Sergio Diez

Sergio Diez
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 of Chile
	In office; 11 March 1990 – 11 March 2002
Preceded by	Creation of the charge
Succeeded by	José García Ruminot
Constituency	15th Circunscription (Southern Araucanía)
	In office; 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973
Preceded by	José Foncea
Succeeded by	Dissolution of the charge (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 of Chile
	In office; 16 January 1972 – 15 May 1973
Preceded by	Carlos Avendaño Ortúzar
Succeeded by	Alejandro Bell Jara
Constituency	14th Circunscription (Linares, Loncomilla and Parral)
	In office; 15 May 1957 – 15 May 1965
Preceded by	Fernando Hurtado Echeñique
Succeeded by	Rodolfo Werner Inostroza
Constituency	12th Circunscription (Talca, Lontué and Curepto)
Personal details
Born	2 April 1925; Curicó, Chile
Died	2 April 2015 (aged 89); Santiago, Chile
Political 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 (BA);
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Sergio Eduardo Diez Urzúa (2 April 1925 – 29 June 2015) was a Chilean architect and politician.

He is commonly remembered for having denied that arrested people disappeared during Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1990).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

His parents were former Congressman Manuel Diez García and Yolanda Urzúa Ravanal. He graduated from the San Martín de Curicó Institute, belonging to the Congregation of the Marist Brothers, and then from the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University, of which he graduated as a lawyer in 1948.^[5]

Political career[edit]

In 1948, he was secretary general 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.^[5]

References[edit]

^ "Fallece Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la ONU que negó existencia de los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). El Mostrador. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Sergio Diez aclaró que fue engañado por la dictadura militar sobre la existencia de DD.DD" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "Murió Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la dictadura que negó a los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). La Izquierda Diario. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ "El Embajador en la ONU que Desapareció a los Desaparecidos: El Discurso que Condenó a Sergio Diez" (in Spanish). Red Digital. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b La Segunda (Santiago), 15 de marzo de 1996, p.26

External links[edit]

Chilean National Congress Library Profile

[1] "Fallece Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la ONU que negó existencia de los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). El Mostrador. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[2] "Sergio Diez aclaró que fue engañado por la dictadura militar sobre la existencia de DD.DD" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[3] "Murió Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la dictadura que negó a los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). La Izquierda Diario. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[4] "El Embajador en la ONU que Desapareció a los Desaparecidos: El Discurso que Condenó a Sergio Diez" (in Spanish). Red Digital. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.

[lasegunda1-5] La Segunda (Santiago), 15 de marzo de 1996, p.26

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