of Justice and Public Instruction
In office 21 July 1927 – 24 February 1928
President	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded by	José Santos Salas
Succeeded by	Osvaldo Koch
Minister of the Interior
In office 23 May 1927 – 22 February 1928
President	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded by	Carlos Frödden
Succeeded by	Guillermo Edwards Matte
Minister of Public Works, Trade, and Communication Ways
In office 6 September 1927 – 29 Septembe 1927
President	Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Preceded by	Juan Emilio Ortiz
Succeeded by	Office dissolved
Minister of War and Navy
In office 13 May 1921 – 17 August 1921
President	Arturo Alessandri
Preceded by	Carlos Silva Cruz
Succeeded by	Remigio Medina
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 1 May 1918 – 31 July 1921
Constituency	Castro
In office 1 March 1906 – 1 March 1909
Constituency	Itata
Personal details
Born	(1878-03-03)3 March 1878 Santiago, Chile
Died	4 January 1962(1962-01-04) (aged 83) Santiago, Chile
Parent(s)	José Manuel Balmaceda Emilia de Toro

Enrique Víctor Aquiles Balmaceda Toro (3 March 1878 – 4 January 1962) was a Chilean politician, diplomat and son of President José Manuel Balmaceda. He was of Basque descent and a member of the Balmaceda family.

Balmaceda was born in Santiago in 1878, the seventh of eight children born to José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández and Emilia de Toro. He was baptised Enrique Víctor Aquiles. His mother was the granddaughter of Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista. Five of his siblings lived to adulthood. His father committed suicide in 1891, when Enrique was 13 years old.

Balmaceda started his political career by joining the Liberal Democratic Party and was promptly elected deputy for "Itata" (1906–1909) in a 1907 by-election to replace deputy Alberto Sanfuentes who had died, but lost his bid for reelection. In the congressional elections of 1918, he was elected deputy for "Castro" (1918–1921) and was reelected for the same region (1921–1924). On 12 May 1921, President Arturo Alessandri appointed him Minister of War and Navy, position he held until 16 August 1921.

During the first administration of President Carlos Ibáñez he was appointed Minister of the Interior from 23 May 1927 to 24 February 1928; he concurrently served as interim Minister of Public Works and of Justice. During the second administration of President Ibáñez, he was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Balmaceda died in Santiago, in 1962, two months shy of his 84th birthday.