Antonio Varas (1817-1886) was a conservative Chilean political figure best known for serving as the President of Chile from 1864 to 1868, the Minister of the Interior from 1860 to 1864, and as the Chilean Ambassador to the United States from 1856 to 1859 and as the Chilean Minister of Industry from 1859 until his ascendancy to the more powerful Ministry of the Interior. Prior to these appointments, Varas was a deputy in Chillan and sat in the National Congress.