Máximo Ramón Lira Donoso was a Chilean diplomat and politician who served as the plenipotentiary of Chile to Brazil between 1891 and 1896 and the intendant of Tacna Province between 1904 and 1912.

[1] Lira completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio San Ignacio, Santiago de Chile where he received a bachelor's degree.

[1] He began his journalism career by translating a novel for El Independiente and published articles favoring the Conservative Party.

[1][2] When the war concluded, Lira served in the Chilean Department of the Interior under Baquedano during the latter's time as president.

[1] When Congress took power, Lira was rewarded with becoming the plenipotentiary of Chile to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Peru.