100 Notable alumni of
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
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The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile is 136th in the world, 5th in Latin America, and 2nd in Chile by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Manuel Pellegrini
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- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti is a Chilean professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Real Betis. As a coach, he has managed teams in Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, China and Ecuador. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four countries.
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Sebastián Piñera
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in commercial engineering
- Occupations
- entrepreneursports executivebusinesspersoninvestoreconomist
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Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic politician and diplomat, he studied business administration at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and economics at Harvard University. At the time of his death, he had an estimated net worth of US$2.7 billion, according to Forbes, making him the third richest person in Chile and the 1177th richest person in the world.
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José Antonio Kast
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Studied law
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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José Antonio Kast Rist, also known by his initials JAK, is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Kast ran for president in 2021, winning the first round and losing in the second round run-off to Gabriel Boric.
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Eduardo Frei Montalva
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- politicianlawyer
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Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and the 27th president of Chile from 1964 to 1970. His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, also became president of Chile (1994–2000).
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Jaime Guzmán
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Studied law
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Jaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz was a Chilean constitutional law professor, politician, and founding member of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party. In the 1960s, he strongly opposed the University Reform movement and became an active organizer of the Gremialist movement. Guzmán vehemently opposed President Salvador Allende and later became a trusted advisor of General Augusto Pinochet and his dictatorship. As a professor of Constitutional Law, Guzmán played a significant role in drafting the 1980 Chilean Constitution. He briefly served as a senator during the transition to democracy before being assassinated in 1991 by members of the communist urban guerrilla organization group, the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (Autonomous).
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Alberto Hurtado
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- university teacherCatholic priestlawyerwriterjournalist
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Alberto Hurtado, popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado (Spanish for "Father Hurtado"), was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer, of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944. He was canonized on October 23, 2005, by Pope Benedict XVI, becoming his country's second saint.
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Sebastián Sichel
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- politicianlawyer
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Sebastián Iglesias Sichel Ramírez is a Chilean lawyer, professor, ex minister of State and politician who served as president of the Banco del Estado de Chile (BancoEstado) from June 2020 until December 2020. He also previously served as Minister of Social Development and Family and executive vice president of Corfo under the second government of Sebastián Piñera. He was an independent candidate in the 2021 Chilean presidential election who ran under the centre-right Chile Podemos Más coalition.
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Roberto Matta
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- lithographersculptorgraphic artistprintmakerdesigner
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Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren, better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art across the Americas and Europe.
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Felipe Kast
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- economistpoliticianconsultant
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Felipe José Kast Sommerhoff is a Chilean economist, researcher, consultant, and politician.
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José Pedro Fuenzalida
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- association football player
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José Pedro Fuenzalida Gana is a Chilean former footballer who played as a right winger.
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Francisco Varela
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- philosopherbiologist
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Francisco Javier Varela García was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist who, together with his mentor Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology, and for co-founding the Mind and Life Institute to promote dialog between science and Buddhism.
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Alejandro Alavena
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- 1987-1992 studied architecture
- Occupations
- architectuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Alejandro Gastón Aravena Mori is a Chilean architect and executive director of the firm Elemental S.A. He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2016, and was the director and curator of the Architecture Section of the 2016 Venice Biennale.
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Paulina García
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- actortheatrical directorplaywright
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Paulina García Alfonso, better known as Pali García, is a Chilean actress, stage director, and playwright.
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Amparo Noguera
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- actor
- Biography
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María Amparo Noguera Portales, is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress.
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Pamela Jiles
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- journalistwriterpolitician
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Pamela Jiles Moreno is a Chilean journalist and politician, currently serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing District 12 of the Santiago Metropolitan Region.
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Giorgio Jackson
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Studied industrial civil engineering
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago is a Chilean politician and engineer who was Chile's Minister of Social Development from 6 September 2022 until 11 August 2023. He previously held the position of Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency between March and September 2022. He is the founder and first congressman of the Democratic Revolution political party, achieving the highest personal vote in the 2017 elections to the lower chamber. He was one of the leaders of the student protests of 2011 and collaborated in the creation of the Chilean Broad Front and the presidential candidacy of Beatriz Sánchez.
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José Donoso
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- journalistwriterscreenwriter
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José Manuel Donoso Yáñez, known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and Spain. Although he had left his country in the sixties for personal reasons, after 1973 he said his exile was also a form of protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He returned to Chile in 1981 and lived there until his death.
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Héctor Noguera
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- 1958-1960 graduated with Licentiate
- Occupations
- theatrical directoractor
- Biography
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Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes, is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, and also a theatre director.
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Joaquín Lavín
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Graduated with Licentiate in commercial engineering
- Occupations
- engineereconomistpoliticianannouncer
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Joaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes, in the northeastern zone of Santiago. Formerly Lavín has also been mayor of Santiago, Minister of Education and Minister of Social Development. He ran for president twice in 1999 and 2005, losing both times. In 2021 he tried to run again, but this time he was defeated in a primary election by Sebastián Sichel. Besides his political involvement Lavín has been active in education in the University for Development, of which he was one of the founders and original owners, and as editor of the economics section in El Mercurio.
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Paz Bascuñán
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- actormodel
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María Paz Bascuñán Aylwin, commonly known as Paz Bascuñán, is a Chilean theatre, film and television actress. Daughter of politician Mariana Aylwin and granddaughter of Chile's former president Patricio Aylwin, and has more than two descents, her Basque descent being recognized in 2002.
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Mariana di Girolamo
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- 2011-2014 graduated with acting
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Mariana di Girolamo Arteaga is a Chilean film and television actress. Di Girolamo had several major roles including her performance as Ema in the 2019 film Ema and La Verónica, in addition to television roles such as Perdona nuestros pecados.
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Evelyn Matthei
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- economistpolitician
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Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet is a Chilean politician and the current mayor of Providencia, a prosperous commune of Santiago, serving since 2016. Prior to her current position, she held the role of Deputy in the Chilean Congress from 1990 to 1998, and subsequently served as a Senator from 1998 to 2011. In January 2011, she left her Senate seat to assume the role of Minister of Labor and Social Security under Chilean President Sebastián Piñera until July 2013. In the 2013 Chilean general election, she ran for President with the support of the Independent Democrat Union Party. However, she lost in a runoff to former President Michelle Bachelet.
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Diana Bolocco
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- journalist
- Biography
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Diana Dayana Ana Catalina Bolocco Fonck is a Chilean journalist, known as sister of Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987.
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José Piñera Echenique
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- Chilepoliticianeconomist
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José Piñera Echenique is a Chilean economist, one of the famous Chicago Boys, who served as minister of Labor and Social Security, and of Mining, in the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He is the architect of Chile's private pension system based on personal retirement accounts. Piñera has been called "the world's foremost advocate of privatizing public pension systems" as well as "the Pension Reform Pied Piper" (by the Wall Street Journal). He is now Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Washington, President of the International Center for Pension Reform based in Santiago, Senior Fellow at the Italian libertarian think tank Istituto Bruno Leoni, and member of the advisory board of the Vienna-based Educational Initiative for Central and Eastern Europe. He has a master's degree and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. Piñera is a board member in Chile and an active supporter of SOS Children's Villages, the largest orphan and abandoned children's charity in the world. Today, Piñera is director of the magazine Economía y Sociedad, that was relaunched in November 2016.
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Enrique Paris
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- pediatricianphysicianpolitician
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Oscar Enrique Paris Mancilla is a Chilean physician and politician who served as Minister of Health.
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Salvador Nasralla
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- television presenterpoliticianengineer
- Biography
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Salvador Alejandro César Nasralla Salum is a Honduran sports journalist, television presenter, businessman, and politician who has served as the First Vice President of Honduras since 27 January 2022.
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Gepe
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- composerguitaristsingeractordrummer
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Daniel Alejandro Riveros Sepúlveda, known as Gepe, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released five solo albums in addition to one album as a member of the band Taller Dejao. He has been described as the "new 'guru' of Chilean folk" for combining the sensibilities of 1960s and 1970s Chilean folk (especially the music of Víctor Jara) with a minimalist, electropop sound.
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Marcela Cubillos
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- politicianlawyer
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Marcela Cubillos Sigall is a Chilean politician and lawyer, militant from Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI). She was Minister of State in Education and Environment portfolios from 2018 to 2020, during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).
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Bastián Bodenhöfer
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- theatrical directoractor
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Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander is a Chilean actor, theater director, musician and cultural manager. He served as cultural attaché of the Chile embassy in France between 2000 and 2002, during the government of president Ricardo Lagos. Bodenhöfer established himself as a renowned actor in the telenovela Ángel Malo in 1986. During the 1990s, due to his physical attractiveness, his solid presence and his talent, he became the highest paid male lead in Televisión Nacional de Chile.
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Miguel Kast
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- economist
- Biography
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Michael Kast Rist, commonly known as Miguel Kast, was a Chilean economist of the Chicago Boys group. He served as Minister of State and President of the Central Bank under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In his youth, he was a member of the Christian Democratic Party.
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Blanca Lewin
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- 1993-1996 graduated with acting
- Occupations
- announceractor
- Biography
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Blanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo is a Chilean actress. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known by her role of "Lola Padilla" in the soap opera Lola by Canal 13. She has won awards including Altazor for "Best Actress" three times and Festival de Cine Internacional de Palm Springs.
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Cristián Campos
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- theatrical directoractor
- Biography
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Juan Cristián Campos Sallato is a Chilean actor and director of theater, film and television.
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Laurence Golborne
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Laurence Nelson Golborne Riveros is a Chilean engineer and entrepreneur. He was minister of public works until November 7, 2012, when he announced his decision to run for President of Chile. He previously had been bi-minister of Mining and Energy in the administration of President Sebastián Piñera. He withdrew from the presidential campaign on April 29, 2013, after two consecutive public scandals.
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Andrés Chadwick
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- politicianlawyer
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Andrés Pío Bernardino Chadwick Piñera is a Chilean right-wing politician and lawyer, member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party. He began his political career as a supporter of the Pinochet dictatorship, and was present at the Acto de Chacarillas in 1977.
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Cecilia Morel
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- politicianmarriage and family counselor
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María Cecilia Morel Montes is the widow of the former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera, and as such is a former First Lady of Chile. Morel was also the Director of the Sociocultural Area of the Presidency during both her husband's terms as President.
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Gonzalo Blumel
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- civil engineerpolitician
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Gonzalo Fernando Blumel Mac-Iver is a Chilean politician, civil environmental engineer and economist who served as Minister of the Interior and Public Security of Chile during Sebastián Piñera second government (2018–2022).
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Soledad Onetto
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- news presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Maria Soledad Onetto is a Chilean TV presenter. She is a journalism graduate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, news reader and TV host Chile. She is married to Rodrigo Alonso.
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Ignacio Briones
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Graduated with magister degree in political science and financial economics
- Occupations
- economistacademic
- Biography
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Ignacio Briones Rojas is a Chilean economist, scholar and politician who served as Minister of Finance in the second government of Sebastián Piñera from 2019 until 2021. Prior to this appointment, Ignacio served as Dean of the School of Government of Adolfo Ibáñez University.
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Daniel Matamala
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- announcerwriterpresenterjournalisteditor
- Biography
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Daniel Ignacio Matamala Thomsen is a Chilean journalist known for his current work in CNN Chile alongside Mónica Rincón.
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Mónica Rincón
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- journalist
- Biography
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Mónica Patricia Rincón González is a Chilean journalist known for her current work in CNN Chile alongside Daniel Matamala.
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Manuel García
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- singersinger-songwriterguitarist
- Biography
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Manuel Javier García Herrera is a folk-pop Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has won several awards and has twice received the Chilean National Music Prize, awarded by the Chilean Government (in 2008 and 2012).
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Hernán Larraín
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Studied law
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Hernán Larraín Fernández is a conservative Chilean lawyer, university lecturer, and politician; he served as the Chilean Minister of Justice and Human rights, appointed by president Sebastián Piñera, between 2018 and 2022. Larraín's former public service positions include a Senate seat representing the 11th district, the Maule Region (1994-2010), the Presidency of the Senate (2004-2005) and the presidency of the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente, UDI) from 2006 to 2008 and 2015–2017.
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Francisco Reyes Morandé
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- 1974-1979 graduated with architecture
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Eugenio Francisco Reyes Morandé is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor.
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Antonio Vodanovic
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- journalisttelevision producerradio personalitytelevision presenter
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Antonio Vodanovic is a Chilean television presenter known for being the presenter of Viña del Mar International Song Festival from 1976 to 2004. From the late 1970s to 1982 he was programming director of Televisión Nacional de Chile. In 1982 he renounced that position after an internal conflict in Televisión Nacional de Chile that emerged in the aftermath as consequence of the censorship of Holocaust. On one occasion Vodanovic publicly praised dictator Augusto Pinochet and his wife Lucia Hiriart, who were in the public, on behalf of "the Chilean youth". Vodanovic was present in the Acto de Chacarillas in 1977, a ritualized pro-Pinochet act reminiscent of Francoist Spain.
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Sergio Livingstone
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- association football player
- Biography
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Serjio Robert Livingstone Pohlhammer, later simply known as Sergio Livingstone, was a Chilean goalkeeper, who later became a well-regarded journalist. He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("the toad") for his typical posture in the goal. From 1938 to 1959 he played primarily for CD Universidad Católica in Santiago. With Chile he took part in seven Copa América and one FIFA World Cup.
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María José Prieto
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- actormodel
- Biography
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María José Prieto Larraín is a Chilean film and television actress.
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Felipe Bulnes
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- diplomatuniversity teacherlawyer
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Felipe Bulnes Serrano is a Chilean lawyer and member of the party National Renewal. He was first Minister of Justice and then he assumed office as Minister of Education following a cabinet shuffle on July 18 amidst the ongoing 2011 Chilean student protests but renounced about six months later on December 29 explaining that he left because a "cycle has finished" and not because he would be fired.
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Paulina Urrutia
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- politicianactor
- Biography
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Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández is a Chilean actress, academic, director, trade union leader, and politician. She was a State Minister of the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.
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Javiera Contador
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- stage actorfilm actoractortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Javiera Contador is a Chilean actress, comedian and television hostess. She played Quena Gómez de Larraín on the television show Casado con Hijos.
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Alejandro Zambra
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- writerliterary criticpoet
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Alejandro Andrés Zambra Infantas is a Chilean poet, short story writer and novelist. He has been recognized for his talent as a young Latin American writer, chosen in 2007 as one of the "Bogotá39" (the best Latin American writers under the age of 39) and in 2010 by Granta as one of the best Spanish-language writers under the age of 35.
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Cristián Larroulet
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- Ladrón
- Biography
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Cristián Patricio Larroulet Vignau was the Minister General Secretariat of the Presidency of Chile under President Sebastián Piñera. He currently serves as the Head of Advisors to the Presidency of the Republic in the second administration of Sebastián Piñera.
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Katherine Martorell
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Katherine Denisse Martorell Awad is a Chilean politician.
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Liliana Ross
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- directorplaywrightactortheatrical producer
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Liliana Piera Marina Brescia Clerici, best known professionally as Liliana Ross, was an Italian-born Chilean actress, director, playwright, and theatrical producer whose professional career spanned more than fifty years. She was best known to television audiences for her starring roles in the Chilean telenovelas La Colorina (1977) and Machos (2003).
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José Ignacio Valenzuela
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- playwrightwriterscreenwriterproducer
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José Ignacio Valenzuela also known by the nickname Chascas, is a Chilean writer and screenwriter. Author of scripts for national and foreign soap operas, among which Amor a domicilio, La familia de al lado, Dama y obrero and adaptation of Lola—, He has also participated in the development of various television, literature, film and theater projects in Chile, Mexico, United States and Puerto Rico. He has published a number of novels and short fiction, and has also served as professor and instructor of creative writing.
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Gloria Münchmeyer
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- television actoractor
- Biography
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María Gloria Münchmeyer Barber is a Chilean television, film and theatre actress, known for her roles in some telenovelas like La Madrastra, Marrón Glacé, and others. She was married with the actor/comedian Jorge Guerra and mother of the actress Catalina Guerra. In 1990, she received the Volpi Cup for her role on La luna en el espejo.
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Francisca Lewin
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- actor
- Biography
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María Francisca Lewin Castellano is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress.
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Carolina Goic Boroevic
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević is a Chilean politician who served as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC) from 2016 to 2017.
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Marcela Vacarezza
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- journalistbeauty pageant contestantmodelpsychologist
- Biography
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Marcela Paz Vacarezza Etcheverry is a Chilean actress, psychologist and beauty pageant titleholder. She is married to the TV host Rafael Araneda with whom she has three children, Martina, Florencia and Vicente.
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Solange Lackington
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- actor
- Biography
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Solange Lackington Gangas is a Chilean actress, director and playwright of film, theater and television. She studied theater at the School of Theater of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. At just 20 years old, she made her debut on television, acting in telenovelas such as La torre 10 (1984) and Bellas y audaces (1988), alongside figures such as Sonia Viveros, Lucy Salgado and Luis Alarcón. During this period, she collaborated with the producer Sonia Fuchs in the Dramatic Area of Televisión Nacional de Chile. She achieved great popularity by playing Estrellita on the daily series Los Venegas. However, her consecration was due to her joining the Dramatic Area of Channel 13, acting in telenovelas such as Sabor a ti, Piel canela, Machos and Brujas. In this period, she achieved a season of great awards for her work, including Apes Awards and Altazor Awards. In 2017, she assumed the title role in Edward Franklin Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Her performance in this play earned her positive reviews. A year later, she played Gabriela Mistral in Andrés Kalawski's Mistral, Gabriela, 1945.
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Alberto Mayol
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Graduated with licensed in aesthetics
- Occupations
- politiciansociologist
- Biography
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Alberto Mayol Miranda is a Chilean sociologist, political analyst, and politician. An independent researcher, and author of several works on social sciences, politics, and culture, he was a candidate in the Broad Front 2017 presidential primary.
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Loreto Valenzuela
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- 1977-1979 graduated with acting
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Loreto Cristina Valenzuela Valdivia is a Chilean actress and director, recognized for her extensive career in theater and television.
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Elisa Zulueta
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- actorwritertheatrical director
- Biography
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Elisa Zulueta is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress who studied at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Formerly, she worked for TVN where she made little works in telenovelas and series. In 2008 she gained fame with the role of Julia Amigo in the telenovela Lola of Canal 13. In 2009, Elisa Zulueta and Emilio Edwards were the main roles for the Chilean film Tanto Tiempo, directed by Claudio Polgati, this film won two prizes in the eight version of the Festival Internacional de Cine Chico de Canarias.
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Fulvio Rossi
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- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Fulvio Fabrizio Rossi Ciocca is a Chilean politician and physician.
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Jorge Medina Estévez
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishopphilosopher
- Biography
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Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions both in his native country and in the Roman Curia. He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1996 to 2002 and was made a cardinal in 1998. Beginning in 1985 he served as auxiliary bishop and then from 1987 bishop of Rancagua and then bishop of Valparaíso from 1993 to 1996.
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Diego Schalper
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Diego Ignacio Schalper Sepúlveda is a Chilean politician currently serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing District 15 of the O'Higgins Region since 2018. He is a member of centre-right party National Renewal.
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Cristián Warnken
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- journalistwriterpoet
- Biography
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Cristián Warnken is a Chilean literature professor, columnist, interviewer, radio personality, podcaster, and television presenter. Similarly, he is the leader of Amarillos por Chile.
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Raúl Silva Henríquez
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- Catholic priestlawyerCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal from 1962. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1961 to 1983 and as Bishop of Valparaíso from 1959 to 1961. Both as Archbishop and in retirement, he was an advocate for social justice and democracy and a forthright vocal critic of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet—"a constant thorn in the Government's side".
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Checho Hirane
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Studied commercial engineering
- Occupations
- humoristcommercial engineerradio personalitytelevision presentermilitary personnel
- Biography
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Sergio José Hirane Sarkis is a Chilean humourist, political commentarist and economist.
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Heraldo Muñoz
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- international forum participantdiplomat
- Biography
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Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela is a Chilean political scientist, academic, diplomat and politician; the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile under President Michelle Bachelet; former Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme; and the former Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, to Brazil, and to the Organization of American States.
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Rojo Edwards
- Occupations
- politiciancivil engineer
- Biography
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José Manuel Rojo Edwards Silva, known as Rojo Edwards, is a Chilean politician and civil engineer.
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Mauricio Pešutić
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Mauricio Santiago Pešutić Pérez is a Chilean actor with a long career on TV soap operas, film and theatre. He studied Drama and Film Direction at the Catholic University of Chile. He also wrote and directed 3 short films in the 1970s. He has performed a wide range of roles but stands out as the villain. In 2001 he was awarded best supporting actor at the APES awards, and in 2002 he won the Altazor prize for best TV actor.
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Fernando Flores
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- politicianphilosophereconomist
- Biography
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Carlos Fernando Flores Labra is a Chilean engineer, entrepreneur and politician. He is a former cabinet minister of president Salvador Allende and was senator for the Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá regions between 2001 and 2009. On March 31, 2010, he was designated President of Chile's National Innovation Council for Competitiveness by President Sebastián Piñera.
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Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera
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- politicianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera is a Chilean businessman and a former senator and presidential candidate of the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center. He is commonly known as Fra-Fra because he was a stutterer during his childhood. Errázuriz Talavera is of Basque descent.
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Gloria Hutt
- Occupations
- civil engineerpolitician
- Biography
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Gloria de los Ángeles Hutt Hesse is a Chilean politician and journalist and a member of Political Evolution (Evópoli/EVOP), a conservative-liberal and centre-right party.
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Jaime Bassa
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Jaime Andrés Bassa Mercado is a Chilean politician and attorney. Bassa has served as the Vice President of the Constitutional Convention of Chile since 2021. A political independent, Bassa is closely associated with the left-wing Broad Front alliance.
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María Luisa Cordero
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- physicianpoliticianwriter
- Biography
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María Luisa Cordero Velásquez is a Chilean psychiatrist, writer, television commentator and politician.
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Susana Villarán
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Susana María del Carmen Villarán de la Puente is a centre-left politician in Peru, a former presidential candidate, and in municipal elections in 2010 became the first woman to be elected Mayor of Lima.
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Patricio Castillo
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Jaime García Márquez Patricio Castillo San Juan, better known as Patricio Castillo was a Chilean born Mexican actor.
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Manuela Martelli
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriterfilm actorfilm screenwriter
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Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film Il Futuro, based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita. Her first feature film 1976 was shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival at the Director's Fortnight section.
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Fernando Paulsen
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Studied journalism
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Fernando José Paulsen Silva is a Chilean radio journalist, television presenter, columnist, sports and political commentator.
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Jaime Bellolio
- Occupations
- politiciancommercial engineer
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Jaime Andrés Bellolio Avaria is a Chilean engineer and politician, militant from Unión Demócrata Independiente (UDI). He served as deputy of the Republic from March 2014 to 2020. He also has served as Minister Secretary General of the Government during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).
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Álvaro Elizalde
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Álvaro Antonio Elizalde Soto is a Chilean politician and lawyer. He assumed the office of Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency on 19 April 2023.
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Ena von Baer
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Ena Anglein von Baer Jahn is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and former senator.
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Nicolás Monckeberg
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Nicolas Monckeberg Díaz is a Chilean politician. He was born in a family of German descent. He completed his secondary education in the Tabancura College in Santiago. He joined the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Chile caling of lawyer. He completed a Master of Liberal Arts major at Harvard Extension School.
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Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa
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- theologianCatholic priestCatholic bishop
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Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa is a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1998 to 2010. He has been a cardinal since 2001 and was a member of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinal Advisers from its creation in 2013 until his departure in 2018.
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Raúl Figueroa
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Raúl Eugenio Figueroa Salas is a Chilean politician and lawyer.
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Benjamín Labatut
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- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Benjamín Labatut is a Chilean writer.
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Carlos Larraín
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Carlos Aníbal Larraín Peña is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He represented Los Ríos in the Senate and was the president of National Renewal.
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Alejandra Matus
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- journalistwriterbiographer
- Biography
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Alejandra Matus Acuña is a Chilean journalist and writer recognized for her disclosure of human rights abuses that occurred during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
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Carlos Peña González
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- 1977-1981 graduated with lawyer
- 1986-1988 graduated with master's degree in sociology
- Occupations
- philosopherlawyercolumnist
- Biography
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Carlos Hernán Peña González is a lawyer and university professor who is since 2005 rector of the Diego Portales University and Sunday columnist of El Mercurio. Peña is also vicepresident of CIPER Chile; member of the directory of Fundación Nicanor Parra; Counsellor of Teatro Municipal de Santiago; member of the directory of Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos and member of the Comisión de Verdad Histórica y Nuevo Trato con los Pueblos Indígenas (2001-2003). He was also a government advisor in the Reforma Procesal Penal (1994-2000) and family law (1989-1994).
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Javiera Blanco
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Mónica Javiera Blanco Suárez was a Chilean lawyer and politician. She was minister during the second government of Michelle Bachelet (2014−2018)
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Diamela Eltit
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- writeruniversity teacherartistteacher
- Biography
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Diamela Eltit is a Chilean writer and university professor. She is a recipient of the National Prize for Literature.
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Carolina Schmidt
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- politician
- Biography
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María Carolina Schmidt Zaldívar is a Chilean politician and businesswoman who was the Minister of the Environment between August 2018 and November 2021, in the second government of Sebastián Piñera. She also served as the Minister of Education from April 2013 to March 2014.
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María José Zaldivar
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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María José Zaldívar Larraín is a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare in the second government of Sebastián Piñera.
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Jovino Novoa
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- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Enrique Manuel Jovino Novoa Vásquez was a Chilean politician. He was a member of the Senate of Chile (1998–2014) and was the president of the Senate of Chile (2009–2010).
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Ricardo Ezzati Andrello
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Ricardo Ezzati Andrello is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has lived and worked in Chile since the age of 17. He was Archbishop of Santiago from December 2010 to March 2019 and has been a cardinal since February 2014. He previously served as Archbishop of Concepción. He headed the Episcopal Conference of Chile from 2010 to 2016.
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Harold Mayne-Nicholls
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Harold Alfred Mayne-Nicholls Secul is a Chilean journalist and former football administrator who was president of the National Professional Football Association (ANFP) and of the Chilean Football Federation (FFCh). He was also a FIFA official. On 6 July 2015, he was banned for seven years by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football-related activity, after being the chair of evaluation for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup and openly criticizing the decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. On 2 March 2017, he appealed against the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. which finally decided that there was no real misconduct and lifted the sentence.
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Andrés Wood
- Enrolled in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
- Studied commercial engineering
- Occupations
- film producerfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Andrés Wood Montt is a Chilean film director, producer and writer. Some of his most popular films include Machuca, Violeta se fue a los cielos, and Historias de Futbol. He created his own production company known as Wood Producciones in 1993.
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Radomiro Tomic
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- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Radomiro Tomic Romero was a Chilean lawyer and politician of Croatian origin, and candidate for the presidency of the Chilean Republic in the 1970 election. He graduated as a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). He began his political activity in the Social-Christian circles of the PUC, and was one of the co-founders of the Falange Nacional (FN, future Christian Democracy, DC) in 1938. He became president of the party in 1946–1947 and 1952–1953. He was married to Olaya Errázuriz Echenique, and together they had 9 children.
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Felipe Larraín Bascuñán
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- economistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Felipe Larraín Bascuñán is a Chilean economist, academic and former Minister of Finance under President Sebastián Piñera from 2010 until 2014 and again from 2018 until 2019.
