Sergio Onofre Jarpa

Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes (8 March 1921 – 19 April 2020) was a Chilean politician.[1] He was born in Rengo.

Sergio Onofre Jarpa
Sergio Onofre Jarpa (1965) cropped.jpg
Minister of the Interior
In office
10 August 1983 – 12 February 1985
PresidentAugusto Pinochet
Preceded byEnrique Montero Marx
Succeeded byRicardo García Rodríguez
Member of the Senate
In office
15 May 1973 – 21 September 1973
ConstituencyLIII
In office
11 March 1990 – 11 March 1994
ConstituencyLV
Personal details
Born(1921-03-08)8 March 1921
Rengo, Chile
Died19 April 2020(2020-04-19) (aged 99)
Las Condes, Chile
NationalityChilean
Political partyAgrarian Labor Party
(1950-1958)
National Action
(1963-1966)
National Party
(1966-1973)
National Labour Front
(1985-1987)
National Renewal
(1987-1997)
Spouse(s)Silvia Moreno Andwandter (1950s-1978; her death)
Domestic partnerMina Huerta Dunsmore (1980s-2020)
RelationsOnofre Jarpa (ancestor)
ChildrenSergio Jr.,
Jorge,
Francisco,
Isabel
ParentsFrancisco Javier Jarpa Santa Cruz (father)
Raquel Reyes Corona (mother)
Alma materUniversity of Chile
OccupationDiplomat, farmer
AwardsPremio al Mérito Geopolítico (1991)

Jarpa served as a member of the cabinet during the government of Augusto Pinochet. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1983 through 1985. Before becoming minister, Jarpa was a Member of the Senate from May 1973 through September 1973 and again from 1990 through 1994.

Jarpa died on 19 April 2020 at a nursing home in Las Condes, Chile of COVID-19, aged 99.[2]

References

  1. "Library of the Chilean National Congress Biography". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. Exsenador Sergio Onofre Jarpa falleció contagiado con Covid-19

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