Sergio Badiola
Sergio Badiola | |
|---|---|
| Director-General of the National Directorate of Sports and Recreation | |
| In office 1984–1986 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region | |
| In office 1986 – November 1988 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Roberto Guillard Marinot |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Carvallo Yáñez |
| Minister Secretary-General of Government | |
| In office 14 December 1979 – 20 October 1980 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Julio Fernández Atienza |
| Succeeded by | René Vidal Basauri |
| National Director of the National Division of Social Communication | |
| In office January 1977 – March 1977 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Gastón Zúñiga Paredes |
| Succeeded by | Werther Araya Steck |
| National Director of the Division of Social Organizations | |
| In office 1976 – January 1977 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Ambrosio Rodríguez |
| Aide-de-camp to the President of Chile | |
| In office 1971 – 11 September 1973 | |
| President | Salvador Allende |
| Preceded by | Juan José Mela Toro |
| Succeeded by | Alejandro Morel Donoso |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 August 1930 |
| Died | 9 March 2021 (aged 90) |
| Spouse | María Gabriela Rodríguez |
| Children | Two |
| Alma mater | Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins Military Academy |
| Occupation | Soldier, politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Chile |
| Branch/service | Chilean Army |
| Years of service | ?–1988 |
| Rank | General |
Sergio Osvaldo Badiola Broberg (25 August 1930 – 9 March 2021) was a Chilean army general and government official.
He also served as Minister Secretary-General of Government and Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region during the military regime of Augusto Pinochet.
Early life and education
Badiola was born on 25 August 1930, the son of Humberto Badiola and Blanca Broberg de Badiola. He graduated from the Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins and attended the School of the Americas in the United States in July 1960.[1]
He married María Gabriela Rodríguez Arriagada, with whom he had two daughters, María Gabriela and María Ximena. The latter, a journalist, married Roberto Javier Souper Vega, son of Colonel Roberto Souper Onfray, who led the failed coup known as the Tanquetazo on 29 June 1973.[2]
Military career
A communications-branch officer in the Chilean Army, Badiola served at the Andean Detachment No. 4 "La Concepción" in Lautaro, at the Army’s School of Telecommunications, and later at the Chilean Military Academy. In 1971, under the socialist president Salvador Allende, he was appointed aide-de-camp to the president. During the 1973 coup d'etat, Badiola acted as liaison between Allende and the commanders-in-chief of the Chilean Armed Forces.[3]
After the coup, he became aide to General Ernesto Baeza Michelsen at the Directorate-General of the Investigations Police of Chile (PDI). In 1974, he was appointed commander of the Signal Regiment No. 1 "El Loa" and later served as Chief of Staff of the Intendancy of Antofagasta. In 1976, Badiola became Director of Army Personnel and subsequently National Director of the Division of Civil Organizations within the Ministry Secretariat General of Government.
Between January and March 1977, he headed the National Division of Social Communication (Dinacos), the junta’s agency for press control and censorship. On 14 December 1979, Pinochet appointed him Minister Secretary-General of Government, a position he held until 20 October 1980.[4]
He later served as Director of Recruitment and Mobilisation of the Armed Forces, then as military attaché in Spain, Director-General of the Dirección General de Deportes y Recreación (Digeder), and finally as Intendant of the Santiago Metropolitan Region from 1986 to 1988.[5]
Death
Badiola died in Santiago de Chile on 9 March 2021, aged 90.
His funeral took place the same day at the Parque del Recuerdo Cemetery after a mass in the San Juan Apóstol Church, Vitacura.[6]
Decorations
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross ( Brazil, 1980)
References
- ^ "Sergio Badiola Broberg – Comandante de Ejército". Memoria Viva (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ "El Tanquetazo: la sublevación militar que anticipó el derrocamiento de Salvador Allende". La Izquierda Diario (in Spanish). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Jorge Escalante (11 September 2018). "A sangre y fuego: el día que comenzó la dictadura cívico-militar". El Mostrador (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ Luis Valencia Avaria (1986). Anales de la República – Registros de los ciudadanos que han integrado los Poderes Ejecutivo y Legislativo (in Spanish). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Andrés Bello.
- ^ "Sergio Badiola Broberg – Comandante de Ejército". Memoria Viva (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
- ^ "Obituario". LitoralPress (in Spanish). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2025.