Julio Canessa Explained

Lieutenant General Julio Canessa Roberts (19 March 1925 – 24 January 2015) was a Chilean military and political figure. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the Army. He was also a designated Senator between 1998 and 2006.

General Canessa was Army Vice Commander-in-chief from 1983 to 1985 and a member of the Government Junta from 1985 to 1986. He was replaced by Humberto Gordon.^[1] In 1998, he was designated Senator after a nomination from the National Security Council. As a Senator he opposed the Concert of Parties for Democracy on the Indigenous law, seeing it as bad for development,^[2] and in 2001 he defended landmines as necessary.^[3] Later the positions of the Designated Senators were eliminated because of the Constitutional Reforms of 2004. He died at the age of 89 on 24 January 2015.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104145243/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58064771.html?dids=58064771:58064771&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+22,+1986&author=WILLIAM+D.+MONTALBANO&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Move+to+Replace+Pinochet+Grows+Moderates+Approach+Armed+Forces+Leaders&pqatl=google Los Angeles Times
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HxFM_DJdw4oC&dq=%22julio+canessa%22&pg=PA137 Pobladoras, indígenas, and the state: conflicts over women's rights in Chile by Patricia Richards, pg 137
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPj16Xxyi9kC&dq=%22julio+canessa%22&pg=PA171 Landmine monitor report 2002: toward a mine-free world by International Campaign to Ban Landmines, pg 171
4. Web site: Fallece Julio Canessa, miembro de la Junta Militar de Gobierno entre 1985 y 1986 . Biobío Chile. Spanish. 24 January 2015. 24 January 2015.