Manuel Ugarte Soto | |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Office1: | General Director of Carabineros de Chile |
President1: | Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle (1994−2000) Ricardo Lagos (2000−2006) |
Term Start1: | 27 November 1997 |
Term End1: | 27 November 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Fernando Cordero Rusque |
Successor1: | Alberto Cienfuegos |
Profession: | Police officer Lawyer |
Manuel Ugarte Soto (1940 – 19 February 2024) was a Chilean police officer and lawyer who served as General Director of Carabineros de Chile[1] [2] [3] during the periods of Eduardo Frei Ruíz-Tagle and Ricardo Lagos.[4]
Manuel Ugarte Soto was born in 1940. After finishing his studies at the Liceo Barros Borgoño, he entered the Escuela de Carabineros. He graduated as a second lieutenant when he was twenty. Ugarte Soto died on 19 February 2024, at the age of 83.[5]