Mario Fernández Baeza
| Mario Fernández Baeza | |
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| Interior Minister | |
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Assumed office 8 June 2016 |
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| President | Michelle Bachelet |
| Defense Minister | |
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In office 11 March 2000 – 7 January 2002 |
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| President | Ricardo Lagos |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic (Opus Dei) |
Mario Adolfo del Carmen Fernández Baeza (born in Rancagua, 22 November 1947) is a Chilean lawyer, professor and politician, member of the Christian Democratic Party. Currently, he is Minister of the Interior and Public Security of the Michelle Bachelet's second term.
Previously he served as Minister of State of the president Ricardo Lagos, minister of the Chilean Constitutional Court (2006-2011), and ambassador of Chile to Germany, Austria, and Uruguay.
He studied in the Public School Nª 3 and the Liceo de Hombres, both in his native town. He was secretary and vice-president of the Students Centre of his school, and its delegate in two National Congresses of Secondary Students. He also was member of the Youth of Catholic Students.
Later he studied in the Universidad de Chile Law School in Valparaíso, between 1967 and 1969, when he moved to the Law School in Santiago. He got a grade in Juridical and Social Sciences in 1975. Afterwards he made a Doctorate in political science, history, international right public and philosophy in the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
He has been Law professor in the Diego Portales University, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and University of Chile, among others.
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