Sergio Diez
Sergio Diez | |
|---|---|
 Diez at 1990 | |
| President of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 1996 – 12 March 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Romero Pizarro |
| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Creation of the charge |
| Succeeded by | José García Ruminot |
| Constituency | 15th Circunscription (Southern Araucanía) |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Preceded by | José Foncea |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of the charge (1973 Coup d'état) |
| Constituency | 6th Circunscription (Curicó, Talca, Maule and Linares) |
| Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations | |
| In office 1977–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ismael Huerta |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Trucco Gaete |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 16 January 1972 – 15 May 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Avendaño Ortúzar |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Bell Jara |
| Constituency | 14th Circunscription (Linares, Loncomilla and Parral) |
| In office 15 May 1957 – 15 May 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando Hurtado Echeñique |
| Succeeded by | Rodolfo Werner Inostroza |
| Constituency | 12th Circunscription (Talca, Lontué and Curepto) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 April 1925 Curicó, Chile |
| Died | 2 April 2015 (aged 89) Santiago, Chile |
| Political party | Conservative Party (1935–1949) Traditionalist Conservative Party (1949–1953) United Conservative Party (1953–1966) National Party (1966–1973) Renovación Nacional (1987–2015) |
| Spouse | Ana María Arriagada |
| Children | Six |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Sergio Eduardo Diez Urzúa (2 April 1925 – 29 June 2015) was a Chilean architect and politician.
He is commonly remembered for having denied that arrested people disappeared during Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1990).[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Early life
His parents were former Congressman Manuel Diez García and Yolanda Urzúa Ravanal. He graduated from the San Martín de Curicó Institute, belonging to the Congregation of the Marist Brothers, and then from the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University, of which he graduated as a lawyer in 1948.[5]
Political career
In 1948, he was secretary general of the Conservative Party and then a member of its Executive Board. Between 1950 and 1955 he was a professor of Roman law and civil law.
In 1957 he was a deputy for Talca. In 1961 he was re-elected as a deputy for the 1961-1965 legislative period.[5]
References
- ^ "Fallece Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la ONU que negó existencia de los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). El Mostrador. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Sergio Diez aclaró que fue engañado por la dictadura militar sobre la existencia de DD.DD" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Murió Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la dictadura que negó a los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). La Izquierda Diario. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ "El Embajador en la ONU que Desapareció a los Desaparecidos: El Discurso que Condenó a Sergio Diez" (in Spanish). Red Digital. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ a b La Segunda (Santiago), 15 de marzo de 1996, p.26