Arancibia was also Ambassador of Chile to Turkey from 2011 to 2013,[1] and a member of the Chilean Constitutional Convention elected in 2021 for the 7th District of the Valparaíso Region.[1]
Biography
Arancibia was born in Santiago on 17 September 1939.[1] His mother was Olga Reyes Lanyon,a native of Valparaíso,and his father was an officer of the Maipo Regiment of the Chilean Army.[1]
He is married to Mónica Salomón Bongardt and has three children.[1]
Naval career
He completed his secondary education at Instituto Alonso de Ercilla (Marist Brothers) in Santiago.[1] In 1955,at the age of 15,he entered the Arturo Prat Naval Academy,graduating as a Midshipman in December 1960.[1]
He qualified as an ordnance engineer with specialization in torpedoes,anti-submarine warfare,and naval mining. He was also an officer of the General Staff and obtained a master’s degree in Naval and Maritime Sciences,with a specialization in geopolitics.[1]
In 1964 he served as a midshipman instructor,and in 1965 undertook advanced specialization courses in torpedoes and anti-submarine warfare in the United Kingdom,as well as General Staff studies in Chile and Spain.[1]
Between 1970 and 1971,he served as instructor and head of studies at the Naval Academy,and between 1974 and 1975 as Deputy Director of the Seamen’s School. He was also a professor at the Naval War Academy.[1]
During his naval career,he served as second commander of the IST Águila and the destroyer Orella,and in 1976 became commander of the patrol vessel Lautaro.[1]
On 2 January 1980,with the rank of Captain,he was appointed Naval Aide-de-Camp to General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte,a position he held until 1982.[1][4][5][6]
In 1983,he assumed command of the destroyer Ministro Zenteno. Between 1984 and 1985,he served as Naval Attachéat the Chilean Embassy in Buenos Aires,Argentina.[1]
In 1987,he assumed command of the helicopter destroyer Almirante Cochrane. He also served aboard the cruiser O’Higgins,the barge Aspirante Morel,the transport ship Presidente Pinto,the missile destroyer Almirante Riveros,and the training ship Esmeralda.[1]
In 1989,he was promoted to Rear Admiral and became Deputy Chief of the Navy’s General Staff. In 1992,he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the First Naval Zone. In 1993,he was promoted to Vice Admiral and became Chief of the National Defense Staff.[1]
On 14 November 1997,President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle promoted him to the rank of Admiral and appointed him Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy.[1] He resigned voluntarily from the Navy on 18 June 2001.[1]
Political career
Following the 2001 parliamentary elections,Arancibia joined the Independent Democratic Union.[1] In March 2002,he became regional president of the party in the Valparaíso Region and served as head of the UDI Senate caucus until June 2006.[1]
From 2002 to 2010,he served as Senator of the Republic representing the 6th Coastal Circumscription of the Valparaíso Region.[1]
In September 2011,President Sebastián Piñera appointed him Ambassador of Chile to Turkey,a position he held until September 2013.[1]
In the Constitutional Convention elections held on 15–16 May 2021,he was elected as a member of the Constitutional Convention for the 7th District of the Valparaíso Region,running as an independent within the Chile Vamos list with UDI support.[1]
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