Adriana Olguín
Adriana Olguín | |
|---|---|
Minister of Justice | |
| In office 29 July 1952 – 3 November 1952 | |
| President | Gabriel González Videla |
| Preceded by | Humberto Parada Berger |
| Succeeded by | Orlando Latorre González |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luz Adriana Margarita Olguín Buche 18 November 1911 Radical Party) |
| Spouse | Alberto Baltra |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | lawyer, politician |
Adriana Margarita Olguín Büche (born Luz Adriana Margarita Olguín Buche; 18 November 1911 – 24 December 2015)
Early life and education
Adriana Olguín de Baltra was born in Valparaíso in 1911 to Arsenio Olguín and Adela Büche. After studying in her hometown at the Liceo No 2 de Niñas, she joined the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Chile. Olguín completed her thesis in 1936, Legal Loopholes and Judicial Discretion. Two years later she became a lawyer with "unanimous distinction". While studying at the university, she met her future husband, Alberto Baltra, with whom she had one son, Luis Alberto.[2]
Career
After university, Olguín had a number of positions, both as a professional attorney for Valparaiso Customs and as a professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law. She was also politically active, having established the National Association of Housewives.[3] Like her husband, she sympathized with the Radical Party, but was never an active member in it.
She was appointed Minister of Justice in 1952, during the government of
Between 1946 and 1953 she worked in the Women's Bureau. In 1955 she joined the board of the Bar Association and during the 60's she was legal adviser to the Comptroller General of the Republic. She later joined the State Council convened by the military regime between 1981 and 1989.
References
- ^ "Fallece la primera mujer ministro de Estado en Chile y Latinoamérica". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 25 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ El Mercurio S.A.P. "El Mercurio.com". diario.elmercurio.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ISBN 978-956-8089-12-2.
- ^ "VOTO MUJER, a 60 años de la conquista". El Mercurio. 11 January 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ^ "Política y sociedad". Terra. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
- ISBN 978-1-136-81915-5.
