Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Sergio Onofre Jarpa | |
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Minister of the Interior | |
In office 10 August 1983 – 12 February 1985 | |
President | Augusto Pinochet |
Preceded by | Enrique Montero Marx |
Succeeded by | Ricardo García Rodríguez |
Member of the Senate | |
In office 15 May 1973 – 21 September 1973 | |
Constituency | LIII |
In office 11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994 | |
Constituency | LV |
Personal details | |
Born | Rengo, Chile | 8 March 1921
Died | 19 April 2020 Las Condes | (aged 99)
Political party | Agrarian Labor Party (1950-1958) National Action (1963-1966) National Party (1966-1973) National Labour Front (1985-1987) National Renewal (1987-1997) |
Spouse | Silvia Moreno Andwandter (1950s-1978; her death) |
Domestic partner | Mina Huerta Dunsmore (1980s-present) |
Relations | Onofre Jarpa(ancestor) |
Children | Sergio Jr., Jorge, Francisco, Isabel |
Parent(s) | Francisco Javier Jarpa Santa Cruz (father) Raquel Reyes Corona (mother) |
Alma mater | University of Chile |
Occupation | Diplomat, farmer |
Awards | Premio al Mérito Geopolítico(1991) |
Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes(8 March 1921 – 19 April 2020) was aChileanright-wing politician who served as one of the founders of theNational Renewal (Chile)Party.
Biography
[edit]Coming from a rural background, he studied agriculture at theUniversity of Chile.[1]He first became involved in politics in the 1950s, initially with the youth movement of theAgrarian Labor Partybefore becoming involved in theNational ActionwithJorge Prat.[1]He was instrumental in the formation of theNational Partyin 1966 and served as leader of the opposition to theleft-winggovernment and, from 1971, editor of the anti-socialist journalTribuna.[1]
Elected to theSenate of Chilein the1973 election,Jarpa became a diplomat following the1973 Chilean coup d'état,serving as a delegate to theUnited Nationsand before becoming ambassador toColombia(1976-1978) and thenArgentina(1978-1983).[1]Jarpa was appointedMinister of the Interiorin 1983 with special orders to open dialogue with the opposition, which had organised under the name Democratic Alliance. This policy of appeasement was quickly abandoned by Pinochet however.[2]He held the post until 1985.[1]He formed his own political movement, theNational Labour Front(Frente Nacional del Trabajo), in 1985 and this group was one of the three that formedNational Renewaltwo years later.[1]He returned to the Senate as a representative of this new party in 1990.[1]
Alongside his political career Jarpa was a noted author on socio-political topics and he was awarded thePremio al Mérito Geopolíticoby the Chilean Institute ofGeopoliticsin 1991.[1]
He died fromCOVID-19on 19 April 2020, during theCOVID-19 pandemic in Chile.[3]
References
[edit]- ^abcdefgh"Library of the Chilean National Congress Biography".Archived fromthe originalon 15 January 2013.Retrieved28 December2009.
- ^Thomas C. Wright & Rody Zunate Oniga, "Chilean Political Exile",Latin American Perspectives,2007 34: 44
- ^"Entrega de certificados confirman que Sergio Onofre Jarpa murió producto del Covid-19".ADN Radio(in Spanish). 21 April 2020.Retrieved21 April2020.
- 1921 births
- 2020 deaths
- Ministers of the interior of Chile
- Chilean anti-communists
- Agrarian Labor Party politicians
- National Party (Chile, 1966) politicians
- Members of the National Labour Front (Chile)
- National Renewal (Chile) politicians
- People from Rengo
- University of Chile alumni
- Candidates for President of Chile
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
- Ministers of the military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990)
- Chilean expatriates in Colombia
- Senators of the XLVII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
- Senators of the XLVIII Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile