Birth Name: | Ramon Hidalgo |
Birth Date: | 1934 2, df=yes |
Branch: | Chilean Air Force |
Serviceyears: | 1953/1956–1995 (commissioned as Pilot Officer in 1956) |
Rank: | Air General |
Commands: | 21st Air Defense Group(1972-76) 6th Aviation Group (1976–1979) Fourth Air Brigade(1979-83) Aviation School "Captain Manuel Ávalos Prado"(1983-86) Logistics Command of the Air Force(1986-91) Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force(1991–1995) |
Relations: | Evelyn Matthei |
Ramón Vega Hidalgo (February 1, 1934 – May 7, 2014) was a Chilean politician and former airforce general. He was commander in chief of the Chilean Air Force from 1991 to 1995. In 1998 he was appointed institutional senator, a position he held starting in 1998. He left office in 2006.
Hidalgo was born in Santiago, Chile. He died from heart failure in Santiago, Chile, aged 80.[1]