Máximo Honorato
Máximo Honorato | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Santiago | |
| In office 4 January 1989 – 11 March 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Gustavo Alessandri Valdés |
| Succeeded by | Jaime Ravinet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 June 1940 |
| Spouse | Nela Celis |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Engineer |
Máximo Honorato Álamos (born 17 June 1940) is a Chilean engineer, businessman, guild leader, and politician, who served as Mayor of Santiago during the final year of the military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet.
Early life
His parents were Máximo Honorato Cienfuegos and Rosa Álamos Pérez. He studied civil engineering at the University of Chile, specializing in hydraulics.[1]
Since 1965, he has been a partner, general manager, and executive vice president of Captagua Ingeniería.[1]
Public life
From 1980 to 1982, amidst the economic crisis in Chile and the broader Latin American debt crisis, Honorato served as president of the Chilean Chamber of Construction.[1][2]
At the end of 1988, General Augusto Pinochet appointed him Mayor of Santiago, a position he fully assumed in January 1989 and held until March 1990, coinciding with the return to democracy.[3]
From 2000 to 2003, he served as director of the company Montajes Tecsa. Later, he joined the board of the holding Empresas Tecsa. He has also been a director of Financiera Fusa, Aseguradora Magallanes, Isapre Consalud, Banco Concepción, Soletanche Bachy Chile, and Icare.
At the guild level, he was president of the Inter-American Federation of the Construction Industry and of the Chilean College of Engineers.[1]