Luis Mackenna Shiell
Luis Mackenna Shiell | |
|---|---|
| President of the Central Bank | |
| In office 1962 – 3 November 1964 | |
| President | Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Figueroa Geisse |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Molina Silva |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 18 October 1961 – 3 November 1964 | |
| President | Jorge Alessandri |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Figueroa Geisse |
| Succeeded by | Sergio Molina Silva |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 September 1916 |
| Died | 8 May 2001 (aged 84) |
| Party | Conservative Party Traditionalist Conservative Party United Conservative Party National Party Independent Democratic Union (UDI) |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Luis Mackenna Shiell (Santiago, 10 September 1916 – Santiago, 8 May 2001) was a Chilean lawyer, businessman, and politician. He served as a minister during the administration of Jorge Alessandri, as well as president of the Central Bank of Chile.
Early life
Mackenna was the son of Luis Mackenna Ovalle and Blanca Shiell Walker. He studied at the German Lyceum of Santiago and later pursued law at the University of Chile. He also undertook advanced studies at Princeton University in the United States.[1]
In 1954, he married Isabel Jordan García-Huidobro, with whom he had five children.[2][1]
Public life
He worked as a lawyer at the Central Bank of Chile until 1946 and later served as its president between 1962 and 1964.[1]
He was Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1964, that is, until the end of the government of President Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez.[2][1][3]
In 1989, his name was mentioned as a possible designated senator by General Augusto Pinochet, as a former minister of State.[4][5]
For more than thirty years, he served as president of the mining company Mantos Blancos.[2][1]
References
- ^ a b c d e de Ramón, Armando (2003). Biografías de chilenos: miembros de los poderes Ejecutivo, Legislativo y Judicial (1876–1973). Vol. III. Santiago: Ediciones Universidad Católica de Chile. pp. 207–208.
- ^ a b c "El Mercurio (Santiago), 9 May 2001, p. C7". Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ El Mercurio (Santiago), 10 October 1999, p. B1.
- ^ El Mercurio (Santiago), 28 May 1989, p. C2.
- ^ El Mercurio (Santiago), 18 December 1989, p. A1.