Óscar Vargas Guzmán
Óscar Vargas Guzmán | |
|---|---|
| Minister Secretary General of Government | |
| In office 5 April 1989 – 17 August 1989 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Francisco Javier Cuadra |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Cáceres Contreras |
| Head of the Military School of Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins | |
| In office 1982–1987 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chile |
| Party | Independent |
| Occupation | Politician |
Óscar Vargas Guzmán was a Chilean government official who briefly served as Minister Secretary General of Government during the final year of the military regime of General Augusto Pinochet.
His appointment is officially recorded in the legal archives of the Chilean state[1] and the Chilean Army.[2]
Biography
He emerged in the public record solely in connection with his service during the final transition phase of the military administration.[1]
A key surviving document is a letter he addressed to jurist and regime ideologue Jaime Guzmán Errázuriz on 8 February 1982.[3]
On it, Vargas Guzmán expressed strong identification between the Army and the Chilean nation, emphasizing the “family of blood” and the “family of the Military Institution” as one unified vocation.[3] He affirmed that the Escuela Militar served as the institutional “alma mater” forging officers “faithful to God and to the Flag,” bound by ties of loyalty and prepared to face “all dangers with bold courage, even death if necessary.”[3]
On 5 April 1989, he was appointed Minister Secretary General of Government, replacing the outgoing officeholder amid institutional adjustments preceding the restoration of democratic rule.[1] His term ended on 17 August 1989, after which the ministry underwent further reorganizations leading up to the 1990 political transition.
References
- ^ a b c "DFL 520 (1989): Ministerio Secretaría General de Gobierno". Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile – LeyChile. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ "Anuario 1986 – Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins" (PDF). Escuela Militar (Chile). Retrieved 7 December 2025.
- ^ a b c "Carta del coronel Óscar Vargas Guzmán a Jaime Guzmán (8 de febrero de 1982)" (PDF). Archivo Jaime Guzmán. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
External links
- Legal decree confirming office at BCN LeyChile