Baldo Prokurica | |
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Minister of Defense | |
In office 18 September 2020 –11 March 2022 | |
President | Sebastián Pinera |
Preceded by | Mario Desbordes |
Succeeded by | Maya Fernández |
Minister of Mining | |
In office 11 March 2018 –18 September 2020 | |
President | Sebastián Pinera |
Preceded by | Aurora Williams |
Succeeded by | Juan Carlos Jobet |
Member of the Senate of Chile | |
In office 11 March 2002 –11 March 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ignacio Pérez Walker |
Succeeded by | Dissolution of the Circumscription |
Constituency | Atacama Region (3rd Circumscription) |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
In office 11 March 1990 –11 March 2002 | |
Preceded by | Creation of the Circumscription |
Succeeded by | Alberto Robles |
Constituency | Huasco Province (3rd Circumscription) |
Governor of Huasco Province | |
In office 1988 –11 March 1990 | |
Appointed by | Augusto Pinochet |
Succeeded by | Carlos López Cortés |
Personal details | |
Born | Vallenar,Chile | 2 July 1958
Political party | Renovación Nacional (RN) |
Spouse | Ana María de Las Heras |
Children | Two |
Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B) |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Lawyer |
Baldo Petar Prokurica Prokurica (born July 2,1958,in Vallenar) is a lawyer,academic,and politician of Croatian descent. [1]
He served as the Minister of National Defense of Chile since December 2020 and March 2022. He served as the Minister of Mining of Chile from 2018 to 2020. He is also a former Congressman and Senator of the Republic of Chile on behalf of District No. 3 for the Atacama Region. His family has Croatian origins. His primary studies were conducted at the College San Francisco de Vallenar and Seminary in La Serena. The side made in the Theological Seminary in La Serena and Santiago Scuola Italiana. His studies were conducted at the Faculty of Law,Catholic University of Chile. [2]
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