Sergio Diez
Diez at 1990
President of the Senate of Chile
In office
11 March 1996  12 March 1997
Preceded byGabriel Valdés Subercaseaux
Succeeded bySergio Romero Pizarro
Member of the Senate of Chile
In office
11 March 1990  11 March 2002
Preceded byCreation of the charge
Succeeded byJosé García Ruminot
Constituency15th Circunscription (Southern Araucanía)
In office
15 May 1973  11 September 1973
Preceded byJosé Foncea
Succeeded byDissolution of the charge (1973 Coup d'état)
Constituency6th Circunscription (Curicó, Talca, Maule and Linares)
Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations
In office
1977–1982
Preceded byIsmael Huerta
Succeeded byManuel Trucco Gaete
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
16 January 1972  15 May 1973
Preceded byCarlos Avendaño Ortúzar
Succeeded byAlejandro Bell Jara
Constituency14th Circunscription (Linares, Loncomilla and Parral)
In office
15 May 1957  15 May 1965
Preceded byFernando Hurtado Echeñique
Succeeded byRodolfo Werner Inostroza
Constituency12th Circunscription (Talca, Lontué and Curepto)
Personal details
Born(1925-04-02)2 April 1925
Curicó, Chile
Died2 April 2015(2015-04-02) (aged 89)
Santiago, Chile
Political partyConservative Party
(1935–1949)
Traditionalist Conservative Party
(1949–1953)
United Conservative Party
(1953–1966)
National Party
(1966–1973)
Renovación Nacional
(1987–2015)
SpouseAna María Arriagada
ChildrenSix
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Sergio Eduardo Diez Urzúa (2 April 1925 – 29 June 2015) was a Chilean architect and politician.

He is commonly remembered for having denied that arrested people disappeared during Pinochet dictatorship (1973–1990).[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. "Fallece Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la ONU que negó existencia de los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). El Mostrador. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. "Sergio Diez aclaró que fue engañado por la dictadura militar sobre la existencia de DD.DD" (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. "Murió Sergio Diez, ex embajador de la dictadura que negó a los detenidos desaparecidos" (in Spanish). La Izquierda Diario. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. "El Embajador en la ONU que Desapareció a los Desaparecidos: El Discurso que Condenó a Sergio Diez" (in Spanish). Red Digital. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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