Maximiano Errázuriz Eguiguren
Maximiano Errázuriz | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 11 March 1994 – 11 March 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Guillermo Yunge |
| Succeeded by | Leopoldo Pérez |
| Constituency | 29th District |
| In office 15 May 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Fernando Maturana Erbetta |
| Succeeded by | 1973 coup d'etat |
| Constituency | 10th Departamental Group |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1945 |
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| Spouse | Mónica Jattar |
| Children | Three |
| Parent(s) | Rafael Errázuriz Edwards Carmen Eguiguren Rudolphy |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Maximiano Errázuriz Eguiguren[a] (born 28 September 1945) is a Chilean conservative politician who served as deputy both before and after the 1973 coup d'état.[1][2]
In December 2011 he was found guilty of tax fraud in the amount of 25 million pesos.[3]
Early life and family
He was born on 28 September 1945 in Santiago, the son of Rafael Errázuriz Edwards and Carmen Eguiguren Rudolphy.[4] He is a cousin of Jaime Guzmán.[4]
He is married to Mónica Jottar Nasrallah and is the father of two children.[4]
Education and professional career
He completed his primary education at Colegio Padres Franceses in Santiago and his secondary education at the Military Academy of Chile.[4] He later enrolled at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he pursued studies in both Law and Journalism concurrently.[4] He qualified as a lawyer in 1969 and as a journalist in 1970.[4] In 1977, he undertook studies at the National Academy of Security.[4]
He began teaching Roman Law in 1966 as an assistant professor at his alma mater.[4] In 1975, he became full professor of the same subject and also taught at the University of Chile between 1976 and 1985.[4] He later taught Roman Law at Gabriela Mistral University (from 1981), Andrés Bello National University (1989–1993), the Universidad Autónoma del Sur in Temuco, and the Austral University of Chile from 1991 onward.[4] He has authored numerous legal publications, including a two-volume Manual of Roman Law.[4]
In 1978, he began teaching Political Science at the Hogar de Estudiantes Maximiano Errázuriz Valdés.[4]
In journalism, between 1973 and 1975 he was director of the newspaper El Cóndor of Santa Cruz.[4] He was also a columnist for La Tercera (1976–1985) and Las Últimas Noticias (1993–1997), and a commentator on Radio Agricultura between 1975 and 1981.[4]
Political career
He began his political activities in the National Party in 1971.[4] In November 1973, he was appointed Cultural Attaché of Chile to international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland.[4] Between 1974 and 1975, he held the same diplomatic post before the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Belgium, based in Brussels.[4] In 1976, he was appointed deputy general manager of Editorial Jurídica de Chile – Andrés Bello, a position he held until 1990.[4]
During the 1980s, he was among the founders of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).[4] In 1987, he joined National Renewal (RN) and became a member of its Political Commission.[4]
In the early 1980s, he delivered lectures on Chile abroad, including at the University of Würzburg in Germany, and by invitation of the governments of the Republic of China and El Salvador, where he lectured on the Constitution of Chile.[4] He also gave conferences in France, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.[4] In 1981, he was invited by the United States Department of State; in 1982, he traveled to Japan; and in 1983, to Luxembourg.[4]
Between 1984 and 1989, he participated in the Fourth Legislative Commission of the Military Government Junta.[4]
In 1988, he ran as a candidate for deputy in the 1989 elections for Metropolitan Region District No. 29 (1990–1994 legislative period), but was not elected.[4]
Publications
- Bukovsky (Editorial Andres Bello, 1977)[5]
- Manual de derecho romano (Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 1986)[6]
References
- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Errázuriz and the second or maternal family name is Eguiguren.
- ^ "Maximiano Errázuriz lanza en la Universidad Autónoma de Chile su libro "Bitácora de un Diputado"". Autonomous University of Chile. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ "Maximiano Errázuriz, el diputado que RN se perdió". The Clinic. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ Mascareño O., Carolina (9 December 2011). "Ex diputado Maximiano Errázuriz es declarado culpable de fraude fiscal". La Tercera.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Maximiano Errázuriz Eguiguren". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-02-15.
- ^ "Bukovsky". Google Books.
- ^ "Manual de derecho romano". Google Books.