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.