Sergio Diez
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Sergio Diez | |
|---|---|
 Diez at 1990 | |
| President of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 1996 – 12 March 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Valdés Subercaseaux |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Romero Pizarro |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2002 | |
| Preceded by | District created |
| Succeeded by | José García Ruminot |
| Constituency | 15th Circunscription (Southern Araucanía) |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Preceded by | José Foncea |
| Succeeded by | 1973 Coup d'état |
| Constituency | 6th Circunscription (Curicó, Talca, Maule and Linares) |
| Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations | |
| In office 1977–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Ismael Huerta |
| Succeeded by | Manuel Trucco Gaete |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 25 October 1971 – 15 May 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Carlos Avendaño Ortúzar |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Bell Jara |
| Constituency | 14th Departamental Grouping |
| In office 15 May 1957 – 15 May 1965 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando Hurtado Echenique |
| Succeeded by | Rodolfo Werner |
| Constituency | 12th Departamental Grouping |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 April 1925 |
| Died | 2 April 2015 (aged 89) |
| Party | Conservative Party (1935–1949) Traditionalist Conservative Party (1949–1953) United Conservative Party (1953–1966) National Party (1966–1973) Renovación Nacional (1987–2015) |
| Spouse | Ana María Arriagada |
| Children | Six |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Sergio Eduardo Diez Urzúa (2 April 1925 – 29 June 2015) was a Chilean architect and politician who served as a parliamentarian and ambassador.[1][2]
In 1948, he was general secretary of the Conservative Party and then a member of its executive board. Between 1950 and 1955 he was a professor of Roman law and civil law.
In 1957 he was a deputy for Talca. In 1961 he was re-elected as a deputy for the 1961-1965 legislative period.[3]
Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee in 1975, he denied the Pinochet regime had any role in human rights violations;[4] in 2004, he admitted he had been deceived by the state. He also served as Chile's permanent representative to the United Nations in New York from 1977 to 1982.
He was part of the Ortúzar Commission that helped draft the 1980 Constitution.
Family and youth
He was born in Curicó on 2 April 1925. He was the son of Manuel Diez García and Yolanda Urzúa Ravanal. He married Ana María Arriagada Moreno, and they had six children.[5]
Education and professional career
He completed his secondary education at the Instituto San Martín of Curicó, run by the Marist Brothers. He later entered the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile,[3] where he qualified as a lawyer on 15 July 1948. His degree thesis was entitled Some considerations on public order in Chilean civil law.[5]
During his university years, he served as a teaching assistant in Roman Law. In 1950, he became full professor of Roman Law; in 1955, full professor of Civil Law; and in 1963, full professor of Constitutional Law and Political Theory at the same university. He also served as president of the Law Students’ Association in 1946.[5]
After his parliamentary career and following the events of 1973, he practiced law privately and served as director of several commercial companies in Santiago, while continuing his activities as an agricultural entrepreneur.[5]