Diego Barba Valdés
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Diego Barba Valdés | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Lands and Colonization | |
| In office 12 September 1973 – 11 July 1974 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | José María Sepúlveda |
| Succeeded by | Mario Mac-Kay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 January 1921 |
| Died | 1 May 2012 (aged 91) |
| Spouse | María Olga Rondanelli |
| Children | Roberto Barba R. |
| Alma mater | Escuela de Carabineros |
| Profession | Police officer |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Carabineros de Chile |
| Rank | General |
Diego Juan Barba Valdés (1921 – May 2012) was a Chilean police officer who held the rank of general in Carabineros de Chile. He served as Minister of Lands and Colonization from 1973 to 1974 during the military government of General Augusto Pinochet.
Barba was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1921. He married María Olga Rondanelli Hidalgo, founder of the Bertait College in the Santiago commune of Lo Barnechea.
The couple had one son, Roberto René Barba Rondanelli, a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) who served as a councillor for Lo Barnechea from 2012 to 2020 and later became director of the school founded by his mother, as well as executive vice-president of the Fundación Universidad Internacional de la Empresa.[1]