Alfredo Prieto Bafalluy
Alfredo Prieto Bafalluy | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Chile to UNESCO | |
| In office 1982 – 11 March 1990 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Minister of Public Education | |
| In office 14 December 1979 – 22 April 1982 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Gonzalo Vial Correa |
| Succeeded by | Rigoberto Cruz Johnson |
| Undersecretary of Public Education | |
| In office 1 April 1976 – 14 December 1979 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Miguel Retamal Salas |
| Succeeded by | Olga Peña |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 81–82) |
| Spouse | Ximena Arroyo |
| Children | Five |
| Parent(s) | Alfredo Prieto Urioste; Elvira Bafalluy Vásquez |
| Relatives | Ernesto Silva Bafalluy (cousin); Ernesto Silva Méndez (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Alfredo Manuel Prieto Bafalluy (born 1944) is a Chilean lawyer, academic and political figure who served as Minister of Public Education from 1979 to 1982 during the Pinochet regime.[1] He later served as Chile's ambassador to UNESCO until 1990.
Early life and education
Prieto was born in Santiago in 1944, the son of Alfredo Prieto Urioste —a figure linked to the former Liberal Party— and Elvira Bafalluy Vásquez.[2]
He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and qualified as a lawyer in 1969.[3]
He is related to academic and politician Ernesto Silva Bafalluy and to former deputy Ernesto Silva Méndez.[4]
Government service
Prieto entered public service during the Pinochet regime, serving as Undersecretary of Public Education from 1976 to 1979.[1] In December 1979 he was appointed Minister of Public Education, a position he held until April 1982.
His tenure coincided with major structural reforms promoted by the regime, including the municipalization of primary and secondary education; the opening of the system to private universities; and the consolidation of the school voucher policy introduced in 1978.
He was subsequently appointed Chilean ambassador to UNESCO, serving from 1982 until the transition to democracy in March 1990.[3]
Academic and professional career
After 1990 Prieto returned to academic life as professor of procedural law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.[3]
In the private sector he has served as director of financial institutions, executive in educational corporations and universities, and arbitrator with the Santiago Chamber of Commerce.[3]
Between 2012 and 2015 he served as an alternate (non-permanent) member of the Supreme Court of Chile.[3]
He currently works in corporate and real-estate advisory roles at the law firm P&D Abogados.[3]
References
- ^ a b Luis Valencia Avaria (1986). Anales de la República. Editorial Andrés Bello.
- ^ Armando de Ramón (2003). Biografías de chilenos: Miembros de los poderes Ejecutivo, Legislativo y Judicial. Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile.
- ^ a b c d e f "Alfredo Prieto Bafalluy". P&D Abogados. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "El pacto de silencio del abogado Alfredo Prieto". The Clinic. Retrieved 18 December 2022.