Sergio Onofre Jarpa
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Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes (born 8 March 1921 in Rengo, Chile) is a Chile
an politician who served as a member of the cabinet during the government of Augusto Pinochet
.
before becoming involved in the National Action Party with Jorge Prat
. He was instrumental in the formation of the National Party in 1966 and served as leader of the opposition to the left-wing government and, from 1971, editor of the anti-socialist journal Tribuna.
Elected to the Senate of Chile
in the 1973 election
, Jarpa became a diplomat following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, serving as a delegate to the United Nations
and before becoming ambassador to Colombia
(1976-1978) and then Argentina
(1978-1983). Jarpa was appointed Minister of the Interior
in 1983 with special orders to open dialogue with the opposition, which had organised under the name Democratic Alliance. This policy of appeasement was quickly abandoned by Pinochet however. He held the post until 1985. He formed his own political movement, the Frente Nacional del Trabajo, in 1985 and this group was one of the three that formed National Renewal
two years later. He returned to the Senate as a representative of this new party in 1990.
Alongside his political career Jarpa is a noted author on socio-political topics and he was awarded the Premio al Mérito Geopolítico by the Chilean Institute of Geopolitics
in 1991.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an politician who served as a member of the cabinet during the government of Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
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Biography
Coming from a rural background, he studied agriculture at the University of Chile. He first became involved in politics in the 1950s, initially with the youth movement of the Agrarian Labor PartyAgrarian Labor Party
The Agrarian Labor Party was a Chilean political party supporting the candidacy of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo for the 1952 presidential election. Formed in 1945, it was dissolved in 1958....
before becoming involved in the National Action Party with Jorge Prat
Jorge Prat
Jorge Prat Echaurren was a Chilean nationalist politician.Prat was born in Santiago, Chile. A veteran of the nationalist political scene, he was first associated with the National Socialist Movement of Chile or Nacis, albeit as a low level member...
. He was instrumental in the formation of the National Party in 1966 and served as leader of the opposition to the left-wing government and, from 1971, editor of the anti-socialist journal Tribuna.
Elected to the Senate of Chile
Senate of Chile
The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile.-Composition:...
in the 1973 election
Chilean parliamentary election, 1973
Parliamentary elections were held in Chile in 1973. The election took place amidst the socialist rule of Unidad Popular, uniting parties of socialist and Marxist orientation, that was contested by opposition...
, Jarpa became a diplomat following the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, serving as a delegate to the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and before becoming ambassador to Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
(1976-1978) and then Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
(1978-1983). Jarpa was appointed Minister of the Interior
Ministry of the Interior (Chile)
The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security is the cabinet-level administrative office in charge of "maintaining public order, security and social peace" within Chile. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling, and informing the domestic policies...
in 1983 with special orders to open dialogue with the opposition, which had organised under the name Democratic Alliance. This policy of appeasement was quickly abandoned by Pinochet however. He held the post until 1985. He formed his own political movement, the Frente Nacional del Trabajo, in 1985 and this group was one of the three that formed National Renewal
National Renewal (Chile)
National Renewal , is a liberal conservative political party belonging to the Chilean right-wing political coalition Coalition for Change in conjunction with the Independent Democratic Union and the Chile First movement...
two years later. He returned to the Senate as a representative of this new party in 1990.
Alongside his political career Jarpa is a noted author on socio-political topics and he was awarded the Premio al Mérito Geopolítico by the Chilean Institute of Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Geopolitics, from Greek Γη and Πολιτική in broad terms, is a theory that describes the relation between politics and territory whether on local or international scale....
in 1991.