Baldo Petar Prokurica Prokurica (born July 2, 1958 in

Vallenar Vallenar is a city and commune in Atacama Region, Chile. It is the capital of the Huasco Province and is located in the valley of the Huasco River. Vallenar has 52,000 inhabitants. Its main activities are farming and mining. It was founded as S ...

) is a lawyer, academic, and politician of Croatian descent. He served as the Minister of National Defense of Chile since December 2020 and March 2022. He served as the Minister of Mining of Chile from 2018 to 2020. He is also a former Congressman and Senator of the

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on behalf of District No. 3 for the Atacama Region. His family has Croatian origins. His primary studies were conducted at the College San Francisco de Vallenar and Seminary in La Serena. The side made in the Theological Seminary in La Serena and

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Scuola Italiana. His studies were conducted at the Faculty of Law,

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1958 births Living people People from Vallenar Chilean Ministers of Mining Chilean people of Croatian descent Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Members of the Senate of Chile Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile 20th-century Chilean lawyers 21st-century Chilean lawyers Chilean Ministers of Defense National Renewal (Chile) politicians {{Chile-law-bio-stub