Octavio Errázuriz Guilisasti is a Chilean lawyer and diplomat. He is the former ambassador of Chile to the United Nations and the current ambassador to the Holy See.[1][2]
Octavio Errazuriz Guilisasti | |
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| Ambassador of Chile to the Holy See | |
| Assumed office Sep 18, 2018 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera Echenique |
| Preceded by | Mónica Jiménez de la Jara |
| Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations | |
| In office March 11, 2010 – March 11, 2014 | |
| President | Sebastián Piñera Echenique |
| Preceded by | Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela |
| Succeeded by | Christian Barros Melet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Octavio Errazuriz Guilisasti Chile Santiago, Chile |
| Nationality | Chilena |
| Relatives | Virginia Errázuriz |
| Alma mater | University of Chile |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Early life and education
editHe studied law at the University of Chile, and later took courses at the School of Foreign Affairs and Government of the University of Virginia, in the United States.[3] He is the son of a married couple made up of Octavio Errázuriz Letelier and Virginia Guilisasti Tagle. He is the brother of Virginia Errázuriz, a visual artist, and of Josefa Errázuriz, former mayor of the Providencia district, and cousin of businessman Rafael Guilisasti. He is married to the Argentine Cristina Tortorelli, with whom he has two daughters.[4]
Career
editBetween 1963 and 2001 he served in the Foreign Service of his country. After that, he was appointed adviser to the presidency of the Copesa. He was also president of the extension of the Universidad San Sebastián between 2014 and 2018 and was a member of the Public Policy Council of Libertad y Desarrollo and the advisory council for the Center for International Studies of the Universidad Católica.[5]
He was the ambassador of the country in Ecuador between 1985 and 1988, in the United States between 1989 and 1990, and in China between 1997 and 2000.[6]
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he held, among other positions, director general of foreign policy, adviser for Pacific affairs, and director of Asia-Pacific and Oceania.
As Chile's representative in Washington DC, he had to face the diplomatic conflict that was triggered between the two countries by the detection of two grapes contaminated with cyanide in March 1989.
In 2010 he was appointed ambassador to the United Nations by President Sebastián Piñera, after being considered a representative in Brazil. He stepped down in 2014. In May 2018, President Piñera appointed him as a representative to the Holy See.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ "New Permanent Representative of Chile Presents Credentials". www.un.org. Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ pauta. "La carta de Piñera para el Vaticano". pauta (in Spanish). Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ Chile, Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de (April 19, 2009). "Los años en Asia del embajador Octavio Errázuriz – Programa Asia Pacifico". Observatorio Asiapacifico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Familia Errázuriz". www.genealog.cl. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (May 17, 2018). "Gobierno designa a siete embajadores: Octavio Errázuriz irá a la Santa Sede". Emol (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 19, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ Chile, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de. "Embajador (designado)". Chile en el Exterior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 3, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Fundación Chilena del Pacífico". funpacifico.cl. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
- ^ "Octavio Errázuriz". www.semanticscholar.org. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.