Enrique Correa
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Enrique Correa | |
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| Minister Secretary General of Government | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994 | |
| President | Patricio Aylwin |
| Preceded by | Cristián Labbé Galilea |
| Succeeded by | Víctor Manuel Rebolledo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 November 1945 |
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| Spouse(s) | María Catalina Bau (1969−1991) María Verónica Paz (1992−present) |
| Children | Six |
| Parent(s) | Fernando Correa Loreta Ríos |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Philosopher |
Enrique Fernando Correa Ríos (born 14 November 1945) is a Chilean politician who served as minister of State under Patricio Aylwin's government (1990–1994) and Director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences.[1][2][3]
In Chile, Correa is well known for his lobbying activities with El Mostrador calling him "the king of lobby".[4] He is the founder and owner of the lobbying company Imaginacción.[4]
Son of Enrique Correa Padilla and Loreto Ríos Medina,[5] cousin of Germán Correa,[6] he attended a public school and later the Liceo de Hombres in his hometown. At the age of twelve he joined the Christian Democratic Youth (JDC) and later became a seminarian in Santiago.[5]
He studied philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he became close to Jaime Castillo Velasco and Rodrigo Ambrosio. In July 1967 he assumed the presidency of the Christian Democratic Youth, but two years later, following his reaction to the Puerto Montt massacre, he was brought before the party’s disciplinary tribunal and removed from office.[7] He subsequently joined the Popular Unitary Action Movement (MAPU),[5] a movement formed by former Christian Democrats and led by Ambrosio.
In 1969 he married commercial engineer María Catalina Bau Aedo, from whom he divorced in 1991,[5] and the following year he entered into a second marriage with actress María Verónica Paz Eyzaguirre.[5] From his marriages he had six children.