Jorge Martínez Busch Explained

Jorge Martínez Busch
Birth Date:1936 9, df=y
Birth Place:San Bernardo, Chile
Death Place:Vina del Mar, Chile
Office:Designated member of the Senate of Chile
Term Start:11 March 1998
Term End:11 March 2006
Office1:Commanders-in-chief of the Chilean Navy
Term Start1:9 March 1990
Term End1:14 November 1997
Predecessor1:José Toribio Merino
Successor1:Jorge Arancibia
Office2:President of the Government Junta of Chile
Term Start2:8 March 1990
Term End2:11 March 1990
Predecessor2:José Toribio Merino
Successor2:Office abolished
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Sailor
Parents:Héctor Martínez
Hilda Busch
Spouse:Carmen García Drummond
Children:Three
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Rank:Admiral
Commands:Commander in Chief of the Chilean Navy

Jorge Martínez Busch (13 September 1936 – 14 October 2011) was a Chilean Navy admiral and member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He served briefly as a member and the President the junta in 1990, after the retirement of admiral José Toribio Merino.[1] He also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy from 1990 until 1997.

He completed a master's degree in global history at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.[2] Similarly, he has made many publications in scientific magazines of that institution.

Notes and References

  1. Barros, Robert. Constitutionalism and Dictatorship: Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 Constitution., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002; pg. 259.
  2. Web site: Juan Antonio Coloma Speech – Tribute to Jorge Martínez Busch. Senate of Chile. 14 December 2011. 10 December 2021.