Hernán Felipe Errázuriz
Hernán Felipe Errázuriz | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 21 October 1988 – 11 March 1990 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Ricardo García Rodríguez |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Silva Cimma |
| Minister Secretary General of Government | |
| In office 30 August 1982 – 14 February 1983 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Julio Bravo Valdés |
| Succeeded by | Ramón Suárez González |
| Minister of Mining | |
| In office 4 December 1981 – 30 August 1982 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | José Piñera Echenique |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Lira Ovalle |
| President of the Central Bank of Chile | |
| In office 14 February 1983 – 2 May 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Cáceres Contreras |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Ibáñez Barceló |
| Ambassador of Chile to the United States | |
| In office 2 May 1984 – 21 October 1988 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Luis Valenzuela Blanquier |
| Succeeded by | Octavio Errázuriz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1945 |
| Political party | National Renewal |
| Spouse | Amelia Concha Vial (m. 1970) |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Hernán Correa Roberts (maternal grandfather) |
| Alma mater | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Correa (born 1945) is a Chilean lawyer, diplomat and politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister Secretary General of Government and Minister of Mining under the military regime of Augusto Pinochet.
He was also president of the Central Bank of Chile (1983–1984) and Ambassador of Chile to the United States (1984–1988).[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Errázuriz was born in Santiago, the son of Hernán Errázuriz Hurtado and María Luisa Correa Guzmán,[1] daughter of former deputy Hernán Correa Roberts. His mother was also a regidora (councilwoman) of Salamanca (1963–1967).[1]
He studied at the Colegio del Verbo Divino, the Colegio de los Sagrados Corazones de Santiago, and completed secondary studies at the Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy.[1] In 1970, he graduated in law from the Pontificia Universidad Católica (PUC). His classmates included Jaime Guzmán Errázuriz, Jovino Novoa, José Joaquín Brunner, and Alberto Cardemil.[1]
He married Amelia Concha Vial in 1970; they have five daughters: Susana, Antonia, María Luisa, Amelia, and Isidora.[1]
Public career
[edit]Errázuriz worked in the private sector before entering public service in 1976 as legal counsel and later vice president of the Central Bank of Chile.[1]
He was appointed Minister of Mining in 1981, Minister Secretary General of Government in 1982, and then President of the Central Bank between 1983 and 1984.[1] From 1984 to 1988, he served as Chile's ambassador to the United States. His last government post was as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1988–1990).[2][3]
Later career
[edit]After leaving government, Errázuriz returned to the private sector, serving as director of companies such as Chilectra, Banco Security, Detroit Chile, and Chilena Consolidada Seguros. He also practiced law at Guerrero Olivos.[1]
In the late 1990s, he was part of the legal team that defended former dictator Augusto Pinochet during his detention in London, sought by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón for human rights violations.
He has also been a member of the Foreign Policy Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an editorialist for El Mercurio, a counselor of the think tank Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo, and director of the Universidad Mayor.[1] He is president of the Chilean Council for International Relations, succeeding his cousin and friend, former Senate president and foreign minister Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux.[1]