Sergio Gaete
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Sergio Gaete Rojas | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Public Education | |
| In office 29 July 1985 – 11 July 1987 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Horacio Aránguiz Donoso |
| Succeeded by | Juan Antonio Guzmán |
| Ambassador of Chile to Argentina | |
| In office 1987–1990 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Arturo Fontaine Aldunate |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Figueroa Serrano |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1939 |
| Died | 21 December 2005 (aged 66) |
| Party | Independent (right-leaning) |
| Spouse | Carmen Street (m. 1963) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Sergio Carlos Gaete Rojas (9 September 1939 – 21 December 2005) was a Chilean lawyer, academic, and right-leaning independent politician who served as Minister of Public Education during the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.
He later served as Chilean ambassador to Argentina from 1987 to 1990.
Gaete was born in Santiago, Chile. He completed his primary studies at Colegio Cardenal Newman and secondary education at Saint George's College, Santiago.[1]
He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, graduating in 1964 with the thesis La comunicabilidad en torno a los elementos del delito (“Communicability Concerning the Elements of Crime”).[1]
In 1963 he married Carmen Street Ferrier, with whom he had three children: María Consuelo, Sergio Guillermo and María José.[1]