Enrique Bahamonde
Chilean politician
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Luis Enrique Bahamonde Ruiz (30 May 1892 – 25 December 1980) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as a Minister of State — in the portfolio of Lands and Colonization — during the administration of President Jorge Alessandri between 1960 and 1961.
Enrique Bahamonde | |
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| Minister of Land and Colonization | |
| In office 15 September 1960 – 26 August 1961 | |
| President | Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Julio Philippi |
| Succeeded by | Julio Philippi |
| Undersecretary of Education | |
| In office 3 November 1958 – 1960 | |
| President | Juan Antonio Ríos |
| Preceded by | Emilio Pfeffer |
| Comptroller General of the Republic of Chile | |
| In office 16 September 1952 – 11 May 1959 | |
| President | Gabriel González Videla Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Humberto Mewes |
| Succeeded by | Enrique Silva Cimma |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 May 1892 |
| Died | 25 December 1980 (aged 88) |
| Party | Conservative Party Traditionalist Conservative Party United Conservative Party |
| Spouse | Rebeca García |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Family and education
Bahamonde was the eldest of five children born to Ruperto Antonio Bahamonde Rivera and Sara Elvira Ruiz Manselli.[1]
He studied at the Liceo of Concepción and later at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana in Santiago.[1] He subsequently pursued law at the University of Chile, qualifying as a lawyer in 1916.[1]
Public life
Bahamonde had a long career in the Ministry of Public Education, where he eventually served as Undersecretary.[1]
In 1939, he joined the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic as a fiscal auditor. He held the highest office of that institution between 1952 and 1959, becoming the first Comptroller General to be appointed by a President of Chile with the approval of the Senate of Chile.[1][2][3][4]
In 1960, and for a period of one year, he served as Minister of Lands and Colonization by appointment of President Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez. He both succeeded and was succeeded in that post by lawyer Julio Philippi Izquierdo.[1]