Biography

Uribe was born on October 28, 1933 in Santiago

Santiago

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. He was educated at the Saint George's College

Saint George's College

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. He later studied law in the University of Chile and received his law degree in 1959, where he served as a law professor for over 30 years.

In addition, Uribe has held various positions in law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

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, Michigan State University

Michigan State University

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, University of Sassari

University of Sassari

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 in Italy

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, and University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne in France

France

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. He has published numerous works on political, religion, criminal law, and mining, and is a member of the Chilean Academy of Language

Academia Chilena de la Lengua

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 and the Royal Spanish Academy

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.

Uribe served a tenture as a diplomat between 1967 and 1973, being assigned to United Nations

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 in 1968, and later the Chilean embassy in the United States

United States

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 between 1968 and 1970. In 1971, he became Chile's ambassador to the People's Republic of China

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 under the Salvador Allende

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 government until the 1973 Chilean coup d'état. Due to the recognition of the new Augusto Pinochet

Augusto Pinochet

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 regime by the Chinese government, Uribe denounced the junta, after which he was dismissed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a result, he went into exile with his family in France, not returning to Chile until 1990.

Uribe won the Chilean National Prize for Literature

Chilean National Prize for Literature

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in 2004.