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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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.