Juan Antonio Iribarren Cabezas (7 May 1885 – 11 April 1968)[1][2] was a Chilean politician.

[3] He studied at the Liceo de La Serena and then at the University of Chile, graduating as a lawyer.

He was president of the pro-homage committee to Gabriela Mistral, which contributed to the formation of the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral in Vicuña, now called Gabriela Mistral Museum of Vicuña.

President Juan Antonio Ríos appointed him education minister in 1942.

After the death of President Rios, Vice President Alfredo Duhalde called for new presidential elections, after which he left his office to Juan Antonio Iribarren under pressure from Gabriel Gonzalez Videla.