Francisco Javier Vidal Salinas (born 20 September 1953) 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 politician and scholar. In 1971, he began his political career at the rightist National Party. He was

Minister of National Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

from March 2009 to March 2010. Before this position he served as Minister Secretary General of Government of Chile during the administrations of

Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military di ...

and

Michelle Bachelet Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (; born 29 September 1951) is a Chilean politician who served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022. She previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 201 ...

and Interior Minister during Lagos's mandate. He is a professor of history at the

University of Chile The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.

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* 1953 births Living people Chilean Ministers of Defense Chilean people of Spanish descent University of Chile alumni National Party (Chile, 1966) politicians Party for Democracy (Chile) politicians Chilean Ministers Secretary General of Government Chilean Ministers of the Interior {{Chile-politician-stub