Luis Bates | |
Birth Date: | 1934 8, df=y |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Nationality: | Chilean |
Office: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start: | 3 March 2003 |
Term End: | 11 March 2006 |
President: | Ricardo Lagos |
Predecessor: | José Antonio Gómez Urrutia |
Successor: | Isidro Solís |
Office1: | President of the State Defense Council of Chile |
Term Start1: | 11 March 1994 |
Term End1: | 11 March 1996 |
President1: | Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle |
Predecessor1: | Guillermo Piedrabuena |
Successor1: | Clara Szczaranski |
Party: | Christian Democratic Party |
Parents: | Odette Boys |
Children: | Two |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Luis Sergio Bates Hidalgo (25 August 1934 – 29 November 2023) was a Chilean lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2003 to 2006. Bates died on 29 November 2023, at the age of 89.