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Sergio Onofre Jarpa

Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Sergio Onofre Jarpa (1965) cropped.jpg
Minister of the Interior
In office
10 August 1983 – 12 February 1985
President Augusto Pinochet
Preceded by Enrique Montero Marx
Succeeded by Ricardo García Rodríguez
Member of the Senate
In office
15 May 1973 – 21 September 1973
Constituency LIII
In office
11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994
Constituency LV
Personal details
Born (1921-03-08)March 8, 1921
Rengo, Chile
Nationality Chilean
Political party Agrarian Labor Party
(1950-1958)
National Action
(1963-1966)
National Party
(1966-1973)
National Labour Front
(1985-1987)
National Renewal
(1987-1997)
Spouse(s) Silvia Moreno Andwandter (1950s-1978; her death)
Domestic partner Mina Huerta Dunsmore (1980s-present)
Relations Onofre Jarpa (ancestor)
Children Sergio Jr.,
Jorge,
Francisco,
Isabel
Parents Francisco Javier Jarpa Santa Cruz (father)
Raquel Reyes Corona (mother)
Alma mater University of Chile
Occupation Diplomat, farmer
Religion Roman Catholic
Awards Premio al Mérito Geopolítico (1991)

Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes (born 8 March 1921 in Rengo, Chile) is a Chilean politician who served as a member of the cabinet during the government of Augusto Pinochet.

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 Party before becoming involved in the National Action 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 National Labour Front (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.


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