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2 unusual facts about president of Chile


Jaime Pizarro

On July 30 of 2007 The President of Chile Michelle Bachelet named Jaime Pizarro Sub-secretary of the National Institute of Sports (Chiledeportes), after the resignation of Ricardo Vorpahl.

William Wheelwright

In 1838, with help from the Chilean government, he founded the Pacific Steam Navigation Company which commenced operations on October 15, 1840 and provided commercial sea access to cities such as Valparaíso and El Callao.


Aguirre Passage

Named by the Chilean Antarctic Expedition, 1950–51, after Don Pedro Aguirre Cerda, President of Chile, 1938–41.

Chilean Australian

One was former Chilean president Ramón Freire, exiled from Chile after attempting to re-take power in a coup.

Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts

The president of Chile, Don Aníbal Pinto, the minister Don Manuel García de la Huerta, Colonel Marcos Maturana and the sculptor Jose Miguel Blanco together managed the creation of the museum, whose first director was the painter Juan Mochi.

Javiera Carrera

One of its most famous students is the former Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet.

Lucia Newman

In 2013 alone, she has conducted studio-interviews, for the series Talk to Al Jazeera, with the President of Uruguay and the former President of Chile and has presented, for the series Al Jazeera Correspondent, an extended piece of reportage on the curious institution that is the Colonia Dignidad, as well as conventional news-reporting, as a correspondent in several countries, plus live studio-links.

Mariana de Aguirre

Mariana de Aguirre y Boza was First Lady of Chile as wife of Chile's late-1829 President Francisco Ramón Vicuña with whom she had six children.

Marta Larraechea

Marta Larraechea Bolívar (born March 14, 1944 in Constitución, Talca Province) is a social orientator, politician and wife of Chilean President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle.

Parinacota Province

Arica y Parinacota Region was created on October 8, 2007 under Law 20.175, promulgated on March 23, 2007 by President Michelle Bachelet in the city of Arica.

The provincial government is led by governor Enrique Gaspar Ramos, who was appointed by president Sebastián Piñera.

René Maturana

René Gabriel Maturana Maldonado (1955–12 August 2009) was a Chilean journalist and the 36th Mayor of Pichilemu, holding the position from his appointment by President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte on 31 August 1984 until his resignation in April 1992.


see also

City of the Beasts

City of the Beasts (La ciudad de las bestias in Spanish) is the first young adult novel by Chilean-American writer Isabel Allende, whose first cousin once removed is Salvador Allende, a former president of Chile.

Eduardo Frei

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942), Chilean politician and civil engineer, president of Chile from 1994 to 2000, son of the above

Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911–1982), Chilean political figure and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970

Federico Errázuriz

Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850–1901), president of Chile from 1896 to 1901

Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825–1877), president of Chile from 1871 to 1876

José Piñera

He has three younger brothers: Sebastián Piñera, a businessman-politician and the current President of Chile; Pablo Piñera, managing director of Banco del Estado and former member of the Board of the Central Bank; and Miguel Piñera, a musician.

Manuel Torres

Manuel Montt Torres (1809–1880), president of Chile between 1851 and 1861

Millennium Science Initiative

The Science Advisor to the President of Chile was, by coincidence, a part-time Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Rand Araskog

He has also been awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy by the President of Italy and the Order General Bernardo O'Higgins by the president of Chile.