Jorge Martínez Busch
Jorge Martínez Busch | |
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Born | San Bernardo, Chile | September 13, 1936
Died | November 14, 2011 Viña del Mar, Chile | (aged 75)
Allegiance | Chile |
Service/ | Chilean Navy |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Commander in Chief of the Chilean Navy |
Jorge Martínez Busch (13 September 1936 – 14 October 2011) was a Chilean Navy admiral and member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He served briefly as a member and the President the junta in 1990, after the retirement of admiral José Toribio Merino.[1] He also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy from 1990 until 1997.
Footnotes[]
- ^ Barros, Robert. Constitutionalism and Dictatorship: Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 Constitution., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002; pg. 259.
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