Juan Enrique Krauss Rusque (born 25 August 1932) is a Chilean

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and

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who has served as deputy, minister and ambassador of Chile in

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and

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. In 1966, Krauss began his political career working for the State, which allowed him to rise once

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appointed him in 1968 as Ministry of Economy, Development and Reconstruccion. From 1971 to 1975, he was a member of the national board of his party as well as national councilor of it (1976−1989). The first office aforementioned helped him to be elected for the

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for the period 1973−77, which was disrupted by the coup against

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. Returned the democracy in Chile, in early 1990s he was the Minister of Interior of

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. Similarly, he was deputy (1998−2002) and failed to reach a seat the

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in 2001. After that, both

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and

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appointed him as a

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n and

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an countries.

Political career

Rising: 1966−1989

Due to his career into the

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during

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government (1964−1970), Krauss was appointed by him as Undersecretary of the Interior on 10 August 1966. Then, he rose when Frei appointed him as Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction, in which stayed for a brief period from 1968 to 1969. In that way, in 1970, he was appointed national as head of

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's presidential campaign, who was defeated by the Marxist candidate

. However, during Allende's government Krauss was a member of the National Television Council (CNTV; 1971−73) until his participation in the 1973 Parliamentary elections, where was elected as a

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for the 21st Departmental Group of

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and Villarrica for the legislative period 1973−77 (disrupted by

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). Similarly, in that election he was elected with the third majority behind Rosendo Huenumán and Hardy Momberg Roa. After the September 11th coup, he was an oppositor of Pinochet's

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and played a role as

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in representation of the

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(1976−90).

Concertación governments: 1990−2010

Once ended the Pinochet dictatorship, he was appointed by

as Minister of the Interior, office he performed during the whole 1990−94 period. Nevertheless, he had to face such complex episodes as the assassination of

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senator

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or the «Boinazo»: a «liaison exercise» that the

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realized near the

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, which included

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s with war weapons surrounding the building. After leaving the government, he worked in the legal area of Telefónica Chile, he was elected president of his party (1997) and also was elected deputy for the 1998−2002 period. However, in 1999, he resigned to the position after

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's crushing defeat in the Concertación primary elections, where the winner was

(PPD) with a 71% of the votes. Already elected Lagos, in the Congress Krauss was a member of the Permanent Commission of Constitution, Legislation and Justice as well as of the Economy, Development and Reconstruction Commission. Later, in the 2001 parliamentary election, he run for a seat in the

in representation of the

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, but he failed to reach it after losing against the then PPD

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and three other contenders. During the rest of the 2000s, he was appointed as ambassador by the presidencies of Lagos (2000−06) and

(2006−10), who respectively sent him to

and

. Likewise, in 2009, he was appointed by Bachelet as Ambassador of Chile to

Retirement from politics: 2010−present

Since 2010, he is retired from active politics.

Trivia

He is supporter of

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References

External links

BCN Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krauss, Enrique Living people 1932 births 20th-century Chilean politicians 21st-century Chilean politicians Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera alumni University of Chile alumni National Falange politicians Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians Politicians from Santiago