Gastón Frez
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Gastón Frez | |
|---|---|
| Minister-Director of the Office of National Planning | |
| In office 1982–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Danús |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Pérez Hormázabal |
| President-Executive of Codelco | |
| In office 1976–1981 | |
| Preceded by | Rolando Ramos Muñoz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chile |
| Died | Chile |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Chile |
| Branch/service | Chilean Army |
| Rank | General |
Gastón Frez Arancibia was a Chilean Army general and state official who, during the military regime of Augusto Pinochet, held senior positions in Chile’s state mining and planning institutions.
He served as President-Executive of the state copper company Codelco from 1976 to 1981 and briefly as Minister-Director of the Office of National Planning (ODEPLAN) in 1982.[1] Frez’s legacy is mainly associated with the consolidation of Chile’s state-owned copper sector during the Pinochet era.[2]
Some analysts describe him as part of the «military-bureaucratic» current within the dictatorship that sought to preserve strategic public enterprises while the broader economy moved toward liberalization.[3]
Frez trained as an officer in the Chilean Army, ultimately reaching the rank of general.[2]
He emerged in senior state roles during the 1970s, coinciding with the consolidation of the military government.