Facts:   - death place: santiago , chile    - successor: juan esteban montero    - death date: 25 october 1954    - predecessor: juan esteban montero    - spouse: laura gaete fagalde      - term end: november 15 , 1931    - term start: august 20 , 1931    - birth date: 18 march 1875    - name: manuel trucco    - image: manuel trucco.jpg    - birth place: cauquenes , chile   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of manuel trucco .
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manuel trucco franzani -lrb- march 18 , 1875 -- october 25 , 1954 -rrb- was a chilean politician and provisional vice president of chile in 1931 .he was born in cauquenes , the son of napoleón trucco morano and of maría franzani monigette .he completed his studies in his native city , and at the instituto nacional .trucco then attended the universidad de chile , where he became a civil engineer in 1899 .between 1891 and 1902 , while still a student at the university , he started to work at the liceo de cauquenes to complement his income , first as the secretary to the principal and then as a teacher of mathematics .after his graduation he became an engineer at the direction of public works and at the state railroads .the government granted him a scholarship to complete his graduate studies at l'ecole des ponts et chaussées in parís between 1902 and 1904 .he married laura gaete fagalde , and together they had four children : marta , graciela , rebeca and manuel .at his return , he became a professor of the resistance of materials at the school of architecture of the universidad de chile , while continuing his work at the state railroads , where he designed several railroad bridges -lrb- such as the claro , near yumbel , the perquilauquén near quella , and the viaduct of las cucharas in the santiago-valparaíso track . -rrb-in 1911 he became dean of mathematics at the university , and in 1917 , also became director of the schools of engineering and architecture .in 1918 , trucco resigned all his positions at the university in order to dedicate himself to his work as general director of railroads , a position he held until 1924 .trucco joined the radical party and in 1926 became its president , but resigned shortly afterwards due to his poor health .the same year he was elected senator for `` arauco , malleco and cautín '' -lrb- 1926-1930 -rrb- .after the resignation of president carlos ibáñez del campo in 1931 , his successor , vice-president juan esteban montero named trucco as minister of the...