Orlando Poblete Iturrate

Orlando Poblete
Minister Secretary-General of Government
In office
11 July 1987 – 21 October 1988
PresidentAugusto Pinochet
Preceded byFrancisco Javier Cuadra
Succeeded byMiguel Ángel Poduje
Head of the University of the Andes, Chile
In office
10 March 2004 – 21 January 2014
Preceded byÓscar Cristi Marfil
Succeeded byJosé Antonio Guzmán Cruzat
Personal details
Born(1955-01-07)7 January 1955
PartyIndependent
SpouseMaría Olga Ortúzar
ChildrenThree
Alma materUniversity of Chile
OccupationLawyer, academic

Orlando Poblete Iturrate (born 7 January 1955) is a Chilean lawyer and academic who served as Minister Secretary-General of Government between 1987 and 1988.

He later became Rector of the University of the Andes, Chile, a position he held from 2004 to 2014.

Early life and education

Poblete earned his law degree at the University of Chile in 1978.[1]

He later taught procedural law at several Chilean universities, including the University of Chile, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and the University of the Andes, Chile. In 1984 he co-founded the Chilean Institute of Procedural Law (Instituto Chileno de Derecho Procesal).[1]

He married María Olga Ortúzar Feliú, with whom he has three children.[1]

Political career

Between 1979 and 1987 Poblete served as an adviser to the Office of the Presidency. On 11 July 1987, President Augusto Pinochet appointed him Minister Secretary-General of Government, a post he held until 21 October 1988.[2]

Academic career

In 1996 he became dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of the Andes. On 10 March 2004, he was appointed rector of the same university, succeeding Óscar Cristi Marfil.[3]

He held the post for ten years, stepping down on 21 January 2014, when José Antonio Guzmán Cruzat was elected as the new rector.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Orlando Poblete Iturrate". II Encuentro de Rectores (Universia) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Orlando Poblete Iturrate". Ortúzar, Feliú y Sagués (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Prof. Orlando Poblete appointed Rector of University of the Andes". Universia (in Spanish). 29 January 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2025.