Jorge Martínez Busch

Jorge Martínez Busch
Born (1936-09-13)September 13, 1936
San Bernardo, Chile
Died November 14, 2011(2011-11-14) (aged 75)
Viña del Mar, Chile
Allegiance  Chile
Service/branch  Chilean Navy
Rank Admiral
Commands held Commander in Chief of the Chilean Navy

Jorge Martínez Busch (13 September 1936 - 14 October 2011) was a Chilean Navy admiral and member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. He served briefly as a member and the President the junta in 1990, after the retirement of admiral José Toribio Merino.[1] He also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy from 1990 until 1997.

Footnotes

  1. Barros, Robert. Constitutionalism and Dictatorship: Pinochet, the Junta, and the 1980 Constitution., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002; pg. 259.
Political offices
Preceded by
José Toribio Merino
Member of Government Junta
1990
Succeeded by
Post abolished
Preceded by
José Toribio Merino
President of Government Junta
1990
Succeeded by
Post abolished
Military offices
Preceded by
José Toribio Merino
Navy Commander-in-chief
1990–1997
Succeeded by
Jorge Arancibia Reyes


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