Jorge Martínez Busch

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Jorge Martínez Busch
Government Junta of Chile
In office
8 March 1990 – 11 March 1990
Preceded byJosé Toribio Merino
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born(1936-09-13)13 September 1936
Vina del Mar, Chile
SpouseCarmen García Drummond
ChildrenThree
Parent(s)Héctor Martínez
Hilda Busch
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionSailor
Military career
Allegiance Chile
Service/branch Chilean Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldCommander in Chief of the Chilean Navy

Jorge Martínez Busch (13 September 1936 – 14 October 2011) was a Chilean Navy admiral and member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He served briefly as a member and the President the junta in 1990, after the retirement of admiral José Toribio Merino.[1] He also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy from 1990 until 1997.

He completed a master's degree in global history at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso.[2] Similarly, he has made many publications in scientific magazines of that institution.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Barros, Robert. Constitutionalism and Dictatorship: Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 Constitution., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002; pg. 259.
  2. ^ "Juan Antonio Coloma Speech – Tribute to Jorge Martínez Busch". Senate of Chile. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "BDPUCV – Martínez Busch, Jorge". Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso Archive. Retrieved 10 December 2021.