Manuel José Piñera Carvallo (22 September 1917 – 3 June 1991) was a
Chilean engineer, diplomat and
Christian Democratic
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politician. He was born in
Paris in 1917 and died in
Santiago in 1991.
Early life
Piñera Carvallo was the son of lawyer José Manuel Piñera Figueroa and Elena Carvallo Castillo. His great-grandfather, José Piñera Lombera, a native of
Lima, Peru
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, but from
Asturias, arrived in
La Serena in 1827, being the first
Piñera to arrive in Chile.
José Piñera Carvallo lived in
Paris, France, where he received a secular education in conjunction with his siblings Bernardino (doctor and bishop), Paulette and Marie Louise. At 17, he returned to
Chile, studying at the Padres Franceses school in the capital and then in the School of Engineering at the
Catholic University of Chile.
Personal life
While still young he married Magdalena Echenique Rozas, daughter of José Miguel Echenique Correa and Josefa Rozas Ariztía. Carvallo's mother was the granddaughter of the aristocratic Luisa Pinto Garmendia, daughter of President
Francisco Antonio Pinto
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Early life
He was born in Santiago, the son of Joaquín Pinto and Mercede ...
, sister of President
Aníbal Pinto
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Early life
He was born in Santiago de Chile, the son of former Chilean president General Francisco ...
and sister in law of President
Manuel Bulnes
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.
With Magdalena Carvallo had six children: Guadalupe,
José,
Sebastian
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...
, Paul,
Miguel and Magdalena. He separated from his wife in 1975. He died of
pulmonary emphysema in 1991.
Political career
In university Piñera Carvallo joined the National Falange, the germ of the
Christian Democratic Party, of which he was a founding member. He was founder and first president of the Federation of Catholic University Students (FEUC).
In 1954 he joined the state Production Development Corporation (CORFO), where he worked virtually his entire life.
During the government of President
Eduardo Frei Montalva, he was appointed ambassador, first to
Belgium and then to the
UN in the United States. As representative in
Brussels he participated in the management of Chile's external debt, working closely with another diplomat,
Gabriel Valdes
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.
Recognition
In 1967, Piñera Carvallo received the Grand Cross of the
Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain).
References
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Permanent Representatives of Chile to the United Nations
1917 births
1991 deaths
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20th-century Chilean engineers
Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni
Ambassadors of Chile to Belgium
Ambassadors of Chile to Luxembourg
Presidents of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Student Federation
Chilean expatriates in France