| Hermógenes Pérez de Arce | |
| Birth Date: | 1936 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Office1: | Deputy of the Republic |
| Term Start1: | 15 May 1973 |
| Term End1: | 21 September 1973 |
| Predecessor1: | Gustavo Monckeberg Barros |
| Successor1: | Dissolution of the position (After the 1973 coup d'état) |
| Party: | National Party (1983–1987) National Force (2019–) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Profession: | Lawyer |
| Parents: | Jorge Pérez de Arce Plummer María Ibieta Egaña |
| Spouse: | María Soledad Vial Valdés |
| Children: | Four |
| Relatives: | Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Lopetegui (great-grandfather) Guillermo Pérez de Arce (uncle) |
Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Ibieta (born 10 January 1936) is a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as deputy during Salvador Allende's government. In his country, he is commonly known for being a fierce supporter of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.[1] More precisely, he is known for being a leading denialist of the human rights violations in Pinochet's Chile.[1]
For long time Hermógenes Pérez de Arce was a regular columnist in El Mercurio.He is also a writer and has written several books.In 2003 he was homaged in Casa Piedra by hard-line Pinochetists for "rescuing the historical truth of Chile".[2]
In December 2019 Pérez de Arce was expelled from the TV program Bienvenidos by hostress Tonka Tomicic for his repeated denialist comments.[1] [3] Subsequently, Senator Alejandro Navarro proposed a Chilean law against denialism dubbed "Ley Hermógenes".[4]