| Rudecindo Ortega Mason | |
| Birth Name: | Rudecindo Segundo Ortega Mason |
| Office: | President of the United Nations General Assembly |
| Term: | 1956 |
| Predecessor: | José Maza Fernández |
| Successor: | Wan Waithayakon |
| Office1: | Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations |
| Predecessor1: | Hernán Santa Cruz |
| President1: | Carlos Ibáñez del Campo |
| Office2: | Senator of the Republic of Chile for the 8th Provincial Group, Biobío & Cautín |
| Office3: | Minister of Education |
| President3: | Pedro Aguirre Cerda |
| Successor3: | Juan Antonio Iribarren |
| Office4: | Deputy of the Republic of Chile for the 21st Departmental Group |
| Birth Date: | 3 June 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Temuco, Chile |
| Death Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Occupation: | Lawyer & politician |
| Party: | Radical (until 1948) (after 1948) |
Rudecindo Ortega Mason (June 3, 1899 – October 10, 1962) was a Chilean politician who served as President of the United Nations General Assembly[1] and Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations.[2] [3]
He was born on June 3, 1899, and died on October 10, 1962.[4]
In 1923, he started teaching at Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera. He served as president on Commission for Education in Chamber of Deputies of Chile.[5] He was Minister for Education during first Pedro Aguirre Cerda ministry.
In 1953, he was appointed as Chile's permanent ambassador to the United Nations by president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo. He presided over the Security Council. In addition, he held the presidency of the UN Commission on Human Rights. In 1956, he presided over the first and second special emergency sessions of the United Nations General Assembly.[6]