Baldo Prokurica
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Baldo Prokurica | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 18 September 2020 – 11 March 2022 | |
| President | Sebastián Pinera |
| Preceded by | Mario Desbordes |
| Succeeded by | Maya Fernández |
| Minister of Mining | |
| In office 11 March 2018 – 18 September 2020 | |
| President | Sebastián Pinera |
| Preceded by | Aurora Williams |
| Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Jobet |
| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2002 – 11 March 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Pérez Walker |
| Succeeded by | Rafael Prohens |
| Constituency | 3rd Circumscription |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | Alberto Robles |
| Constituency | 6th District |
| Governor of Huasco Province | |
| In office 1988 – 11 March 1990 | |
| Appointed by | Augusto Pinochet |
| Succeeded by | Carlos López Cortés |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1958 |
| Party | Renovación Nacional (RN) |
| Spouse | Ana María de Las Heras |
| Children | Two |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Baldo Petar Prokurica Prokurica (born 2 July 1958) is a lawyer, academic, and politician of Croatian descent.[1][2]
A Chilean lawyer and politician of the National Renewal party, he served as a Senator for the 3rd Senatorial Circumscription, representing the Atacama Region, for two consecutive terms between 2002 and 2018.[3] Previously, he was a Member of the Chamber of Deputies for District No. 6 in the Atacama Region, serving three consecutive terms between 1990 and 2002.[3]
He served as Minister of Mining from 11 March 2018 to 18 December 2020, and as Minister of National Defense from 18 December 2020 to 11 March 2022, during the second administration of President Sebastián Piñera.[3]
Prokurica was born in Vallenar on 2 July 1958. He is the son of Juan Prokurica Arkelin and Kate Prokurica Pusic. He is married to Ana María de Lourdes de las Heras de Pablo and has two children, Juan Andrés and Francisco.[3]
He completed his primary education at Colegio San Francisco of Vallenar and at the Conciliar Seminary of La Serena between 1965 and 1971. He continued his secondary education at the same seminary, the Liceo de Hombres of Vallenar, and the Scuola Italiana of Santiago between 1972 and 1975.[3]
In 1976, he entered the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), where he obtained a degree in Legal and Social Sciences with a thesis titled Advances in Penology. He was admitted to the bar on 28 March 1988.[3]
Professional career
Prokurica worked as a legal clerk at the Labour Directorate for one year. He later engaged in agricultural activities and served on the Financing Commission for the construction of the El Toro Reservoir in the Atacama Region.[3]
Between 2003 and 2005, he served as a visiting professor at the University of Atacama in Copiapó.[3]