Gonzalo Ibáñez
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Gonzalo Ibáñez | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1998 – 11 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Raúl Urrutia |
| Succeeded by | Francisco Chahuán |
| Constituency | 23rd District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 April 1957 |
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| Spouse | Carla Davanzo |
| Children | Five |
| Parent(s) | Pedro Ibáñez Ojeda Adela Santa María |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Gonzalo Ibáñez Santa Maria (born 30 December 1945) is a Chilean politician who served as a parliamentarian. In 2023, he was candidate for the Chilean Constitutional Council.[1][2]
Professional career
He was born in Valparaíso on 30 December 1945.[3] He is the son of Pedro Ibáñez Ojeda, former senator for the 3rd Provincial Grouping (Aconcagua–Valparaíso), and Adela Santa María.[3] He married Carla María Davanzo Garbaccio and is the father of four children.[3]
He studied at Saint Paul’s School, the Sagrados Corazones in Viña del Mar, and the Naval School of Valparaíso.[3] He later entered the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he completed his law degree in 1970 with the thesis "Legitimidad de la autoridad política".[3]
At his alma mater he served as teaching assistant and adjunct professor in Philosophy of Law. From 1975 he was full professor of Philosophy of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; from 1974 he taught at the Adolfo Ibáñez Business School of Valparaíso (later Adolfo Ibáñez University); and from 1978 he was professor of Introduction to the Study of Law at the University of Chile.[3]
He earned a doctorate in Law from the University of Law, Economics and Social Sciences, Paris II Panthéon-Assas, France. His doctoral dissertation, supervised by Michel Villey, was titled "Berdiaeff, Mounier y Maritain, filosofía del Derecho en el movimiento del personalismo cristiano en Francia".[3]
In 1980 he served as dean of the Faculty of General Studies at the Technical University of the State (Universidad Técnica del Estado) in Santiago. Between 1986 and 1988 he directed the Bachelor’s Program in Social Sciences at Gabriela Mistral University. He later served as professor and rector of Adolfo Ibáñez University from 1989 to 1997.[3]
He was awarded a scholarship by the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica to pursue postgraduate studies at the Complutense University of Madrid (1970–1971). In 1974 he worked as an adviser in the Cultural Secretariat of the General Secretariat of Government. He has also been a board member of the Adolfo Ibáñez Foundation and director of Fábrica Nacional de Aceites (FANAC S.A.).[3]
He has participated in numerous conferences and seminars on Natural Law in Chile and abroad and has authored several scholarly publications in his field.[3]
