María Eugenia Oyarzún Explained

María Eugenia Oyarzún
Birth Name:	María Eugenia Oyarzún Iglesias
Birth Date:	1 June 1936
Birth Place:	Chile
Residence:	Santiago, Chile
Occupation:	Journalist, writer, diplomat
Spouse:	Fernando Errázuriz Guzmán
Office:	Mayor of Santiago
Predecessor:	Hernán Sepúlveda Cañas
Term Start:	1 June 1975
Term End:	1 June 1976

María Eugenia Oyarzún Iglesias (born 1 June 1936) is a Chile a journalist, writer, and former diplomat.

Biography

Oyarzún is married to Fernando Errázuriz Guzmán, with whom she has children.

During the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Oyarzún occupied the de facto position of mayor of Santiago from 1 June 1975 to 1 June 1976.

She was ambassador of the Government of Chile to the Organization of American States. She was the first woman to preside over the Political Council of that entity in October and December 1977.^[1]

Thanks to her close relationship with Pinochet, she was able to conduct interviews of him for various media, which would later be published in several books during the 1990s.^[2]

Oyarzún worked for the Santiago daily La Tercera for 46 years, and was director of the journalism schools of the University of Chile and UNIACC.^{[3] [4]}

Works

• Augusto Pinochet: diálogos con su historia. Conversaciones inéditas (Editorial Sudamericana, 1999)
• Augusto Pinochet: "Una visión del hombre" (Editorial Bauhaus, 1995)

Awards

• 1965 – Lenka Franulic Award from the
• 1996 – Carmen Puelma Award from the Chilean Safety Association^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Baltra Montaner, Lidia . Señora presidenta: mujeres que gobiernan países . Madam President:Women Who Govern Countries . Editorial Mare Nostrum . 9789568089122 . 58 . es . 2006 . 22 October 2017 . Google Books.
2. Book: Muñoz, Heraldo . The Dictator's Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet . Heraldo Muñoz . . 9780786726042 . 24 . 2 September 2008 . 22 October 2017 . Google Books.
3. María Eugenia Oyarzún: 'Veo el mismo clima de violencia de la UP' . María Eugenia Oyarzún: 'I See the Same Climate of Violence of the UP' . Palacios . Paula . Caras . es . 28 August 2014 . 22 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324103210/http://www.caras.cl/cultura/maria-eugenia-oyarzun-veo-el-mismo-clima-de-violencia-de-la/ . 24 March 2018 . dead .
4. News: Pilar Bernstein ganó Premio Lenka Franulic 2001 . Pilar Bernstein Wins 2001 Lenka Franulic Award . . Santiago . es . 25 September 2001 . 21 October 2017.
5. Web site: Listado de todos los periodistas premiados . List of All Award-Winning Journalists . Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Faculty of Communications . es . 8 April 2004 . 22 October 2017.