Ricardo Yáñez Explained

Ricardo Yáñez
Birth Name:	Ricardo Alex Yáñez Reveco
Birth Date:	27 September 1966
Birth Place:	San Fernando, Chile
Alma Mater:	School of Carabineros
Occupation:	Official general of Carabineros de Chile

Ricardo Alex Yáñez Reveco (born September 27, 1966)^[1] is a general officer of the Chilean Carabineros. He is the current General Director of the Carabineros, replacing Mario Rozas on the 19th of November, 2020.

Biography

Ricardo Yáñez was born in San Fernando. He studied at two institutions, the Jorge Muñoz Silva School from first to sixth grade, and at the San Fernando Institute from seventh grade to fourth grade.^[2]

He entered the Carabineros School in 1985,^[3] and entered the Carabineros de Chile on January 1, 1986.^[4] On December 16, 1988, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, a position with which he worked for 30 years at the Viña del Mar. On December 16, 2017, he was promoted to General, and was located in Tarapacá. On November 19, 2020, he became the general director of the Carabineros, a degree conceived by President Sebastián Piñera.^[5]

References

1. Web site: 2020-11-20. General Director Ricardo Yáñez: cercano a las tropas y reformista. 2020-11-20. Ex-Ante. es.
2. Web site: 2020-09-19. Quién es Ricardo Yáñez Reveco, el nuevo director de Carabineros que asume tras salida de Mario Rozas. 2020-11-20. Teletrece. es.
3. Web site: 2016-01-28. Coronel de Carabineros asume mando de Prefectura de Colchagua. 2020-11-20. El Marino. es-CL.
4. Web site: 2018-12-26. Ricardo Yáñez Reveco pasó a ser tercero al mando de Carabineros Chile. 2020-11-20. El Longuino. es.
5. Web site: 2020-11-19. Quién es Ricardo Yáñez, el nuevo general director de Carabineros. 24 Horas. es.