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List Of Chileans Of German Descent
German Chileans Political figures * Ingrid Antonijevic Hahn, Minister of Economy (2006), academic, businesswoman *Ena von Baer, Independent Democratic Union politician, Minister General Secretary of Government under Pinera government and academic * Edgardo Enríquez Frödden, Minister of Education (1973), naval officer, physician, academic * Carlos Frödden Lorenzen, politician, naval officer *Tomás Hirsch, Humanist Party politician and businessman * Miguel Kast, Former Minister of Odeplan (1978–1980) and Labour (1980–1982), and President of the Central Bank (1982) *Carlos Keller, philosopher, politician *Alejandra Krauss, Christian Democratic Party politician *Jorge González von Marées, fascist politician *Ricardo Lagos Weber, Party for Democracy politician, former Minister of *Evelyn Matthei, UDI politician, Minister of Labour (2011–) and former Senator *Raúl Rettig, Radical Party politician and jurist Military and police * René Schneider Commander in chief o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Antonijevic
Ingrid Antonijevic Hahn (born 22 July 1952) is a Chilean economist, entrepreneur, academic and former Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction (2006) for only two months, in the first cabinet of socialist president Michelle Bachelet. In her youth, she was a militant in the MAPU organisation, and after the end of the Pinochet regime she was one of the founders of the Party for Democracy (''Partido Por la Democracia a.k.a. PPD'') that has led the transition towards democracy in Chile. She is a progressive entrepreneur who promotes corporate social responsibility and the involvement of the private sector in projects initiated by the government that aim to benefit the whole country. She has acquired notoriety in her country for holding positions in organisations that have traditionally been held by men. Biography Antonijevic was born in the northern Chilean port city of Iquique in the Tarapacá Region to a politically right-wing upper middle class family. She is the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Stange
Rodolfo Stange Oelckers (born 30 September 1925) is a Chilean politician who served as a Senator. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile during the dictatorship period from 1973 to 1990, representing the police force (Carabineros de Chile); as of 2021, he is the military junta's last surviving member. He was elected Senator in 1998, finishing his term in 2005. Biography Stange was born in Puerto Montt, in southern Chile. He is the son of Osvaldo Stange and Ina Oelckers, of German ancestry, and is a Lutheran. Because of his heritage, he studied at the German Institute of Puerto Montt and later in the Liceo de Hombres. He joined the Military in 1945 and the Carabineros two years later. Thanks to a scholarship, Stange was able to continue his university studies in West Germany and upon his return he became a teacher of Police Sciences and Police Administration. Stange is married to Liliana Toro Oelckers, with whom he has three children, Sergio, Sonia, and Carolin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigrid Alegría
Sigrid Alegría Conrads (born 18 June 1974) is a Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...an film and television actress. Alegría began her acting debut in the Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN soap opera ''Borrón y cuenta nueva'' in 1998, playing the role of "Doris Morán", a religious nun who was rethinking her life after she found a new lover. In 2004, she left for Canal 13 (Chile), Canal 13 to participate in the soap opera Hippie (telenovela), Hippie and also Tentación (telenovela), Tentación. Not happy with her contract to Canal 13 (Chile), Canal 13, she decided to return to Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN. Since 2007, she has been working on night time soap operas such as ''Alguien te mira (Chilean TV series), Alguien Te Mira'', ''El señor de la quer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teodoro Schmidt
Teodoro Schmidt is a Chilean town and commune located in Cautín Province, Araucanía Region. Teodoro Schmidt spans a coastal area of . Demographics According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, Teodoro Schmidt had 15,504 inhabitants; of these, 6,244 (40.3%) lived in urban areas and 9,260 (59.7%) in rural areas. At that time, there were 8,136 men and 7,368 women. Administration As a commune, Teodoro Schmidt is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a communal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2021 mayor is Alfredo Riquelme Arriagada. Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Teodoro Schmidt belongs to the 51st electoral district and 15th senatorial constituency. References External links *Municipality of Teodoro Schmidt See also * List of towns in Chile This article contains a list of towns in Chile. A town is defined by Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an urban entity po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Westenhöfer
Max Westenhöfer (February 9, 1871 – September 25, 1957) was a German pathologist and biologist who contributed to the development of the anatomic pathology and the reform of public health in Chile. Education Maximilian Joseph Johann Westenhöfer was born on February 9, 1871, in Ansbach, Bavaria. His father was a school teacher called Johan Karl Westenhöffer, but the son later simplified the spelling of his surname. His mother's maiden name was Knell,Sievers Wicke (1958) page 53 and in later years her name was sometimes appended to his according to the Spanish naming custom. making his name Max Westenhöfer Knell. He studied at the University of Berlin where he graduated in 1894. He was a pupil of Rudolf Virchow, German physician and Professor of Pathology at the University of Berlin, known also for his interest in public health. His first employment was as an army doctor, which he remained, apart from three years in Chile, until 1922.Sievers Wicke (1958) page 54 First tenu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Armando Philippi
Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados (1905-1969), was also a zoologist and in order to avoid confusion in zoological nomenclature, the elder is referred to as "Philippi rumwiede to distinguish him from his grandson "Philippi añados. Early life Philippi was born in Charlottenburg, Berlin to Johann Wilhelm Eberhard Philippi, a Prussian government auditor, and his third wife Maria Anna Krumwiede (m. 1806). The father had five children from two earlier marriages and Philippi was the eldest from the third marriage. In 1818, Philippi, his younger brother Bernhard Eunom (1811–1852) and their mother went to Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, where they were educated at the Pestalozzian Institute founded by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827). The teaching included the use o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Klotz
Mathias Klotz Germain is a Chilean architect, born in Viña del Mar on 13 April 1965. Studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated in 1991. Winner of the Borromini Prize of Architecture in 2001 El Informador – Feb 19, 2010 (quote:''"llegó el reconocimiento internacional: en 2001 fue distinguido con el Premio Borromini"'' for under-40 architects. Klotz together with are among the most renowned Chilean architects of the early 21st century. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcela Paz
Marcela Paz (February 28, 1902 – June 12, 1985) was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Ramos Falla Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer. She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy. She was a recipient of the National Prize for Literature. Early years Marcela Paz was born in Santiago, Chile on February 28, 1902 (even though her biography indicates that she was born on February 29; however, 1902 was not a leap year). She was born into a well-off family and was the second eldest of eight children of Francisco Huneeus Gana and María Teresa Salas Subercaseaux. Since her youth she found refuge in solitude and in imagination, particularly after the death of Anita, her older sister, when Ester was only 11 years old. This added to the absence of friends her own age. Ester never went to a formal school but instead her education was left in charge of governesses. In 1929 she traveled to France, where during a few months she studied courses in the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Huneeus
Pablo Miguel Huneeus Cox (born 1940 in Santiago) raised in New Jersey, is a Chilean writer and social critic. His more than thirty books are known for their lively personal style, sense of humor, and vivid portraits of real people. Several have been bestsellers. Cox is the son of Chilean journalist and writer Virginia Cox Balmaceda. Trained as a sociologist, he received his doctorate from the University of Paris (Sorbonne). Huneeus has worked as a consultant for United Nations in Geneva (Switzerland), as a researcher for ECLA (Economic Commission for Latin America) in Santiago, and as professor of industrial sociology at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Chile. He was the founding director of Chile's National Employment Service (SENCE). Due to his concern for freedom of speech, he launched the ''MUAC Movimiento Universal Anti Censura'' (Universal Anti Censorship Movement). Huneeus is a frequent contributor as a columnist to several of Chile's newspapers and has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristián Huneeus
Cristián Huneeus (1935–1985) was a Chilean essayist and writer. Biography In 1958 Cristián Huneeus began collaborating with articles in the ''Pomaire'' magazine. Their journalistic deliveries appeared in different national journals, but mainly in the magazines ''Cormorán'' and ''Mensaje'', where he published articles until 1983. Later, from 1977 to 1985, he evolved columnist in ''Hoy'' and ''Cal''. Also, he was contributor in newspapers ''El Mercurio'', ''La Nación'', the '' Tercera'' and ''La Razón'' (Petorca). In this last newspaper he worked since he fixed his residence in the Valley of the Ligua in 1980. After the death of Cristián Huneeus in 1985, his daughter Daniela Huneeus (anthropologist) altogether with Manuel Vicuña Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Grossman
Claudio Mauricio Grossman Guiloff (born November 26, 1947) is a lawyer and law professor. From 1995 until the summer of 2016, he served as dean of the Washington College of Law of American University in Washington, D.C. He continues to teach at the Washington College of Law and serve as Dean Emeritus. In November 2016, he was elected to the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) for a five-year term. He was reelected to the ILC in 2021. In November 2021, he was also appointed Advisor without Portfolio to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Grossman has also served as vice chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture (2003-2008) and as Chairperson (2008-2015). He is a former member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (1993-2001). He was twice elected its president, first in 1996 and again in 2001. He was the IACHR's first Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women (1996-2000) and its Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Bunster
Claudio Bunster Weitzman (; born April 15, 1947) is a Chilean theoretical physicist. Until 2005 his name was Claudio Teitelboim Weitzman. Biography Claudio Bunster attended at Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, a prestigious public high school of Santiago. Bunster was educated at the University of Chile and Princeton University, where he earned his doctorate in physics in 1973. Bunster has conducted frontier research and taught at Princeton University and at the University of Texas at Austin. He has also been "Long Term Member" of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Bunster has been Director of the Center for Scientific Studies (CECS) from its inception in 1984. Originally operating from Santiago, in 2000 this autonomous institute moved South of Chile, Valdivia, in the 40S parallel, where the search has expanded and deepened in the areas of life, our planet and the cosmos. In addition to his research in theoretical physics and his work as Director of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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