Sergio de la Cuadra
Sergio de la Cuadra | |
|---|---|
Sergio de la Cuadra Fabres, c. 1980. | |
| President of the Central Bank | |
| In office 1981–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Bardón |
| Succeeded by | Miguel Kast |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 22 April 1982 – 30 August 1982 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Sergio de Castro |
| Succeeded by | Rolf Lüders |
| Vice-President of the Central Bank | |
| In office 1977–1981 | |
| President | Augusto Pinochet |
| Preceded by | Álvaro Bardón |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1942 |
| Died | 5 October 2021 (aged 79) |
| Party | Independent Democratic Union |
| Spouse |
Pabla Emilia Fontaine Andrade
(m. 1966) |
| Children | Four |
| Parent(s) | Marco Antonio de la Cuadra Poisson Adriana Fabres Pinto |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Economist, politician |
Sergio de la Cuadra Fabres (5 January 1942 – 5 October 2021) was a Chilean economist and politician, a member of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).[1]
He served as President of the Central Bank of Chile and as Minister of Finance during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.[2]
Family and education
He was born in Santiago de Chile on 5 January 1942, the son of Adriana Fabres Pinto and the former radical minister and deputy Marco Antonio de la Cuadra Poisson, and the brother of Arturo de la Cuadra Poisson, who served as intendant of the provinces of Aysén and Magallanes.[1]
He completed his higher education in business and economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC) and later earned a master’s and Ph.D. degree from the University of Chicago.[1]
In 1966 he married Pabla Emilia Fontaine Andrade, with whom he had four children: Francisco Javier (a business administrator), Juan Carlos (a surgeon), Natalia and Paula.[1]
Professional career
A member of the so-called Chicago Boys, he took part in the economic management of Chile during the Pinochet regime.[3]
He served as Vice President of the Central Bank of Chile between 1977 and 1981, and as its President from 1981 to 22 April 1982, when he was appointed by Pinochet as Minister of Finance, a position he held until 30 August of that year.[4] After leaving the Finance Ministry, he joined the legislative commissions of the Military Government Junta.[5]
Among other activities, he was partner and president of Forecast Consultorías e Inversiones S.A., an economic advisory firm he co-founded with economist Ángel Cabrera.[6] He was also an active promoter of Chile’s capital markets through various sectoral studies and publications.[7] He served as a director of several companies, including the Banco de Chile, where he was part of the board that oversaw its restructuring after the 1980s financial crisis; he served on that board from 1987 to 1989.[8]
He also served on the boards of the Electronic Stock Exchange of Chile, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM),[9] Viña Concha y Toro,[10] Banco Monex, Iansa, and Pesquera Itata (later Blumar, after the merger of Itata and El Golfo).[11] He also served on the boards of Ceresita, Petroquim, and Forestal y Papelera Concepción. In academia, he was a member of the Council of Economics and Management at the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile,[12] and worked as an international consultant for various Latin American countries.
References
- ^ a b c d "Anales de la República; Sergio de la Cuadra". www.anales.cl. 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ María Olivia Monckeberg (1 November 2017). El poder de la UDI. Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Chile. ISBN 9789569545672. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Las medidas económicas: exposiciones de los señores Ministros de Hacienda Pública, Economía, Fomento y Reconstrucción, Trabajo y Previsión Social – Memoria Chilena". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Ministry of Finance of Chile". hacienda.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ Hermógenes Pérez de Arce (2018). Historia de la Revolución Militar Chilena 1973–1990: Historia de Chile 1973–1990. Editorial El Roble. ISBN 9789567855131. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Banco Monex – About us". www.bancomonex.cl. Archived from the original on 29 November 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "SVS – Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros: Series of Discussion Papers No. 1 – Conceptual Elements of the Takeover Law". www.svs.cl. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Banco de Chile: A Heritage of All Chileans, pp. 306–307" (PDF). Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ María Olivia Monckeberg (1 March 2015). El saqueo de los grupos económicos al Estado de Chile (in Spanish). Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Chile. ISBN 9789563252064. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Viña Concha y Toro S.A. – Directors (SVS)". www.cmfchile.cl. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Revista Blumar, No. 2, March 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Full Professors – Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences". www.uc.cl. Retrieved 16 July 2019.