Juan Luis Ossa Bulnes

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Juan Luis Ossa
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Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
In office
15 May 1973 –21 September 1973
Spouse Lucía Santa Cruz
Children3 [1]
Parent(s)Adolfo Ossa
Ana Bulnes Sanfuentes
Relatives Francisco Bulnes Sanfuentes (uncle)
Alma mater Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (LL.B)
ProfessionLawyer

Juan Luis Ossa Bulnes (born 10 October 1942) is a Chilean politician who served as deputy. [2]

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He was the son of Adolfo Ossa Joglar and Ana Bulnes Sanfuentes, sister of former minister Manuel Bulnes Sanfuentes and of former parliamentarians Francisco and Jaime.

After studying at Colegio San Ignacio Alonso de Ovalle and attending the Bernardo O'Higgins Military School, he entered the Faculty of Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated as a lawyer and specialized in mining law. He became a full professor of Mining Law at the Catholic University of Chile.

Public life

At the end of the 1960s, he entered politics by joining the National Party (PN). In the 1969 parliamentary elections he ran as a candidate for deputy for the 25th Departmental District (Ancud, Castro, Quinchao, and Palena), but was not elected. [3] In March 1971 he was one of the founders of the newspaper Tribuna, which opposed the government of Salvador Allende, [4] and in March 1972 he was appointed president of the PN Youth, as well as head of its political training. At the same time, he served on the board of the National Mining Society (SONAMI). In the 1973 elections, he was elected deputy for the First Metropolitan District (1973–1977). He joined the National Defense Committee and was among the deputies who promoted the Agreement of 22 August 1973, denouncing alleged abuses of the rule of law by the Popular Unity government of Salvador Allende.

He was unable to finish his legislative term after the dissolution of the National Congress of Chile on 21 September 1973.

Journalist Manuel Salazar stated in his book Contreras, Historia de un Intocable that Juan Luis Ossa Bulnes was head of the Rolando Matus Command, a shock group that arose during the Popular Unity government under the umbrella of the National Party. [5]

During the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet, he participated in the drafting of the Organic Law on Mining Concessions and the Mining Code. He also published several academic works, including the two-volume treatise Derecho de Minería, with editions in 1989, 1992, 1999, and 2007, which includes comparative legislation from Latin America and was described by El Mercurio as the most comprehensive work on the subject in Chile. [6] As a professional, he received the Public Law Seminar Award granted by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

In 1983, he joined the first leadership of the National Union Movement (MUN), a precursor of National Renewal. [7]

Upon his appointment at Codelco, in May 2010 he was accused by Socialist senator Camilo Escalona of being "a prominent representative of the private mining sector’s corporate lobby." [8]

Marriage and children

He is married to historian Lucía Santa Cruz Sutil; he is vice-president of the Chilean Bar Association and a member of National Renewal. [6] He is the father of lawyers Francisco Javier and Juan José Ossa, [9] and of historian and academic Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz.

References

  1. ↑ "Quién es Juan Luis Ossa, el historiador encargado de construir el relato de Sichel". Ex-Ante. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Juan Luis Ossa: 'Sigo creyendo que la fortaleza jurídica es un requisito indispensable que se mantenga la certeza legal de las concesiones'". Sonami. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Historiador Juan Luis Ossa es candidato a la Convención Constituyente por la zona". El Insular. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Partido Nacional y "Tribuna" son una sola y misma cosa" (PDF). La Nación. 10 December 1971. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Los nexos del caso Karadima con el asesinato del general Schneider
  6. 1 2 Juan Luis Ossa lanzó cuarta edición del Tratado de Derecho de Minería Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine El Mercurio, 2 December 2007. Accessed 30 November 2010.
  7. ↑ Friedmann, Reinhard (1988). La Política Chilena de la A a la Z. Santiago, Chile: Melquíades.
  8. ↑ Escalona y la sospecha sobre Juan Luis Ossa
  9. ↑ "Juan José Ossa" . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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