Arturo Troncoso
Chilean admiral and politician (1922–2008)
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Hernán Arturo Troncoso Daroch (1922 – Viña del Mar, 30 October 2008) was a Chilean naval officer with the rank of admiral and a politician.
Arturo Troncoso | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 16 May 1975 – 3 December 1976 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Hugo Castro Jiménez |
| Succeeded by | Luis Niemann |
| Minister of Housing and Urbanism | |
| In office 11 July 1974 – 14 April 1975 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Arturo Vivero |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Granifo |
| Intendant of the Valparaíso Region | |
| In office 1974–1979 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1922 |
| Died | 30 October 2008 (aged 86) |
| Resting place | Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Party | Independent (close to the right) |
| Spouse | Lidia Valle Ramírez |
| Children | Two |
| Parent(s) | Luis Troncoso Palacios Berta Daroch Fernández |
| Occupation | Naval officer and politician |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Chilean Navy |
| Rank | Admiral |
He served as Intendant of the Valparaíso Region (1974–1979), Minister of Housing and Urbanism (1974–1975), and Minister of Public Education (1975–1976) during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.[1]
He also chaired the National Electricity Company (Endesa) and served as a council member of the Federico Santa María Technical University and the Adolfo Ibáñez University.[1]
After the end of the military regime, he presided over the “Union of Retired Officers” in 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2003.[2]
Personal life
He was the son of Berta Daroch Fernández and Luis Guillermo Troncoso Palacios, who was a navy captain and Undersecretary of the Navy of Chile from 1933 to 1937, during the presidency of Arturo Alessandri.[2]
Troncoso married Lidia Julia Valle Ramírez, daughter of Lidia Ramírez Rahausen and Roberto Valle Ferro, a navy officer who supported the 1952 presidential candidacy of the radical Pedro Enrique Alfonso. The couple had two children: María Angélica (eldest) and Gonzalo Arturo (youngest).[2]
He died on 30 October 2008 due to heart disease. His funeral was held the following day at the Naval Chapel of Las Salinas, Viña del Mar.[1]