He was the son of Andrés Campino y Erazo and Magdalena Salamanca and did not marry nor have children. He graduated as a lawyer from the
Royal University of San Felipe (1812). He was
Minister of the Interior and
Foreign Affairs of the Directory of 1823, 1825 and 1826 (Directory Council). In 1824 and 1826 he was deputy for the province of
Coquimbo. On December 22, 1824, he was named
President of the Congress. He made his name in politics and in letters as a journalist. In 1827 he participated in the so-called Campino Uprising and was
minister plenipotentiary in the United States, and in 1830 in Mexico. He returned to Chile and in 1840 he was a substitute deputy for
Elqui Province and in 1846–1849 he was a substitute for the department of
Rere. ==See also==