Jaime del Valle
Jaime del Valle | |
|---|---|
Jaime del Valle in 1983 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 19 December 1983 – 11 July 1987 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet Ugarte |
| Preceded by | Miguel Schweitzer Walters |
| Succeeded by | Ricardo García Rodríguez |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 14 February 1983 – 19 December 1983 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet Ugarte |
| Preceded by | Mónica Madariaga |
| Succeeded by | Hugo Rosende |
| Executive Director of Televisión Nacional de Chile | |
| In office 1975–1979 | |
| Succeeded by | Hernán García Barzelatto |
| Undersecretary of Justice of Chile | |
| In office 3 November 1958 – 3 November 1964 | |
| President | Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Ignacio Garcés Basaure |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro González Poblete |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 July 1931 |
| Died | 29 August 2016 (aged 85) |
| Party | Independent |
| Spouse | Paulina Swinburn |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Alfredo del Valle Valenzuela Herminia Alliende Wood |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jaime del Valle Alliende (Santiago, 2 July 1931 – 29 August 2016) was a Chilean lawyer and politician. He served as Minister of Justice (1983) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1983–1987) during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.[1]
Early life
He was the son of lawyer Alfredo del Valle Valenzuela and Herminia Alliende Wood. He studied law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He married Paulina Swinburn Pereira and had four children.[2]
Public career
He was appointed executive director of Televisión Nacional de Chile in 1975, a position he held until 1979, overseeing the transition from black-and-white to color television in 1978.
In academia, he was dean of the Faculty of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (1970–1973; 1991–1997). During his second term, he moved the faculty from the Campus Oriente to the Central Campus of the university.[1] He taught procedural law at the PUC until 2008.
On 30 August 2012 he was awarded the title of Professor emeritus by the PUC.[3]
Political career
In November 1958 he was appointed Undersecretary of Justice by President Jorge Alessandri.[4]
He later became Minister of Justice in 1983 under Pinochet, then Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1987. As Justice Minister, professional associations were transformed into trade unions.
As Foreign Minister, he signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 with Argentina in the Vatican, settling the Beagle conflict.[5]
He was also summoned to testify regarding cover-up of crimes committed by the CNI in 1986.[6]
Later years
He was considered by the Supreme Court as a candidate for abogado integrante (part-time justice), but was rejected by President Ricardo Lagos.[7]
From 1999 to 2004, he was vice president of the National Television Council (Chile).[1]
On 24 November 2015, his estate house La Embajada in Selva Oscura (Araucanía Region) was burned in an arson attack linked to the Mapuche conflict.[8]
Foreign decorations
References
- ^ a b c "Jaime del Valle Alliende: "a whole life dedicated to the UC"". Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Jaime del Valle Alliende, alt. bio
- ^ "Derecho UC grants emeritus professor title and Abdón Cifuentes medal". PUC. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ Facultad de Derecho, PUC, Tribute to Professor Jaime del Valle Alliende, 29 August 2016.
- ^ Obituary, Economía y Negocios 30 August 2016
- ^ Radio Cooperativa, "Cuadra, García and Del Valle to testify on CNI crimes", 2 November 2005.
- ^ La Nación, El retorno de los brujos, 22 January 2006.
- ^ Cambio 21: "Farmhouse of ex-minister burned in arson"