Chilensk general. Opbyggede den chilenske hær.

• Yungay, 1839

President of Chile (1841-51). He served in the revolt against Spain and commanded the victorious Chilean forces at the battle of Yungay (1839), where the Peru-Bolivia confederation of Andrés Santa Cruz was destroyed. Bulnes, a conservative, was elected president and, through stern and repressive measures, fostered economic and educational progress.