Carlos Cáceres Contreras
Carlos Cáceres Contreras | |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 21 October 1988 – 11 March 1990 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Sergio Fernández Fernández |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Krauss |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 14 February 1983 – 22 April 1984 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Rolf Lüders |
| Succeeded by | Luis Escobar Cerda |
| President of the Central Bank of Chile | |
| In office 3 September 1982 – 3 February 1983 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Miguel Kast |
| Succeeded by | Hernán Felipe Errázuriz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 October 1940 |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Economist |
Carlos Francisco Cáceres Contreras (born 7 October 1940, Valparaíso) is a Chilean economist, academic, businessman, and politician who served as a Minister of State —holding the portfolios of Finance (1983–1984) and Interior (1988–1990)—[1] as well as president of the Central Bank of Chile (1982–1983), all during the military dictatorship of Chile headed by Augusto Pinochet.[2][3]
Family and education
He was born in the Chilean city of Valparaíso on 7 October 1940. He completed his primary and secondary studies at the Colegio de los Padres Franceses in Valparaíso. He then pursued higher education at the Business School of the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, earning a degree in business administration.[4]
He later completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Cornell University, followed by postgraduate studies at Harvard University in the United States.[5][6]
He married Inés Solórzano, with whom he had six children.[7]
Political career
In 1976, under the framework of the military dictatorship, he was appointed by General Augusto Pinochet, president of the Military Junta, as a member of the Council of State. On 3 September 1982 he became president of the Central Bank of Chile, a post he held until 3 February 1983.[8]
Eleven days later he was appointed Minister of Finance, serving until 22 April 1984.[9]
During his tenure at the Ministry of Finance, his policies included the renegotiation of domestic and foreign debt, raising tariffs from 10% to 20%, adjusting the exchange rate according to domestic inflation, a special program for the sale of state-owned housing stock, and an increase in the gasoline tax.[5]
After the regime’s defeat in the 1988 Chilean national plebiscite, he returned to the cabinet on 21 October 1988, being appointed Minister of the Interior, a position he held until the end of the administration on 11 March 1990.[5][6][10]
As head of the most senior and politically significant ministry, he led negotiations between the ruling bloc and the opposition from May to June 1989, which resulted in the package of constitutional reforms submitted to the 1989 Chilean constitutional referendum held on 30 July 1989.[11]
Business career
In the private sector, he served as president of the Chilean Tobacco Company, Empresas Carozzi, Chilectra, and Empresas AASA, among others. He also replaced engineer José Yuraszeck as president of Enersis following the so-called Chispas case.[5]
He sat on the boards of Banco HNS, Almacenes París, Invertec, Sipsa, San Jorge, Bice Vida, Empresas Torre, and Pesquera Coloso.[5]
From mid-1991 onward, he chaired the board of the think tank Libertad y Desarrollo (LyD), a research institute linked to the Chilean right.[6] In the late 1990s, his most notable public appearances included support for General Pinochet during his arrest in London, United Kingdom, and support for Joaquín Lavín, candidate of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), in the 1999–2000 Chilean presidential election, in which Lavín finished second.[6]
He has also held academic posts, serving as director of the Institute of Political Economy at the Adolfo Ibáñez University and as a lecturer at the University for Development.[6]
Distinctions
- “Personas y Desarrollo” Award, granted during the Percade Congress 2009.[12]
- National Award of the Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile (2009).[7]
References
- ^ Valencia Avaria, Luis (1986). Anales de la República: registros de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo (2nd ed.). Santiago, Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello.
- ^ Los hombres. Las ideas. Las obras (1973–1990). La Nación. 1990. p. 33.
- ^ "Carlos Cáceres, ex ministro de Pinochet: "El plebiscito de 1989 le dio la debida legitimidad a la Constitución"". CNN Chile. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ^ El Mercurio (Santiago), 16 October 1993, p. D4.
- ^ a b c d e Estrategia (Santiago), 13 October 1997, pp. 9–12.
- ^ a b c d e Diario Financiero (Santiago), 15 April 2005, p. 36.
- ^ a b "Revista Colegio de Ingenieros 01–10". Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile. January 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ El Mercurio (Santiago), 16 February 2007.
- ^ "El Mercurio (Santiago), 5 October 2008". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Carlos Cáceres, último ministro del Interior de Pinochet". El Mercurio. 28 September 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Carlos Andrade Geywitz (1991). "Reforma de la Constitución Política de la República de Chile de 1980". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ^ VidaEmpresarial.cl (12 August 2009). "Congreso Percade La Araucana distingue a Carabineros de Chile". Retrieved 29 August 2013.[dead link]
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