Carlos Hernán Peña González (Chile, June 8, 1959) is a lawyer and university professor who is since 2005 rector of the

Diego Portales University Diego Portales University ( es, Universidad Diego Portales, UDP) is one of the first private universities founded in Chile and is named after the Chilean statesman Diego Portales. UDP has campuses in the Barrio Universitario de SantiagoA litera ...

Diario El Mercurio, Nuevo rector de la UDP
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El Mercurio ''El Mercurio'' (known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's newspaper of record and it is considered the oldest daily in t ...

''. 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).Conicyt.cl
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