Pablo Baraona
Pablo Baraona | |
|---|---|
 Pablo Baraona in the 1970s | |
| Minister of Mining | |
| In office6 October 1988 – 5 June 1989 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Samuel Lira Ovalle |
| Succeeded by | Jorge López Bain |
| Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction | |
| In office27 December 1976 – 26 December 1978 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Sergio de Castro |
| Succeeded by | Roberto Kelly Vásquez |
| President of the Central Bank of Chile | |
| In office1975–1976 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Cano Quijada |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro Bardón |
| Vice President of the Central Bank of Chile | |
| In office11 July 1974 – 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Cauas |
| Succeeded by | Álvaro Bardón |
| President of the FEUC | |
| In office1958–1960 | |
| Preceded by | Roberto Gil |
| Succeeded by | Fernando Munita Valdés |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1935-06-22)22 June 1935 |
| Died | 28 September 2017(2017-09-28) (aged 82) |
| Party | National Party |
| Parent(s) | Jorge Baraona Puelma Alicia Urzúa Souper |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Economist, professor, rector, politician |
Pablo Antonio Baraona Urzúa (22 June 1935 – 28 September 2017) was a Chilean economist and politician, regarded as one of the main promoters of the free market model implemented during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.
He served as Minister of Economy (1976–1978) and Minister of Mining (1988–1989).
Early life
Baraona was the son of Alicia Urzúa Souper and lawyer-politician Jorge Baraona. He studied economics at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC), where he chaired both the student council of his faculty and the student federation between 1957 and 1959.[1]
In 1961 he earned a master's degree in economics from the University of Chicago, joining the generation of economists known in Chile as the «Chicago Boys». Upon returning to Chile, he taught at PUC and became director of its Institute of Economics in 1964. He also directed the Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CESEC), which served as the platform for the economic programme of Jorge Alessandri’s 1970 presidential campaign.[2]
Public life
A member of the National Party (PN), in March 1971 Baraona co-founded the newspaper Tribuna, which opposed Salvador Allende’s government.[3] During the 1973 Chilean parliamentary election, he directed the campaign of fellow party member Sergio Onofre Jarpa, candidate for the Senate for Santiago.
At the beginning of Pinochet’s dictatorship, Baraona served as adviser to the then Minister of Economy, Fernando Léniz. In 1974 he was appointed Vice President of the Central Bank of Chile, and became its President in 1975. He served as Minister of Economy (1976–1978) and later as Minister of Mining (1988–1989). That year, he left government to lead the presidential campaign of Hernán Büchi, who had previously been his chief of staff at the Ministry of Economy.[1]
In the private sector, Baraona was executive coordinator of Copec during the 1980s, President of the Club Hípico de Santiago (1983–1990), and President of the Banco Unido de Fomento in 1980. In 1988, together with Sergio de Castro and Álvaro Bardón, he co-founded the Universidad Finis Terrae, where he served as rector for sixteen years.[4][5]
Works
- 1973 – Fuerzas Armadas y seguridad nacional. Santiago: Ed. Portada.
- 1993 – Mil días, mil por ciento: la economía chilena durante el gobierno de Allende. Santiago: Antártica.
See also
References
- ^ abMönckeberg, María Olivia (2015). El saqueo de los grupos económicos al Estado chileno. Penguin Random House. ISBN 9789563252064.
- ^"Muere Pablo Baraona, uno de los primeros Chicago Boys y ex ministro de Pinochet". El Mercurio. 29 September 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^"Partido Nacional y "Tribuna" son una sola y misma cosa"(PDF). La Nación. 10 December 1971. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^"Pablo Baraona, fundador de la Finis Terrae: "En la universidad no puede mandar el capital"". El Mostrador. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^"Economista Pablo Baraona fallece a sus 82 años". Pulso. 29 September 2017. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
